10 Good Diet Ideas and Plans for Weight Loss

Planned Thinking About Diets and Diet Plans Can Lead to Weight Loss

Jul 26, 2009 Donald Reinhardt

Diet ideas and good plans abound for those who want to obtain ideal, or proper body weight. Use these 10 ideas and plans explained here to lose weight starting today.

Diet ideas and plans for weight loss abound, yet all admit that weight loss is neither simple nor easy. Commercial video ads of exercise programs or devices, promoted with lithe, healthy, youthful persons, smiling and gently sweating their way to perfection, is a wonderful intellectual and emotional experience. The ad immediately causes one to think — "That's great! See how good one can look doing that!" This thought is followed by a reality check, sooner or later — "That's work, and may be something to avoid."

10 Good Diet Ideas and Plans for Weight Loss and Maintenance

Regardless of one's personal health and wellness journey, there are important things to remember about diets and healthy exercises. Here are ten that really work when the plan is applied.

A diet and a diet plan for weight loss and proper weight maintenance should be

suitable to the dieter's tastes.
healthy and known to work.
of proper portion and accurate calorie amounts.
monitored by daily weight checks.
recorded in a daily log or journal.
modified and adjusted as needed.
evaluated and analyzed monthly.
replaced if it: seems unhealthy, causes significant weight gain, or just does not work.
supplemented by safe, appropriate, effective exercise.
implemented after a complete medical exam and a physician's approval.

10 Diet Ideas and Good Plans for Weight Loss, Definitions and Explanations

Here are important explanations of these 10 ideas.

Suitable. A tasty, varied diet is good and satisfies, and likely will be followed or completed. Feeling satisfied, but not full, is the goal.
Healthy. This means balanced and nutritious and fulfilling the dieter's vitamin, mineral and caloric needs, with no known deficiencies.
Portioned. Correct food sizes are important. Too much of even a good diet does not lead to weight loss. One portion too much, too often, can destroy an otherwise effective diet. Accurate calorie counts enable the dieter to know calorie intake. Absolute, exact calorie monitoring is not needed, nor expected, but close calorie monitoring is important.
Monitored. Weigh daily with an accurate scale to evaluate progress. Choose a suitable and regular time to weigh in such as mornings, before breakfast, and soon after one has completed the hygienic tasks of the day.
Record calories eaten and body weight daily and rigorously. These records provide feedback that promotes diet compliance. When weight is lost, it is a time of accomplishment and a motivating event. When weight is gained, it is a time to assess what may be happening or changed. For women, water retention during the menstrual cycle is natural and can be discounted. For all, water retention resulting from very salty foods such as pickles, olives, pretzels, chips, sardines and similar foods is a problem to be avoided.
Modified and Adjusted. When necessary, diet modification is an important part of the diet process. This includes portion size adjustments, or exclusion of problem food choices such as various, sweet treats.
Evaluated. Weekly and monthly reviews of the diet and weight reveal how well it is working. The daily record is needed, but the weekly and monthly overview is most important because it provides the data needed to think and re-think the diet.
Abandoned, if ineffective. Caveat: If the diet is known to be excellent and healthy, it should be maintained or adjusted only. The diet may fail a person on a number of counts, but the dieter may fail the diet. Doubling up portions is bad. Cheating on a diet in any way assures it will not work.
Exercise. Walking and moving burns calories. If nothing else, keep moving and working. Sitting for long hours and bad snacking is taboo!
Physician's Input. A comprehensive medical exam and a physician's review are recommended.

Take care on life's journey. Be wise, prudent and focused!

To learn more about good dieting click on logical diet choices and Mediterranean diets and how to avoid harmful diets.

Sources

Argatston, A. 2007. The South Beach Heart Program. Rodale, Inc., New York, N.Y. 292 pp

Castelli, W. P. and G. C. Griffen. 1997. Good Fat Bad Fat. Fisher Books. Tucson, Arizona. 256 pp

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