Instead Of Dieting, Make Positive Changes

Instead of dieting, make positive changes.

Why is it that diets simply don't work? Instead of dieting, make positive changes. Diets start by making people feel deprived or punished. A new phase in your life or a lifestyle change may be just what you need to achieve fitness and health goals. To achieve true weight loss success, you must change your way of life.

Maintain an aggressive but realistic approach to fitness, weight loss, and eating new healthy foods. Long-term weight loss goals will not be as simple to achieve as the first five or ten pounds.

Why is it that simply saying the "D" word, you know "diet," conjures up images of failure in the minds of many men and women all over the world? Could it be that we've all learned the hard way that diets simply don't work? I know many of you are sitting there with your jaws dropped right now. After all, this is a diet article, right? It both is and isn't. Dieting is the kiss of death for many people, whereas a new phase in your life or a lifestyle change may be just what you need to achieve your fitness and health goals.

For some, eating is an addiction. Unfortunately, you can't completely stop eating like a smoker can stop smoking. I'm not suggesting that quitting smoking is easy, but how much more difficult would it be if you had to have three a day? At that point, you might as well enjoy them whenever the urge strikes, right? The same can be said for food. To survive, you must consume food. You cannot survive without food. This means that if food is a problem in your life, you must develop a healthier attitude toward food.

Isn't this where diets are most useful? The simple answer is no. Diets frequently fail in this area. Diets have little effect on how we perceive food. In reality, most diets only tell us which foods are good, which are bad, and which foods (typically the majority of the foods we enjoy the most) are strictly forbidden. Diets start by making people feel deprived or punished. Nobody wants to feel either of these things.

Worse, we punish ourselves even more when we slip along the straight and very narrow paths that our diets place us on. This means that we will wallow in guilt over every little misstep we make until we give up and decide to overindulge once more while ignoring the guilt.

To achieve true success, you must change your way of life. This is the only way you will be able to lose those unwanted pounds without experiencing the horrible guilt that so many dieters experience at every stage of their diets. Set objectives for yourself. Maintain an aggressive but realistic approach to fitness, weight loss, and eating new healthy foods. Even if your goal is as simple as eating 5 servings of vegetables per day, it is a great place to start.

Change your eating habits. Then, by changing your perspective on food, you will notice remarkable changes in your attitudes toward your health, your body, and even your fitness level. As you lose the first few pounds, you will notice that you have more energy and less pain when exercising. This should keep you motivated to do even more in the future.

Long-term weight loss goals will not be as simple to achieve as the first five or ten pounds. When making these lifestyle changes, consistency is critical. Take each day as it comes and start over the next. This means that even if you completely "fall off the wagon" today, you can begin again tomorrow. The trick is to stay on track more days than not, and to learn moderation and balance when it comes to deviating from the path.

When it comes to dieting, there are numerous ways to fail, and I know people who have failed in almost every one I can think of. When you are making positive changes in your life that are yielding positive results, there is no way to fail. Your goal may take weeks, months, or even years to achieve. You are doing many wonderful things for your health and well-being as long as you make consistent and consistent efforts and progress.