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Go to any bookstore and you will see a plethora of diet books all of them advocating their methods of losing weight. They range from the famous Atkins low carb diet to low calories to low fat. How do you choose the one that will remove those excess pounds from your body?
First of all you have to grasp the basic facts that calories are the fuel we take from food to power our bodies to perform the myriad of functions we ask of them during the day. This is everything from keeping our hearts beating to walking up stairs. Each of us needs a certain number of calories each day for our bodies to do all these things. The required calories vary from person to person depending on how active we are. A keen athlete needs more calories than somebody who spends their day sitting in an office, for example.
If we eat more calories than we need, we will put on weight. Just an extra 500 calories a day for a week will deposit one pound of fat on our bodies. What do 500 calories look like? Take a look at two jelly (jam) doughnuts or two cups of chocolate chip ice cream and you will see around 500 calories. It's not much really.
The good news is that if we eat 500 calories a day less than we need, we will lose one pound in weight a week.
One of the most important points to remember is that for the overwhelming majority of people it is bad eating habits that have piled on the pounds. It is no good going on to diets that do nothing to reform these habits and teach us to enjoy a healthier way of eating.
Now we have got the basic facts of weight loss out of the way, lets look at the diets, all of which work by restricting food intake and so, to be successful, also restrict calorie intake no matter what they claim.
Source: www.allinfoabout.com
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Authors: Carol Fisher |
