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Need An Easy New Year’s Diet Recipe? Discover 5 Steps To The Best Diet For Life

So, it’s New Year’s resolution time again. Are you preparing for the umpteenth New Year’s diet recipe? Which one will it be this time around? The cookie diet, the cayenne pepper diet, the Suzanne Somers diet, the maple syrup diet, a rapid weight loss pill, or one of the other quick weight loss fads of the moment? Why don’t you join me in making this New Year’s diet a common sense occasion? Let’s take a look at 5 easy-to-take steps that can introduce you to the best diet for life. Steps that stop yo-yo dieting permanently, while ensuring fat loss and a healthy, toned body.

Step 1. Don’t Get Ripped Off With Rapid Weight Loss Pills And Potions

We have all seen the ads:

Lose 10 pounds in 3 days.
30 Pounds in 30 days.
Drop 2 sizes in 2 weeks without exercise.
Vibrate your way to a slim figure.
Shake off 50 pounds of fat with magical shakes.

The weight loss industry knows its vulnerable target market intimately – especially when it comes to New Year diets. These innovative marketers are very much aware of the buttons they need to push to get you to part with your hard-earned cash. The two main themes are instant gratification and anything that sounds like an easy, quick fix.

Let’s use our common sense. The weight came on over a long period. The bad habits weren’t formed overnight. How can we expect to lose all the ‘bad stuff’ overnight and keep it off for life? If we don’t change our lifestyles, the unwelcome pounds will just come piling back – and invite a bunch of friends to boot. How many times have you dropped a number of pounds in a short period, only to gain it back with dividends within an even shorter period? Isn’t it time to say: ‘Enough’?

Step 2. Use Your New Year’s Diet To Lose Fat, Not Water And Muscle

It is fairly easy to lose weight. It is much harder to keep it off. If you want to be successful in your weight loss efforts, you need to keep a close watch on your body composition. If you are losing water and muscle, you are not doing your body any favors. In fact, you will be slowing down your metabolism, causing an even greater weight gain headache.

If you choose the road of patience, you will be more likely to lose the fat, without putting your metabolism on a go-slow strike in the process. There simply is no way to do this overnight. Your target should be to lose around 2 pounds per week. Use tools such as a skinfold caliper to check that you are in fact losing fat. This can be done at home, but you may get more accurate results at a health club.

Step 3. Throw Out The Shakes, Meal Replacements And Starvation Tactics

The best diet for life should include a new healthstyle for your whole family. You can’t live on meal replacements or cabbage soup. Your body and mind will never be satisfied with a shake in place of a filling, chewy, delicious, aromatic meal. Meal replacements can never be long-term solutions. They simply put your body into a sort of starvation mode, which is why you simply gain the weight again when the diet is ‘over’. You need a diet and nutrition plan you can maintain for life.

Frankly, we have been made to enjoy good food. There is nothing wrong with that. In fact, we can and should even feel free to ‘cheat’ from time to time and enjoy a treat, without losing the weight battle. Try not to make food an issue. Teach your kids to prepare food in a healthy low-fat way, and they will never have reason to deprive and punish themselves with starvation diets. We need the aroma, the textures, the beautiful colors and the pleasure of good, healthy food. Make that part of your New Year diet recipe.

Step 4. Take Out A Calculator And Learn To Do The Math

Perhaps we should stop thinking in terms of a New Year’s diet altogether. If you need to drop 10 or 30 or even 100 pounds, you can do this by simply making a few sums and changing some habits. You will not even feel deprived. Did you know that you could save 22,000 calories and lose around 6 pounds of fat in a year by simply switching from whole milk to skim milk? Or that by reducing your daily mayonnaise habit by one tablespoon daily, you could make another 9 pounds of flab and fat disappear over 12 months? This without taking any other steps.

Do some research and find other examples that can easily be incorporated into your new family healthstyle. Get the kids involved and they will soon discover that they only need to make smarter food choices. What can be easier than this? You can even give a prize to the family member who comes up with the most useful New Year diet suggestion.

Step 5. Make Family Activity A Fun Part Of Every Day

If you want to change the size of your butt, you have to drop the ‘but’ and start exercising. There simply is no other choice – you move, and the fat will start to move. Excuses and inactivity won’t get you into that skin-tight pair of jeans. Don’t have the cash for a gym membership? No problem. There are many affordable fitness equipment tools for home use. Put on some of the best workout music, and get an exercise ball workout going. Or set the kid in you free with an urban rebounder exercise routine.

