The Secrets to Weight Loss

We have all heard the claim that the "XYZ program" is the one that will solve all your dieting problems. You will loose weight quickly and keep it off with no effort. If you have had the experience I have then you no that they are all hype. The diet industry is full of over hyped products. If you read the fine print they all say you need to follow a diet and exercise plan. Guess what diet and exercise is the real producer of results. I have tried to follow a diet and exercise routine and have failed that way also. What is the weight loss plan that works for everyone? There is none. We are all different and have different causes to why we are over weight.

The root cause of your problem is what you must find. For me, it is emotional eating and inactivity. I am a computer professional co most of the day I get the exercise of a bored couch potato flipping through the channels.

Why do we over eat? I have found 3 main reasons:

1. Emotional eating. Eating because it makes you feel good in some way. Your emotions over come your reason and you eat.
2. Habit. You will eat at certain times of the day if you are hungry or not. At holidays you stuff yourself because you always have.
3. Poor food choices. Yes what you eat can make you eat more. Your body decides it is full based on volume more than anything else. Foods with high calorie density give you many more calories when you feel full. Salty foods tend to cause you to eat more of them. Combine a sugary cola with potato chips and look out!

 Controlling these 3 things alone will not guaranty you success at losing weight either. Your body type, amount of physical activity, age and gender will all affect how well and how fast you can lose weight.

You need to find a diet and exercise plan that you can do for the rest of your life. Find activities that require physical activity but do not bore you. That way you are more likely to stay with it. Your diet and exercise plan need to be flexible because if you do or eat the same thing long enough you will get bored! Experiment and try different things. Find what works for you. If one plan does not try another; don't give up. What works for one will not always work for another. That is the only way I have been able to loose weight and keep it off. And remember don't fall for the hype.