Heart Healthy Dieting

Recent research on nutrition shows we are really what we eat.
More and more people are getting on the weight loss bandwagon,
but how many are cognizant of weight loss with a heart healthy
diet? Research further shows that eating fruit and vegetables
every few hours will elevate the body's disease-fighting
ability while losing weight in the process.

The easiest and healthiest way to keep weight off is to consume
fewer calories. Several authors have written articles, books
and periodicals on the subject of weight loss and this will
probably be the trend for many years to come. In this era of
obesity, millions of people are researching all the weight loss
information they can find. Millions of people are starting
diets every day. Many of those diets fail before they get
started. When the diet fails, the individual gets frustrated
with himself or herself and vows to quit. Guess what?
Quitting a diet does not stop the weight gain. Eventually you
will see increased pounds above and beyond where your weight
gain was before starting and quitting the diet.

Heart healthy dieting cannot be rushed. You must motivate
yourself to maintain the stamina to stick with the diet you
choose for however long it takes to be successful with your
weight loss. Thoroughly research the diet plan you have
chosen. Make sure the diet plan will give you the weight loss
results you are seeking. Once you have decided on a diet plan,
consult your physician to be sure you have no unknown health
issues that may prohibit the chosen diet plan.

When choosing a weight loss plan, keep it real. Stay in touch
with reality. You know you did not gain the weight overnight,
so do not expect to lose weight overnight. There are no
miracle weight loss diets that will melt pounds away while you
sleep. Set your weight loss goals low enough for you to
handle. If you want to lose a few pounds, this can be
attainable in a short while, but not overnight. If you want to
lose a lot of pounds, set your goals in attainable increments.
Maybe five to ten pounds would be best as incremental weight
loss goals. You should have the stamina to sustain a five to
ten pound weight loss.

A five-day fast could give you the motivation to reach your
fist incremental weight loss goal. After the five-day fast,
you might be pleasantly surprised of your success and decide to
step up your weight loss regimen a notch. Always remember to
eat heart healthy on your way to the weight loss success you
want.

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