Sensible No Fad Diet
Change Your Mindset, Attitude and Lifestyle to Lose Weight
Looking for lifestyle change? Tired of get-tthin-quick schemes? Choose between three sensible weight loss strategies presented by the American Heart Association.
The market is flooded with information about weight loss. There are no carb diets, cardio-free diets, low-fat diets, low calorie diets, high fiber diets, detox diets ans diets that promise quick weight loss results. Just thinking about it can make your head spin.
The No Fad Diet presented by the American Heart Association is written on the basis of thinking smart, eating well and exercising more. It is refreshing to read a book about weight loss that is based on fact and gives choices for dieters to succeed in their weight loss goals.
The No Fad Diet, like many other weight loss plans, works on the idea that you must burn more calories than you take in. It’s the same old calories in/calories out equation used in many weight loss programs. The American Heart Association takes it a step further though, adding that much of the weight loss process is about how you think.
Think Smart
To think smart about weight loss is to adopt a positive attitude about food. You must develop a healthy lifestyle. You must find a way to maintain your weight loss and watch portion sizes. You'll need a plan for your weight loss and you’ll need to set goals and revise your goals as you go. You need to change your mindset to change your body. You must believe you can succeed to lose weight. You must visualize your weight loss success. You also need to keep a diet diary to track your success and be able to figure out why you are having setbacks.
Eat Smart
Eating smart means ditching the idea of good and bad foods. You must commit to smarter food choices most of the time. It means to reduce calories to lose weight. Changing your lifestyle is more effective than dieting alone. Start with a weight loss goal of 10% of your current body weight.
The No Fad Diet offers three weight loss plans to choose from:
1. Switch and swap approach - a plan in which you can swap lower calorie foods for your usual foods. For example, you be switching from whole milk to skim milk and skipping butter on your bread and vegetables. The idea is to save calories wherever you can.
2. The 75% solution - this approach uses portion control. You'll be eating 75% of we what you usually eat. Most people don't even know the difference by using a smaller plates or leaving a fourth of everything eat after they have finished. This way you’re able to eat what you like, just less of it. It works especially well for people on the run.
3. AMA menu plans - the American Heart Association menu plans are 1200, 1,600 and 2,000 calorie plans. The book includes a long list of 50-calorie or less snacks to choose from.
Move More
Exercise is the best thing you can do for your heart; it is also the best way to maintain weight loss. Start with as little as 10 minutes per day. Choose between the lifestyle approach, the walking program or the organized activity option. However you choose to work out gradually progressed to 60 minutes of exercise per day as a fitness goal for yourself.
