July 15th, 2010 
admin Following fad diets is not the answer if you are planning to keep the weight off.
Fad diets are only temporary. If you want to lose weight forever and permanently then use a well balanced plan that will take you to your weight loss goals.
Fad diets have one thing in common, they are all diets.
Bell-bottom pants are often like fad diets. For a few years these diets are popular and then they are out of style. After a period of time they return again and why is that, the weight gurus decide that a new group of people have not heard of this diet fad so let’s try it on them. When you’re trying to burn extra fat, you really should avoid these diets like the plague.
At the beginning of fad diets several of us will lose a moderate amount of weight. You most probably will lose some muscle at first when you are on one of these diets. If you lose muscle your metabolic rate will also be decreased and you will burn less body fat and therefore lose less weight.
But the most discouraging part of fad diets is that nearly all people who use these diets will gain the weight back, and then even more. Has this happened to you?
If you want to burn fat calories fast but you don’t want to gain the weight back then it is important to make small changes in your behavioral eating habits.
The most important question is, how can I keep the weight off?
One reason is the fad diets often recommend focusing too much on one type of food, like non-carbohydrate foods (meat and dairy only) or only carbohydrate foods (fruits and vegetables only). This type of diet will lead to unhealthy eating habits.
You are greatly reducing the number of vitamins and minerals you eat when you only eat foods from one category. Your body requires certain vitamins and minerals and if you don’t get these vitamins and minerals it will lead to ill health and more health problems.
It is said that variety is the spice of life, and to have variety in the nourishing foods that we eat is also needed for excellent health.
Fad diets are too restrictive to be realistically followed, especially for a lengthy period of time. They are not only unhealthy but these diets are also very difficult to stay on because they take away many of our favorite foods. A rigid limited diet will prevent you from losing weight over a long period of time.
If you want life long weight loss and weight stabilization the answer is behaviroral changes in your eating habits.
You see, the very idea of a diet is doomed to fail. Why? Diets are based in a temporary mindset. The fact that someone goes on a diet means they will have to come off of the diet. This is not permanent…why must I struggle to lose 15 pounds when I will gain it back and more weight when my diet is finished.
Even though this is a simple concept, some people just don’t understand. In an attempt to fix their weight and health issues many people turn to diets. The diets result in more problems and they are not the answer. People who are habitual dieters don’t burn fat over the long haul and many times will gain more weight back than they lost on the diet.
My mom gave me the most significant nutritional advise of my life. For the most part, my mom was right. My mom didn’t have any knowledge about fat burning, but she fed me very nutritious foods while I was a growing boy.
My Mom wanted the best for me and she knew if I was healthy I would be happier. I’ll bet that your Mom felt the exact same way about you.
I ate my share of healthy vegetables, including green ones, my mom made sure of that. On special occasions she would let me have sweets and some other fun foods, but she limited how much and how often I could have them. She tried to provide a balance of the different food groups throughout the day.
Thank you, Mom! Mom’s diet was actually quite sound. I’ve found that heeding some of this advice in the pursuit of maximum fat burning and a lean healthy body for the remainder of your life is a smart way to go.
You see your body naturally craves foods rich in nutrients, (antioxidants, phyto nutrients (plant), fiber, vitamins, minerals, etc.) When you eat most of your meals from foods rich in fundamental nutrients, your body will be satisfied and overeating will no longer be much of a problem.
When you give your body what it requires and needs to be healthy then you will naturally go into the fat burning stage. Because you are giving your body what it needs to be healthy you will be promoting natural alkalinity in your body and this will decrease your risk of disease.
If you do the opposite and eat most of your meals from foods lacking in nutrients, you’ll keep eating and eating and eating to satisfy your nutrient requirements. These are fast food, foods high in fat, high sugar foods, etc that are low in nutrition. This means you will be taking in too many calories.
Eating too many calories means you will continue to gain weight, get fatter and be more prone to developing diseases related to being overweight. Your body will have an acidic environment, which is an additional risk of disease when you gain weight and fat. When this happens, you can just kiss fat burning goodbye.
So nutrition for fat loss, fitness, and health in fact all do go hand in hand. My Fat Burning Furnace students have changed their lives permanently, by simply altering what they put in their bodies…and you can do it to.
Focus on foods rich in nutrients. Next, I will define a plan that will aid you in transitioning from where you are now to where you want to be. This plan will have you burning calories 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
One of the essential keys to healthy eating is to eat a variety of foods from all of the food groups regularly and consistently.
Posted in 
