Part of my job to do with writing these emails involves doing a bit of research and a lot of reading.
I cam across some interesting statistics last week which found:
That over 80% of dieters couldn’t maintain the weight they’d lost for a year. This was from a study from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition.
A staggering 4 in 5 dieters will regain every single pound they'd lost within a year (and put more on for many).
I think you'll all agree that being on a diet is hard work right?
But you do it because you think it'll be worth it.
But this proves that it almost isn't worth it, not long term anyway!
(I sound very negative, I'm not in a mood honest!! It's going somewhere good)
So why do so many people fail?
Will power?
A lot of the time this can be a big factor, but not with so many.
You see if a diet truly tests your will power, saps your motivation and makes you give up then rather than it being your will powers fault it could well be the fault of the diet.
The diet is often the reason so many people fail.
- It could be too restrictive that you can't maintain
- It can cut out complete food groups which leave you feeling rubbish and ending up having a binge
Your body doesn't like to be under this sort of stress.
So many diets bring your calories down to dangerously low levels.
I know so many ladies who are eating less than 1000 calories a day, and many aren't even losing weight so they try and cut down again (dangerous!!!)
This drops your metabolism down to such low levels that it makes weight loss very very slow.
All diets work to some degree but majority have an end point.
A point where you stop and do something else (or worse revert back to bad habits)
So what do I do?
There is a better way.
What I try to do with our ladies is give them a structured meal plan/way of eating which they can stick to long term.
A way of eating where you shouldn't get many major cravings!
Why?
Because it contains some of the foods we crave.
Take this week for example and our February Fat Loss Plan.
It contains:
Shepherds Pie
Turkey Burgers
Chicken Parmesan and Sautéed Potatoes
Family friendly, fun meals.
By adopting the 70 (good food) - 30 (not so good food/treats) approach you can still keep progressing, keep seeing results and having just enough of the things you really want to prevent cravings while not massively slowing down your results.
You can literally have your cake and eat it!
How does that sound?
Better than a low calorie, low carb, short term aggressive diet I hope?
Just so you know I've got 2 more spaces left to start in February.
I'm closing registration then until March.
If you'd like to get started then just comment below with 'February'
Have a great day,
Jamie Stedman