Diets That work Can Be Found If You Know Where To Start

Many folks need to drop weight, and lots of people are always searching for diets that work.  It's not really difficult to find diets that work, but finding a diet you can stick with is the issue.  The diet industry is very large.  With books, diet food programs, trainers and nutritionists, spas, and all the other parts of the health and diet industry a lot of money, over 46.8 billion dollars in 2005, is pulled in not from people becoming healthy or losing weight, but rather from people attempting to become healthy or lose weight.  Because repeat business brings in the cash, the focus is naturally on the ping-pong reality of bad living followed by short periods of diets and health programs.

So you want a diet that works?  Here's one.  Combine limiting caloric intake to 1000 calories a day with at least 30 minutes of exercise at least 5 times a week.  That diet will result in losing weight.  But there are two difficulties.  The first is that cravings will ruin the diet.  Sooner or later, particularly after intense work outs, those 1000 calories won't be sufficient to satisfy.  First it's a potato chip or piece of cake, then it's an extra hot dog and the whole bag of snacks, and then the diet is ended.  The second problem is what happens after the diet ends?  What happens when the weight is shed?  What, you'll go right back to eating the same way you ate before the diet?  Guess what, then the weight will come back.  Next spring, or next fancy dress ball, or next vacation, or simply the next time you glance at a mirror on the way out of the shower  it will be once again be diet time. 

The best diet is a permanent diet.  More and more people are coming to realize that to lose weight it's best to make a whole lifestyle change, including healthier eating habits and more exercise.  Connie Guttersen created the Sonoma Diet which, as a base, discusses ten “power foods.”  The power foods  are almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains, eaten in conjunction with the diet of the Sonoma country, which includes Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean foods and dishes.  The diet includes a wide selection of real, and enjoyable foods so it's easy to stay on it .

Looking for diets that work?  Shift the focus away from a short term diet to permanent eating habits that go along with an overall healthy and active lifestyle.  That's the way to not only lose the weight, but to avoid gaining it in the first place.