Will Your Plan Lead To Permanent Weight Loss : Part 1
Dr. David Nganele
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Several years ago, a colleague who had tried several weight
loss plans, asked me to help her figure out why she wasn't able to achieve
permanent weight loss. After extensive research on how the body regulates
weight and studying individuals who had succeeded in attaining long-term
weigh loss, I concluded that there are four characteristics that a plan
must have to result in long-term weight loss.
If a plan fails in any one, it might create short-term
weight loss but the pounds will come back and you will find yourself
trying something else. At first glance, these factors might look straightforward
and simple but I will present the science behind them and why they must
be taken into account for you to succeed.
The four characteristics are:
1. The plan must avoid cravings
2. The plan must avoid hunger
3. The plan must call for increasing your activity
level
4. It must be a plan you can live with for a long time
What are cravings? A craving is when your body pushes you
to want a particular food ingredient. This can occur even when you are
not hungry. When you finally give in and get the food, you almost always
binge, that is, eat more than you would have if you did not have cravings
for it.
What causes cravings? Your body needs 6 essential food
ingredients to function properly. They are carbohydrates, fats, proteins,
minerals, vitamins and water. If you deprive your body of any of this,
it will create the sensation that will drive you to get it. The most
easily identified example is when you deprive your body of water. You
develop thirst. Thirst is the body craving for water.
Weight loss plans that tell you to cut out particular foods
will always lead to cravings. It is this battle in your body to give
it what it needs that creates conditions of discomfort and lead to most
individuals ending the programs. There is an area of the brain that
controls what and how much you eat and is responsible for creating cravings
as a way for you to provide the body what it needs.
So, how do you avoid cravings? By eating all the required
food ingredients. The key is that in all the food groups, there are
"good" types and "not so good" types. You need to
know the good types and eat only those. For example, with carbohydrates,
good types (in general) are the ones with low glycemic index (GI). GI
is a measure of how fast a food increases the production of insulin.
Insulin causes fat buildup. Whole grains and vegetables have low GIs
and therefore good for weight loss.
By understanding the concept of eating all the essential
foods and dividing them into "good" and "not so good"
foods, you will avoid cravings and overeating.
Part
2 will discuss hunger and how successful plans avoid hunger.
Dr. David Nganele empowers individuals
with the knowledge to take help them take control of their health. His
latest ebook is "How to Choose A Weight Loss Plan That Will Work
for You.” Learn more at http://www.aboutdietplans.com.
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