What is a healthy weight loss program?. Many of the programs on the market can bear fruit if you are motivated enough to decrease the number of calories consumed and increase the number of calories burned. So what would be a healthy weight loss program?

A (My) diet should (Is) be as follows:

It should contain the recommended daily vitamin, minerals and protein and a small number of calories.

A good healthy lifestyle weight loss program should NOT have the following:

1)    A goal weight in mind

2)    A dress or pant size you wish to fit into

3)    A date (wedding, birthday, etc.)

4)    To impress someone

5)    Deep fried foods (None!)

6)    Fast foods (okay, limited fast foods)

7)    Soda (Sorry, I’m pretty strict there)

A good healthy lifestyle weight loss program SHOULD have the following:

1)    Balanced: Fruit, vegetables, Turkey, Fish & Chicken

2)    Occasional pork & red meat

3)    Common sense foods, organic whenever possible

4)    3 meals per day – 2 snacks

5)    Plenty of hydration (Water, Gatorade, etc)

With 2/3 of the American population over weight, there are a lot of people looking for healthy weight loss programs. There are good ones but many are fads and do not work long term. The biggest determining factor is you and your mind set. The programs are a good guide to keep you on track to a healthy weight loss. If you pay close attention, most all of them require an exercise routine to run in tandem with your weight loss program. This is for good reason.

Save your money and do not invest in even the good programs. Honestly, just be smart about what you put in your mouth, do it all in moderation, follow it with a common sense, slow process of exercise and before you know it, you will attain your goal (I don’t like that word because that signifies an end – Let’s just say “target”). Your body will tell you where your comfortable weight is.

It truly needs to be a lifestyle change. It seems impossible at first because you think you will miss all that delicious comfort food, but if you can stick with it, you won’t miss it a bit! Additionally, once you have adapted the new lifestyle, an occasional Pizza, or indulgence of some sort will be absolutely guilt free, I promise you that!

There are also a plethora of terrible weight loss programs in the world as well. Many are based on old information that no longer applies, others promote unhealthy practices such as pharmaceuticals in the place of supplements. This is bad for 2 reasons. The first is that some diet pills are bad for you. The second is that supplements get a bad reputation. The focus here though is that you have to be cautious when choosing a weight loss program. Many times the ones that seem most desirable are the least healthy. If it were as simple as a pill, then everyone would be slim and trim.

Stay focused and determined, you mind is your biggest obstacle, not your weight!

To your absolute success,

Rob