Weight Loss

Medical science is constantly evolving. What you think of as the best solution today may turn out to be the worst proposition tomorrow. This holds true for several weight loss products and pills available today.

Presently, low fat and low carbohydrate diets are the clear winners in this race. However healthy carbohydrates and moderate proteins are also an essential part of your diet and are important for weight management. Whole grains, fruits and vegetables are specially recommended for weight control and good health.

A diet that is high in protein is avoided as it can actually contribute to certain diseases and other health problems. While increased consumption of carbohydrates and reduced consumption of fat enables you to lose body fat and maintain your weight loss.

These are just a handful of things that you have to take care of. Some of the successful weight loss plans which are low on fats and carbohydrates are Atkins diets, Weight Watchers and Zone diet.

Even if you follow a diet, loosing weight is not as easy as it sounds. Many a times, you may notice that your low fat recipes do not have the desired impact. There can be a number of reasons that block the effectiveness of your weight loss diet plan.

Understanding Weight Loss Blocks
Studies have proved that more than 90% of people who lose weight regain weight very soon. They actually gain more weight than they loose.

Here is what happens when you choose a low fat diet or diet food.

Your normal calorie intake is 2400-3000/day.
You choose a weight loss diet where you take about 800 calories/day.
You continue with your normal routine.

Logically you must loose weight! So you do. But what’s happening here? The World Health Organization defines starvation as 900 calories or less a day.

At this input level your body is literally starving and starts to burn up its reserves. As a result you not only loose fat, but also muscle and bone. Your body does not get its minimum requirements of nutrients and energy. This disturbs your body’s natural balance  and results in illness. Stress is another problem many people face under such circumstances.

You surely loose weight but at the cost of your health.

To improve health, you are advised to have a nutritious diet. The diets suggested are not low fat diets. The most important of all is that you loose your bone mass and muscle mass. To regain this you need to workout more than you required before you started a weight loss diet.

Most people get distressed and give up hope at this point. Do not get frustrated as the path to losing weight is not an easy one.

You should take care to increase your exercise and reduce your calorie intake through by cutting down on carbohydrate and fats and using low calorie recipes. A minimum calorie intake of 1200 is essential to be healthy and fit.

Tips To Overcome Weight Loss Blocks
Now, some cool tips on how you can prepare low fat diets and diet foods for weight loss.

1. Try to steam, boil, or microwave vegetables, instead of frying them.

2. Make use of natural seasonings, herbs and spices in place of sauces, butter, or margarine.

3. Eat salad with pepper and spices, or add lemon juice to enhance taste of salad rather than using cream or cheese.

4. Reduce use of oils in your preparations. In fact make use of low saturated fat if needed.

5. Replace whole milk with skim or low-fat milk in all recipes that require milk. Specially use it in milkshakes.

6. Eat vegetarian diets. Most non-vegetarian dishes are high on fats.

7. Try to cook your food by baking, steaming, boiling, poaching or roasting. You can avoid a lot of saturated fats as these form of cooking use very little or no oil.

8. Use a nonstick pan for cooking. You can reduce oils to large extent by this. If you cook vegetables then the amount of fat content is very low.

And this is the one that I always love…
9. Drink water before you eat. This makes you feel full. It is a very easy and effective measure for everyone looking for weight loss diets.
 
Cheers to your weight loss success!