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The Nutrition Myth

Stephen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:56 +0000

A really important myth to blow out of the water is that improving your nutrition is important in getting to goal weight.

Many diet companies will tell you that you should use their products because they provide good nutrition while you are dieting.

Getting to goal weight is about calories plain and simple. To get to your goal weight you need to concentrate on eating less than the body needs on a daily basis to hold your weight where it is. You don’t need particularly good nutrition to do this and the painful truth is that most people who are over weight are not well nourished in the first place.

But, if you consider your health as being important to you then nutrition should be important to you as well.

Many diets are nutritionally dangerous, especially if you are on them for any length of time. There may be many reasons why you want to improve your weight but everyone who is successful long term has health high on their list and because of that nutrition will follow as being important too.

To get to goal weight you need to consider your health to be more important than your weight loss worries. That way you will sort out your calories and your nutrition.

Finding it hard to set a goal weight?

Stephen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:00:58 +0000

One of the most common reasons why people fail to set a goal weight is because then they have a real target that they have no choice but to achieve or fail.

A goal means commitment and committing means we then have to do it for real.

So not setting a goal is one way of failing gently.

How long have you been failing gently? And is it really that gentle?

P.S. Most people who say they can’t set a goal do know what they want. Hands up who wants to look and feel great, sexy, confident and have good health? Anyone?

No Perfect Diet

Stephen — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:00:15 +0000

An important issue that needs to be recognised is that there is no such thing as the perfect diet to get you to goal weight.

There are thousands of diets out there to use and misuse but, as we all know, many people are still over weight.

If it was all about the diet then people would be at a good weight and there would be no need for this website. The diet companies will continue to be happy to sell you their latest process, and the glossy magazines will be happy to tell you all about which diet is being used by which celeb … just before they yo yo-ed and put it all back on again.

Let’s face facts – All diets can work because all diets can produce results if people stay on them long enough. Most dieters have reduced their weight on one diet or another but then failed to stay there. When you stop looking for the miracle diet and start to work on yourself you will be successful.