How to Diet – 5 Golden Rules of Weight Loss

There are just so many different eating plans and weight loss programmes out there that it can become confusing. If in doubt on how to diet, use the 5 golden rules to guide your choice:
1. It should not be something drastic. As with everything else in life, moderation is the key. Keep in mind that, in most cases, the weight you want to shed has been building up over a long period of time. As such it is unrealistic to simply expect it to go away overnight. Take time to do it right – naturally.
2. It should be easily understandable. If it does not make sense to you when someone explains it, chances are it might not make sense to your body, either – so beware when people simply start throwing around big words and complex concepts. While body chemistry is complex, most of it can be explained so that common people can understand it – pretty much like Dr. Oz on Oprah explains stuff that he took years to learn.
3. It should not be complicated to follow. The fact of the matter is that losing weight is a challenge by itself. As such, you don’t need to make it any more difficult than it already is. The more complex it becomes, the more of a hassle it becomes. The more the hassle, the more the chances of just giving it up. The simpler the eating plan, the better – although it still has to make sense from a nutritional point of view.
4. It should be easy to maintain over long periods – especially if you have lots to lose. If you lose weight in a healthy manner, it is bound to take some time. As such, your diet should not be something of which you will get tired within a month, or else you are likely to just call it a day and go back to your old ways of eating again. If it strenuous to maintain the eating plan, it simply lowers your chances of success. Pick something you feel you can sustain indefinitely if need be.
5. It should focus on health as well – many fad diets and crash diets out there are solely designed for rapid weight loss. Unfortunately, if you try and fix a long term problem in a week or two, something’s gotta give – and usually it is your health that pays the price. Not that you see it immediately – the damage is usually under the skin, and you will pay the price only at a later stage…
So…
Whenever you are confronted with the question “how to diet?”, just measure anything you are interested in against these 5 golden rules – and your chances of success will increase dramatically.

Guest Writer: Bushra