There are millions of weight loss and diet plans on the market. Some of them do work. All of them have an effect on your body for a short time time. Most of them have no long term positive effects. I will be returning to this subject a lot because there is so much for us to learn about what different products do to us, why we need certain nutrients to help us lose weight and why other foods or ingredients make us put weight on.

Over the years, I have tried many diets. These include;

  • The atkins diet
  • Weightwatchers
  • Slimming World
  • Detox Diet
  • GI Diet
  • F Plan Diet
  • Body For Life
  • South Beach Diet
  • High Protein Diet

The list could go on and on! There is one thing I learnt after each of these diets… As soon as you finish them you will always start to put weight on again! This is always inevitable when you embark on a short term, dramatic diet that excludes something you normally enjoy eating. For example, if you start on the atkins diet and cut out so many carbohydrates, you will put weight on as soon as you eat carbs again… Believe me, I know.

I will go through each of the above diets and many more over time so you don’t have to make some of the mistakes I did and also so that I can help you understand the real secret behind a long term, effective diet that will see you losing weight and building lean muscle for years to come.

LET’S START WITH THE BASICS.

Our bodies need a multitude of natural nutrients to keep us healthy. By cutting some of those out, we will lose weight for a short period but at some point we will have to re introduce those nutrients and if we do not have a full understanding about them, then we will put the weight back on. So to start, here is a list of the basic nutrients all of our bodies need to survive and stay healthy:

  1. Carbohydrates
  2. Fat (YES! We do need fat.)
  3. Fibre
  4. Protein
  5. Vitamins
  6. Minerals
  7. Water

I will talk about each of these is detail and explain in their own sections why we need a balanced amount of each of these. When losing weight, it does help us to restrict the types of fat we ingest and only eat carbohydrates at the right time. It also helps to increase certain nutrients, such as vitamins and Protein to protect our muscles and assist weight loss, but all of this must be done in moderation and controlled in the correct manner. I may even suggest or review a product that helps weight loss, but this leads me to my next basic point…

TO ACHIEVE LONG TERM WEIGHT LOSS AND BUILD REAL LEAN MUSCLE – YOU MUST DO IT NATURALLY.

There are too many people and companies out there, who claim to have a ’secret’ product that can increase muscle and promote weight loss in staggering time. These products will contain illegal substances or they will be steroid based. These are no good and you are only going down one route… A route paved with more health problems, drug addiction, increased dangers and ultimately more weight! By using the natural products around us that God left on this earth for us to enjoy and supplementing your food with natural vitamins and minerals, you will feel, look and be healthier for the rest of your life and it is only if you leave this path that you will start to put weight back on and lose your muscle and definition. It really is that simple… I promise!

When the time is right and I feel that I have explained everything I have learnt, I will begin to recommend specific diets, plans and products for you to try. I will introduce you to excercise programmes that are designed to help you lose weight. I will allow you to do something most other sites and plans don’t. I will allow you to chose for yourself what you want to do. You will choose your own diet plan. I will provide a template and guidance to help you make the right choice. You will choose your own fitness regime. Whether it be at home or in the gym, I will provide you with the tools you need. All you have to do is read, learn and understand why:

  1. Our bodies need a variety of balanced nutrients.
  2. There are certain times to eat and certain times to avoid particular foods
  3. For some of us, 3 meals a day is not enough.
  4. There is no one exercise to lose weight – you must mix it up!
  5. Just doing weights or just doing cardio will not work. You must do both.
  6. We don’t have to spend hours in a gym.
  7. There is no need to change who we are to lose weight.

Keep coming back to learn and enjoy getting fit and losing weight – THE EASY, STRESS FREE WAY!