Ask the Right Questions to Lose Weight
The other day I was in line at a Taco Bell (yes - there are some
decent choices here!) and the woman in front of me asked the cashier
if they had anything "low carb" on the menu. She was rewarded with a
blank stare from the teenage cashier. I was tempted to tell her that
if she bought a burrito and removed the shell and scooped out the
beans and/or rice, she could have a nice high calorie, high fat pile
of cheese, fatty ground beef, and sour cream to eat as her low carb
meal. This is a perfect example of a key problem most people have
with losing
weight: they don't know what questions to ask and where to find
the answers.
These days, you need to be even more careful when you choose foods -
there are no quick answers. If you go with the idea that anything
"low carb" will help you shed those pounds, you won't lose weight -
this is a huge oversimplification that doesn't work. More
importantly, you will likely gain weight because when you cut out
carbohydrates, what's left to choose are foods high in fat (which
has 2 1/2 times the calories as a pure carbohydrate), or protein,
which has an equal amount of calories as carbohydrate, gram per
gram. To lose weight, you may need to cut back on carbohydrates -
but if you're like most people, you'll need to reduce fat and
protein as well. Instead of simply cutting out all carbohydrates (or
reducing them to extremely low levels) you should have a weight loss
plan that gives you a specific amount of each nutrient, with the
right balance of nutrition and the right amount of foods for your
personal needs. And, to reach your weight goal successfully you'll
need to get answers to some key questions:
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What's the right amount of calories for me so that I can lose
weight consistently?
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How do I figure out if I'm eating the right amount of food so
that I lose weight?
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How much and what kind of foods should I eat so that I have the
energy I need to stay active, motivated, and satisfied even
while I'm on a diet plan?
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How do I make the right eating choices in any situation so that
I don't have to follow any more restrictive diets and live like
a normal person?
Once I reach my weight goal, will I have a new way of eating that I
can live with and will help keep me at goal weight so that I don't
have to go on another diet?
At
Personal-Diet.com
(aka
a-personaldietitian.com), we don't follow the latest fads and we
don't blame carbohydrates or any single type of food for the obesity
problem - it's just not that simple. We designed our program
based on what nutritional science has been shown to work best for
most overweight people: a balanced and flexible plan that meets your
personal needs, the structure and support you need to follow it, an
emphasis on building new habits instead of just following the latest
diet, with guidance and help from real nutrition experts so that you
can take control of your health and weight issues once and for all.
Carolyn Classick-Kohn,MS,RD is chief dietitian of the California
based Personal Diet weight loss program. Her diets are currently
available via web site at
A-PersonalDietitian.com
&
Personal-Diet.com
Personal Diets are designed to give you the "right" diet for your
needs. This is accomplished by designing each diet to your eating
preferences, lifestyle, & health needs, while giving you access to
the professional support.
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