Weight Loss Diet Guide

Most everyone in the world by the time they are an adult, especially in America, has tried more diets than they can count. Some of these diets work, for a little while, they you gain the weight back. Some are too hard to stick too. And some just flat out don't work for you. Well I am one of those people where none of them work, mainly for me it is will power, good food is just so darn good, why can't it be good for you?

I was at an average weight my whole life, when I became around 19, I stopped gaining and was comfortable. I considered myself good looking, never had a problem getting dates or buying cute clothes. I figured I could lose 10 pounds but wasn't going to give up good food for more than a week so I didn't bother much. At the ripe age of 21 I got married to a man who could do nothing but eat pizza and ice cream for every meal and still have a six pack. I shortly thereafter became pregnant with my beautiful daughter and gained only about 28 pounds for my whole pregnancy, I looked great. I had the nice tall body with the perfect big pregnant belly, yes other pregnant women hated me. I ate healthy through the pregnancy because I had too, I was diagnosed with diabetes and did not want to hurt my baby.

After giving birth to my seven pound six ounce beauty I lost about 15 pounds pretty quick, so not much to go. I began eating normal again, not mass amounts, but not super healthy either. About 4 months later I didn't even realize it until I went to the doctor, I had gained 40 pounds! This was after already having my baby, no one told me my metabolism would come to a screeching halt. I tried eating much less, tried eating better, but that only keeps up for so many days before I feel like I am starving. "Just this one small bowl of ice cream." Or "just a few chips or small sandwich late night." Is what I would think. Does any of these feelings sound familiar? After a while you just assume screw it right? Well I hated the way I looked but why bother.

I went and talked to some professionals and here is the natural safe plan I took, where I wouldn't feel as if I were "starving" to death. I began walking on my treadmill or taking my daughter for walks in the stroller on nice days, nothing straining, but it adds up in the end. I decided to calorie count, my goal is no more than 1000 total a day, it seemed hard until I went shopping and bought all fat free items (not low fat) instead of the normal, they taste the same to me and what a huge difference they make. I cooked with olive oil instead of butter, I bought only wheat breads instead of whites. All of these small things I changed and bought that cost the same probably cut about 1500 calories a day.

The next step I took was simple but easier said than done, drinking more water. Water has no taste to me and a soda seems to do me just fine, however, drinking more water helps with weight loss a great deal and fills you up more. I still drink soda, I love the fizz, I buy the 'zero' soda. Most makers make the soda's that say 'zero' on them meaning zero carbs and calories in them, diet soda is just as bad as regular so thank heavens for these.

Buying affordable supplements such as fish oil capsules and cinnamon capsules really helped with sugar control and weight loss as well. Fish oil makes your little walk you took that day multiply in your body, causing more weight to come off as well as better heart health. Cinnamon helps lower sugar and help in weight loss.

In the end no diet is really going to work and if it does it's only temporary, not to mention a pain and costly. A change of lifestyle is what is needed. Replace your foods, next time at the store only buy fat free and sugar free items, compare your normal ranch dressing to the fat free ranch dressing on calories and carbs, huge difference and not much taste difference. Making these little changes I lost 40 pounds in three months, which most diets cannot even do that, and I sit on the couch a lot as well. No one can force you to buy the better stuff or take a simple fish oil pill every day along with all the other little lifestyle changes, but it is well worth it in making your life longer and making you look and feel better.

Source: self experience