Effective Weight Loss Programs: Part 1
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For your weight loss program to be a success, it’s absolutely
critical that you understand the difference between fad diets and safe,
effective weight loss programs that produce long-lasting weight loss
results. In addition to this helpful weight loss programs article, be
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There are all sorts of weight loss programs out there that
can help you lose weight (not necessarily fat), but they are so miserable
that it's impossible to stay on them very long - even more difficult
is keeping the results you achieved before going off the weight loss
program. We wanted to create a weight loss program that was both VERY
effective and a pleasure to implement all along the way. The GHF Customized
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Many Americans view sticking with a weight loss program,
and a healthy lifestyle in general, as something difficult to attain--and
something that's not much fun. Traditional diets (not to be confused
with safe, effective weight loss programs) have taught us that to lose
weight, we must count calories, keep track of everything we eat, and
deprive ourselves by limiting the amount--and kinds--of foods we eat.
Fad diets tell us exactly what and how much food to eat, regardless
of our preferences and individual relationships with hunger and satiety.
Dieting can help us lose weight (fat, muscle, and water) in the short
term but is so unnatural and so unrealistic that it can never become
a lifestyle that we can live with, let alone enjoy! Weight loss programs
differ because they strike a nice balance between effective and enjoyable.
(more about this later)
While very few diets teach healthy low-fat shopping, cooking,
and dining-out strategies (our weight loss program does), many offer
unrealistic recommendations and encourage health-threatening restrictions.
Even more important, diets don't teach us the safest, most effective
ways to exercise; they don't teach us how to deal with our cravings
and our desires, or how to attend to our feelings of hunger and fullness.
Eventually, we become tired of the complexity, the hunger, the lack
of flavor, the lack of flexibility, the lack of energy, and the feeling
of deprivation. We quit our diets and gain back the weight we've lost;
sometimes we gain even more!
Deprivation Doesn't Work ! Effective Weight Loss
Programs Do !
Each time we go on another diet of deprivation, the weight becomes more
difficult to lose, and we become even more frustrated and discouraged.
Then we eat more and exercise less, causing ourselves more frustration,
discouragement, depression. Soon we are in a vicious cycle. We begin
to ask ourselves, "Why bother?" We begin to blame ourselves
for having no will power when what we really need is clear, scientifically-based
information and weight loss programs that will help us develop a healthier
lifestyle we can live with for the rest of our lives.
The GHF Customized Diet Plan (our very effective weight
loss program) is not a diet that you'll quit because it's too difficult
or because you've reached a six-month weight loss goal. GHF offers a
healthier way of eating and a happier way of living through our weight
loss program. We offer a realistic, sensible approach to food and a
more fun and more effective weight loss approach to exercise. We teach
you how to gradually adopt those new behaviors so that they become part
of a safe, effective weight loss program, and an improved way of life,
one without guilt, without rules, and without deprivation.
Small, Gradual Changes: An Effective Alternative is our Weight
Loss Program
If your weight loss program is to be a success, everything you eat and
every exercise you do must be a pleasurable experience. If you're not
enjoying yourself, it is unlikely that you'll continue your weight loss
program. It's that simple.
These small, gradual weight loss changes are not painful or overwhelming
but rather the core of an effective weight loss program and an exciting
lifestyle that you will look forward to.
GHF
offers easy-to-understand and easy-to-follow recommendations on shopping
for and cooking low-fat healthy foods that make up one of the very best
weight loss programs. We'll also discuss simple ways of reducing the
fat in the foods you choose when you eat out. You'll learn about the
many nonfat and low-fat ingredients that can reduce the fat in your
favorite recipes without reducing taste. We'll explain why you should
reduce dietary fat and sugar and just how much fat your daily diet should
include for your optimum health. You'll also learn the roles that carbohydrates,
protein, fiber, and water play in an effective weight loss program.
In addition, GHF’s weight loss program will provide you
with over 175 healthy recipes, low in fat and high in nutritional value.
We know, however, that foods must be more than just healthy. They must
also be delicious and visually appealing, or you probably won't eat
them. The foods must also be quick and easy to prepare, or you probably
won't make them. The GHF weight loss recipes are foods you'll enjoy
again and again.
Many cookbooks and weight loss programs reduce the fat
in recipes by using artificial sweeteners and fat substitutes; they
may also rely on highly refined and processed foods. Unfortunately,
these practices compromise nutrition. On the other hand, the GHF weight
loss programs and recommendations are easy-to-follow recipes for delicious,
well-balanced meals. They include techniques for reducing the fat and
increasing the nutritional value of your own favorite foods.
Cardiovascular Exercise and Strength Training Are Important
to Your Weight Loss Program
Many fad diet weight loss programs are too narrow, focusing as they
do solely on nutrition and calorie reduction. They tend to ignore the
other two vital components of an effective weight management program:
cardiovascular exercise and strength training. Someone with the healthiest
possible eating habits will still have a hard time achieving the desired
weight loss results of body shape and fitness without an effective exercise
program because success -- and good health in general -- depends on
a safe and effective combination of cardiovascular fitness and stronger
bones and muscles. That is why GHF offers an integrated weight loss
program.
The
Dangers of Excess Body Fat - You Need a Safe, Effective Weight Loss
Program
Most people's primary motivation for following weight loss programs
is to improve their appearance. Equally important, however, are the
many other benefits of proper nutrition and regular exercise - the two
main components of an effective weight loss program.
Weight loss through reduction of excess body fat plays
a vital role in maintaining good health and fighting disease. In fact,
medical evidence shows that obesity poses a major threat to health and
longevity. (The most common definition of obesity is more than 25 percent
body fat for men and more than 32 percent for women.) An estimated one
in three Americans has some excess body fat; an estimated 20 percent
are obese. These people are in desperate need of safe, effective, personalized
weight loss programs.
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that is chock full of very effective nutritional strategies designed
to turn your body into a 24-hour fat-burning machine. It's literally
a nutritional blueprint for achieving the very best weight loss results
in the shortest period of time by eating the perfect foods combined
at the right times in the right amounts - all customized specifically
for you.
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