Warning! Want a certain and easy diet program? Then, don’t start any diet plan or weight loss program before you’ve read this entire post all the way to the end, where you’ll learn the 5 essential warning signs to watch out for in any program you start and the 7 key elements you want included to assure your success.
Now, I’d bet you’ve already tried, if not one, perhaps several diets already, AND, that you’ve lost and gained back on all of them. That sort of disappointment tends to keep anyone from wanting to ever try again.
There’s a reason it didn’t work before. Obviously, you were motivated and wanted to get healthy. But, it was because someone forced their program of limited fixed scope into and onto your body. It just doesn’t work that way. You were set up for failure and you didn’t even know that your failure wasn’t your fault.
Before you invite anyone to your dinner table to dictate how you should eat, make sure you’ve covered the following 5 red flag items.
Number 1 – Watch out for any program that suggests you can lose weight by just taking a pill. Weight loss pills may work in the short run but over time they are unnatural and doomed to failure. The only pills you should take without your doctor’s consent are high quality, efficacious nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, omega-3 oils, a very effective antioxidant and CoQ-10.
Number 2 – Be wary of anyone that wants to sell you food. Again, you’ll lose weight as long as you buy their food. Once you stop, you’ll find that you’ve learned nothing about how to cook and how to eat and the weight will come right back. Plus, it’s expense.
Number 3 – We are not like a herd of buffalo. One size program cannot possibly fit all. If the program isn’t designed with your individual body type in mind, keep looking.
Number 4 – If the next plan you consider is not about firstly educating you, if they just want you to buy their program, food, pill or book, don’t get started.
And Number 5 – If you can’t get on-going support to transition you from your current eating habits into new ones, you are going to be left on your own to make it happen. Slam-bam, thanks for the sale and good luck to you.
OK, now, if you are serious about your health, plan to be here for a lot of years to come, and you’re not just a complainer about how tough it is, then here are the 7 things that you want to have in a program.
Key Point First of all, it’s not a diet or weight loss program you’re looking for. What you really want is a healthy eating and proper nutrition program. You see, your body will do miraculous things when given the proper nourishment and support. When you say “diet” it infers that it has a beginning and an end. But, your life goes on.
Secondly, you want a program that works with your body, with your individual metabolism. A plan that works with how your body digests food, converts it into fuel and then into healthy cells, tissues, organs and systems. And, you want an easy way to determine your metabolic type.
Nobody wants to go hungry or feel like they’ve been deprived of something. So, thirdly you want plenty of nutritious food, in the right proportions for your metabolism.
Fourth, unless you plan to eat every meal at home, the program you start must be portable. That means it’s not hard for you to look at a menu at a restaurant or the dining buffet at Aunt Emily’s for Thanksgiving and know what and how much to eat.
Fifth on the list of what you want is a program that promotes some sort of physical activity. Now, not all of us are gym rats and that’s OK. A sensible approach to exercising and being active is what you’re looking for.
Sixth, and it’s a concern for us all, you want a program that is affordable. Most of us don’t have a problem paying for something as long as we feel it is a fair price for a valuable service rendered. Make sure that there is a reasonable, no-questions-asked refund guarantee… in writing.
And finally, seventh, is having access to people in your healthy eating program. You want to be able to get answers to the questions you have or if you need emergency coaching when a piece of chocolate cake is screaming at you, you want to know you’ve got someone you can call.
So, who can you call? Is there anyone right now you can really count on?
Well, here’s something to consider.
You’ve been reading an article by Rick Lelchuk from Easy Diet for Life.com. Lynn and I would like to talk to you about becoming your weight loss accountability partner, the one’s you can absolutely count on to stick with you until you achieve your wellness goal.
Thanks for sticking with me to the end. It’s exactly what you can expect from us.