Frankly, you don’t even need to buy any special equipment. How about a brisk walk or a family bike ride daily? Twenty to thirty minutes of activity 5 days a week, will make a huge difference. Your metabolism will be revved up, enabling you to burn fat faster, even while you sleep. Used to saying ‘I just have to look at a piece of pie to gain 5 pounds’? When your metabolism starts to work efficiently, this problem will disappear. You will find that extra pounds begin to look for another host. You can also add workouts with free weights. The extra muscle mass will become like a furnace when it comes to burning calories. Doesn’t this sound like a new year diet recipe for success?

Aren’t these 5 common sense steps all doable and affordable? If you need more guidance when it comes to nutrition and a weight loss cardio workout, you can tap into the knowledge of experts who know exactly what you need to do to burn the fat, while you feed the muscle.

Isn’t it time to forget about yet another apple cider vinegar diet? Isn’t it time to take the first steps in the direction of a new healthstyle, while putting together your family’s New Year’s diet?

About the author: Rika Susan offers more about burn-fat-fast metabolism: Click here for her article about the new burn-fat-fast weight loss lifestyle or go to www.Activity-Sports-Fitness.com/burn-fat-fast/

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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. QUESTION:
    Best diet?
    My boyfriend and I are starting to diet but we are not sure what the best diet is? Low carb? Low fat?
    Do we need to count calories? Healthy meal ideas?
    Has anyone had really good results with any particular diet?
    Our goal is to diet for 30 days, loose some weight and/or tone up.
    Yes we will be going to the gym 3x a week.

    • ANSWER:
      i hate fad diets.. so i’m not going to point out a particular diet plan.. but basically avoid sugar and white flour.. and caffiene.. caffiene stores pockets of fat in your body.. avoid junk food and eat breakfast.. drink tons of water.. and if you have the choice of frying or grilling something, grill it.. oh and don’t only eat like once a day or something.. it’s healthy to have up to six small meals a day (three actual meals, three snacks).. only eating once a day makes you body think it’s starving and it will actually hold on to fat.. so yeah.. that’s not really a specific diet like atkins or anything.. but i hope it helped anyway.. good luck and congrats on wanting to be healthier..

  2. QUESTION:
    best diet??????????
    what is the best diet for a girl thats overweight and too young for the other diets? i weigh almost 200 and i am under 18 HELP!!??

    • ANSWER:
      The best diet by far is one that is sustainable. The problem with fad diets is that they are too drastic for the dieters to maintain for an extended period of time. When this happens you end up losing the momentum you need for your diet and you gain the weight that you lost and then some.

      For you, the best diet is one that is BALANCED, while reducing calories at the same time. If is important for your to be physically active at least three times a week. You should have a diet that consists of a healthy split of protein, complex carbs, and fat. Your proteins should come from white lean meats, your carbohydrates should comes from vegetables, and your fats should come from fish (or fish oil capsules). You should avoid empty calories because they are a disservice to you, that includes candy, white bread, paste, refined sugars, or anything that’s out of a box from the grocery store.

      The key, then, is to have a balanced diet mixed with plenty of sleep and excersice. You should split your meals into six meals to keep your metabolism going all day long. If you have three meals now, that doesn’t mean you eat twice as much, that means you eat less per sitting but more often. If you were to consume a good 2,000 full calories per day you’d see yourself lose weight and never grow hungry at the same time. The key thing is to be DEDICATED and unrelenting, while allowing yourself 1 day a week where you can allow yourself a junk meal or two; only if you’ve been clean the entire week.

      While some have told you not to count calories, the truth of the matter is that you need to. You need to objectively see how many calories you have consumed because your body does indeed work with these numbers, you won’t get far working on a whim of what feels go as opposed to what acutally is good.

  3. QUESTION:
    Best Diet??
    I’m looking to start a diet so that I look good at my best friends wedding in 6 weeks…..What do you think is the best diet out there with the best results?

    • ANSWER:
      The following healthy living recommendations will help you if you’re trying to lose weight, tone up your muscles, have aspirations of building lean muscle mass, are attempting to get a wash board stomach, or just want to feel better:

      *1) Burn more calories then you’re consuming everyday and measure your results using the following formula: Calories Consumed minus Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) minus Physical Activity minus the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). A website that explains this formula in more detail and will help you determine how many calories you need to reach or maintain a certain weight is at http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/weight/calsburned.htm

      Get an online, desktop, or cell phone diet and fitness calculator. This will allow you to easily calculate the above formula, set goals, log your daily calorie consumption, and register your physical activities.

