What’s The Best Weight Loss Diet Plan?

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As a nutritionist, the most common question I get daily is "What’s the best weight loss diet plan to follow?"

My answer is always the same and one that shocks most people. "The best diet to follow is to follow NO diet at all."

How could any self-respecting nutritionist, wanting to promote health, tell you not to follow a diet plan?

Easy.

I’m here to tell you that diets don’t work, whether it’s a fancy shmancy fitness diet plan, a so-called weight loss diet plan, or a daily diet plan. Diet plans are the most common reason why overweight people don’t permanently lose weight. People are making the mistake of following diet plans instead of following lifestyle plans.

The Weakness of Diet Plans

The great weakness of diet plans, aside from the fact that they drive you crazy and don’t work, is that they promise long term results from short term efforts. Permanent weight loss is more about what you will be doing over the long haul not what you will be doing over a two week period.

The best diet plan, if you want to call it that, is going to be one that includes a wide variety of great tasting food. Food that satisfies your hunger, perks up your taste buds and helps you reach and maintain an optimum weight and optimum health.

You mean to tell me that I can enjoy a delicious way of eating healthy and that will help me lose weight at the same time? Yes, it’s possible for you once you are armed with the correct information.

Here are a few tips that will help you develop the Best Diet plan for you:

1. ONLY eat food you enjoy.

Well Isabel, that would be just great, but I enjoy pizza and donuts and that sure doesn’t seem to be helping me lose weight. Yes, I agree. You can’t binge on donuts and expect to lose weight. What I mean here is don’t establish a crash diet of cottage cheese and grapefruit if you absolutely hate those two foods.

Healthy food does not have to be akin to bird seed. How about scrambled whole eggs in butter with your favorite vegetables and two slices of sprouted grain toast? French toast made from healthy bread, and eggs? A juicy hamburger or steak for lunch or dinner? How about making your own pizza from healthy ingredients instead?

I could go on and on with a long list of delicious foods. The point is you do not have to eat like a bird or eat tasteless food to be healthy and lose weight. Find the healthy foods you enjoy and get creative with those. You will find you will have an incredible amount of delicious food options.

2. Do NOT go cold turkey.

Rome wasn’t built in a day right? You do not have to change every single one of your eating habits overnight. Establish one healthy eating habit each week or eliminate one "not so good" food every week. These small changes will and up and prove to be life changing in just one to two months. Not to mention the fact that it will eliminate any stress or anxiety you may have over changing all of your habits overnight.

Start with the easiest one for you. How about replacing sugared drinks with water and just do that for one week? Or try cutting down to a few sodas per week and replacing them with water? One small step each week will make your transition doable.

3. Do NOT go hungry.

Another very common mistake I see is people starving themselves in an effort to lose weight quickly.This tactic never works. First of all you can’t maintain a starvation diet for very long, and secondly, starvation triggers a self-preservation mechanism in your body that slows down weight loss.

The truth is you do not need to suffer hunger pains in order to effectively lose weight. You must give your body enough nourishment (good nourishment, that is) in order to see weight loss results. Make sure to feed your body consistently throughout the day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all important but so are snacks in between.

Here’s a tip. Try munching on things like raw nuts, fresh fruits and healthy trail mixes (in small doses) during the day to cure temporary hunger pains and help control strong cravings for other unhealthy weight gaining snacks that may show up.

Conclusion

Remember that the best weight loss diet plan you can begin today is an eating plan that does NOT resemble a diet at all. Tell people you had French toast for breakfast, chicken stir fry for lunch and a juicy steak with potatoes for dinner and they will wonder how in the world you are losing weight and looking great. Easy, I stopped dieting and found the best diet solution for me!

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About the Author:

Isabel De Los Rios is a certified nutritionist and exercise specialist who has already helped over 25,000 people all over the world lose incredible amounts of weight, regain their health and permanently change their lives.

She is the creator of The Diet Solutions Program and the Owner of New Body — Center for Fitness and Nutrition in New Jersey.

Isabel has become the #1 "go to girl" when it comes to Fat Burning Nutrition by several of the most popular fitness professionals around the globe. Isabel’s cutting edge and completely different approach to nutrition is what sets her apart from all the rest.

 

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