I’ll let you in a little secret the diet companies absolutely do not want you to know: the bottom line is, it doesn’t matter what diet plan you follow! Take just about any diet plan, figure out the calories in one of their typical meal plans and chances are you’ll see a daily calorie count of around 1400 – 1800 calories for women and around 1800 – 2100 calories for men. That creates a nice moderate calorie deficit to lose weight for just about anybody.

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One of the main reasons people cheat on their diets or just give up altogether is because, quite frankly, they’re H-U-N-G-R-Y. And being hungry all the time is difficult to live with for a day, much less for weeks on end.

Here are 9 tips to make sure that hunger pains don’t derail all of your hard work.

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Dieting is hard and it takes some dedication. Losing interest is the number one reason why most diets fail and we often end up back where we started or worst still putting on a few pounds than we had in the beginning. Diets are ok but they leave a lot to be desired when they restrict you and what you can eat, simply not being able to have something, means that you crave it all the more. Here are the top ways to lose a few pounds without losing interest.

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Dieting takes dedication, commitment and a desire to become healthier and choose to eat those foods which will ultimately bring a successful outcome. Bob Green’s BestLife program is a unique way to achieve these goals. His philosophy is this: “The BestLife program is not a diet that you will go on and off; it is meant to change your eating habits for life. This diet is rooted in the idea that eating is and always should be one of life’s greatest pleasures. You can love food and live happily while still meeting your weight- loss goals. The diet is designed to help you lose weight and ensure the pounds don’t return.”

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By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
www.TurbulenceTraining.com

I’m not a “low-carb guy” by any means, but I have found something that works wonders for fat loss. And it does involve cutting back on whole-grains.

Back in December, I substituted more fruits and vegetables for any whole-grains in my diet, and I was as lean as I’ve been in years with this approach. So if you’re trying to lose fat and look better than ever this summer, try this approach.

Here are some easy changes to make.

a) Instead of having toast for breakfast, have an apple.

b) Usually have a side of rice at lunch? Have 1 cup of broccoli.

c) Typically have a bowl of cereal at night? Have an orange and an ounce of pecans (or walnuts or almonds), instead.

Think I’m out to lunch?

Check this study …

(For science nerds like me, here’s the reference: Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 85: 1465-1477, 2007.)

Woman on a low-fat diet that ate more fruits and vegetables lost more fat than another group of woman on only the low-fat diet.

After 1-year, the low-fat, fruits and vegetables group (LF-FV) lost more weight than another group of woman on the low-fat (LF) diet only.

Why?

The LF-FV group reported being less hungry, thanks to being able to eat more food than the LF group.

So you’ll eat fewer calories if you are filling up on fruits and vegetables, while keeping un-necessary fat out of the diet.

And isn’t the summer a great time to implement this program? With watermelon, berries, apples, and cherries all in great abundance, you can satisfy your sweet tooth naturally, while burning fat with the Turbulence Training fat loss workouts at home.

One of the primary reasons some people fail to lose weight utilizing a diet plan is that they either stop at a certain point, or are not motivated enough to continue to its successful conclusion. The G.I. Diet alleviates these worries by simply avoiding all foods that have a high glycemic index.

The glycemic index works in this way: it breaks down foods into sugar which is the source of energy for the body. When consuming foods high in glycemic index, the foods you eat are broken down so quickly that your body signals the need for more food. Conversely, foods which are low in glycemic index slowly break down thus you are satisfied with the meal and are no longer hungry.

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The Atkins Nutritional Approach™, as the Atkins diet is commonly known, has worked for several people with weight problems, although the opinion about its efficacy, especially in the long term, is divided among the medical community. Considerable controversy surrounds the program. Most other diets, and there are numberless of them out there, follow the principle of avoiding high-fat foods. But the Atkins diet allows things like red meat, bacon, butter, cheese, eggs and so on, which are all high in fat. Yet, to the utter surprise of everyone who repose their trust in the tried and tested low-fat diets, the Atkins diet works.

The reason is rather simple. The Atkins diet limits the consumption of foods containing large amounts of carbohydrates, such as rice, pasta, white bread, cereal and sugar. Your body burns its excess fat during a process consisting of four phases, which the late Dr. Robert Atkins developed. In his book Dr.Atkins New Diet Revolution, published in 1972, he advised dieters to cut down on only carbohydrates, not both fats and carbohydrates as had been the practice followed until then.

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Feast or famine? Is that how your lunch hour goes? You either skip lunch entirely because you’re too busy and there are errands to run and chores to get done. Or you chow down on a fast food burger and fries. Neither is good for you or for losing weight.

If you skip lunch entirely, the odds are that a couple hours later you’ll be famished and hitting the vending machine for chips and a candy bar. That means a fast rise in blood sugar and drop as well, which means another vending machine run.

But if you splurge on a fat-filled calorie laden burger and fries you can use up your entire calorie allowance just on lunch, never mind all the fat and salt.

Here are 5 ways to lighten up at lunch and lose weight:

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