      Set realistic goals for your ideal body weight. Here are two websites that will calculate a suggested body weight:
      Adults: http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm
      Teens/Children: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/exercise/weight/bmi.html

      It is difficult and unhealthy to lose more than one or two pounds per week. There are 3,500 calories in a pound. If you eat 500 fewer calories per day for a week you will lose one pound. If you burn through exercise 500 more calories per day for a week you will lose one pound.

      Here are two articles on how to break through a weight loss plateau:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/86/99147.htm

      http://www.webmd.com/content/pages/18/102117.htm

      *2) Eat natural and organic foods found on earth versus something created by a corporation to make money. Eat meals in small portions throughout the day and take a good multi-vitamin supplement.

      Do not try fad diets or diet pills. Avoid “High Glycemic Load Carbs” (sugar, pastries, desserts, refined starches such as breads, pasta, refined grains like white rice; high starch vegetables such as potatoes) and drink lots of water. Read this article for more information on high GL Carbs:

      http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates.html

      The following are food pyramids and several articles on what you should eat everyday:
      Food Pyramids:

      http://www.rayandterry.com/html/images/PyramidLRG.gif?osCsid=26a424be471d1337e7c2f105d5c64d9d

      http://www.mypyramid.gov/

      Antioxidant Superstars – Vegetables and Beans:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/104/107638.html

      Antioxidant Loaded Fruits:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/104/107640.html

      Good Carbs Mean Better Weight:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/100/105783.htm

      The Benefits of Protein:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/85/98824.htm

      Some Fats Are Good For You:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/49/40075.htm

      Antioxidants in Green and Black Tea:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/104/107641.html

      What You Should Eat Daily:

      http://www.oprah.com/health/yourbody/slide/slide_yourbody_healthfood_201.jhtml

      Best Foods to Fight off Disease and Keep You Healthy:

      http://www.oprah.com/health/yourbody/slide/slide_yourbody_healthfood_101.jhtml

      *3) Perform cardiovascular, core, and/or strength training on most days. Read a book or find a certified trainer to make sure you’re doing all exercises correctly.

      The following is a website and numerous articles on cardiovascular, core, and strength training:
      Exercise Prescription on the Net

      http://www.exrx.net/

      Starting an Exercise Program:

      http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/activity/startexercise.htm

      Strength Training Basics:

      http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/activity/trainbasics.htm

      Cardiovascular Machine Workouts:

      http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/activity/cardiowork.htm

      Balance Your Way to a Stronger Body:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/64/72314.htm

      Understanding Your Training Heart Rate:

      http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/activity/thr.htm

      Exercise Errors:

      http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/activity/errors.htm

      Getting a Flat Stomach:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/71/81365.htm

      Weight Lifting – Does Order Matter:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/80/96440.htm

      Encouraging Exercise in Your Kids:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/95/103524.htm

      Strength Training Safe and Effective for Kids:

      http://www.webmd.com/content/article/32/1728_81005.htm

      *4) Get plenty of sleep. Sleep experts say most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night for optimum performance, health, and safety.

      *5) Educate yourself continually on health issues and make a life long commitment to good health. A great free publication is “Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005”. A reputable test you can take to measure your biological age is at http://realage.com
      Look at all areas where you can enhance your health. For example, make improvements in the quality of the air you breathe. Review outdoor air quality forecasts where you live and get an indoor air purifier.

      Send me an email or yahoo instant message to “gainbetterhealth” if you have any questions and good luck!

      *Click on all the source links below to get the full benefit of the recommendations. The answers presented to your health questions are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

  4. QUESTION:
    BEST diet?
    I want to lose 40 – 25 lb. in 2-4 months what is the best diet i can possibly go on, like food wise? please please please please please please please please please please please please HELP!!!!!!! (NOT starving myself)

    • ANSWER:
      Keep a food journal of the way you are eating right now, and look up the calories, you’ll be able to see where you need to cut back. To lose 40 pounds in 4 months, you would need to cut back about 1,000 calories per day. Exercise can help with this.

      Good luck!

  5. QUESTION:
    What is the best diet pill or diet shake that has worked for you?
    I would like to use a diet pill or diet shake in conjunction with exercise and healthy eating. What has worked best for you? How much did you lose? Any side effects?

    • ANSWER:
      Go to any GNC or vitamin shoppe and get oxyelite pro. Combined with excerise & eating right you’ll lose 20lbs easy.


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