Foods for a Balanced Diet

Let’s face it, most of us who care about how we look have considered dieting more than once, and some of you might have tried all sorts of diets, but might not have gotten the results you expected. Dieting is as much about looking good as it is about, or even more, to stay fit; so we need to find a diet that cuts off the excessive calories and keeps you nourished and energized at the same time, and so begins the hunt for diets that work.

Having over 60 percent of its citizens who are or above 20 years of age suffering from being overweight, the United States has its own sub culture attached to dieting. With the media that are constantly flooded with people who don’t even seem to have an ounce of fat on them and TV shows such as ‘The Biggest Loser’, people are driven to find diets that work for them. The American citizen spends roughly around 48 billion dollars a year on dieting, trying to find diets that work; and most end up in failure, with the guilt of being overweight still remaining.

If one is to ask the reason for the failure in finding diets that work, the answer would be depending on several variables. However the number one factor in most of the cases is that people don’t always stick to their diet, they drift off track and eat that juicy steak or cheeseburger that is practically oozing with calories. Another reason for not being able to find diets that work is the life style we are engaged in; it is virtually impossible to lose weight just by dieting, therefore we need to find a diet that is in par with the amount of exercise we can do and the amount of calories we burn on an average day. And the other most common scenario that happens to people who are going after diets is that those diets aren’t practically applicable to them, and therefore after a few weeks they abandon the diet half way through, leaving the hunt for diets that work, still open for them.

When you are looking for diets that work, keep in mind that there is a huge market with relation to dieting, with various diets popping up every day. Be very careful not get lured into those diets that seem too good to be true, and always think whether this particular diet would work for you with the time, money and will power you have; and you will be able to find diets that work for you.

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A question that I think you really need to ask yourself is this, why do I need to purchase some diet plan, is it the fact that you are paying for it that gives you the driving force to stick with it. When you consider the amount of money some spend on dieting, looking for that magic formula that will lose that excess fat in record time, but only end up back at the same weight or even heavier. Some do have medical problems that cause them to gain weight, and then find it almost impossible to lose or even control the weight gains, but in reality that is a very small percentage. The cure for most of us is a very simple formula, eat less do more, that’s it, now I know it’s not that simple with our fast moving lifestyles these days, when we want food we want it now, hence all the fast food chains, and saturated fats, and overweight population. The one thing you need to realize now is that there is no magic pill or potion or diet, that is going to make you slim again by next Thursday, its taken time to put the weight on and it needs time to take it off. The easiest way to lose weight is with a sensible balanced diet cooked at home, cut back on sugary fizzy drinks and replace with water, plus use normal size portions, and eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, cutting down on red and fatty meat, and no skin on chicken, and you will lose weight, add a little exercise and your really on the right path. As for the time you think you will lose by cooking, it is more than made up by you being healthier, fitter and getting more done anyway, so give it a try, the diet that works for you could be the free, and simple one called common sense, good luck with whatever your choice is, I just hope its one of the diets that work for you.