First of all, if you notice that you start to gain weight year after year, even if it’s only about a few pounds a year, and even if you’re not overweight yet, you need to start worrying. The earlier you notice this trend, the better. If you pass beyond a certain point, it will become impossible for you to reverse the trend without the help of weight loss surgery. This is why it’s important to stay alert and measure your weight, not every day, not even every month, but at least three times a year.

Are there any diets that work in this stage?

If you catch the trend in its early days, you don’t need to start starving yourself, but rather to discipline yourself in eating smaller portions and several regular meals per day. A diet food delivery service like Nutrisystem can do wonders for you if you follow it for one or two months. It’s not more expensive than normal food and besides, it saves you from cooking, because their foods are very easy to prepare. There’s no catch here, because the meals come already portioned, you’ll learn what it means to eat healthy amounts of food and your body will also get used to receive nutrients at a pace that’s different from your actual one.

So, I’d say that you shouldn’t try any drastic diet, but just a wiser portioning of your meals. If you want, if you have time and if you can afford it, you should probably pay a visit to a nutritionist. Make sure to gather some recommendations, as you never know how good a doctor is until you have the proof.

Does healthy weight loss exclude diets be them working or not?

Basically, healthy weight loss excludes everything that’s forced and drastic such as the reduction of your calories intake to a minimum that can barely keep you alive and functioning, or like the Atkins diet which may induce a severe dis-balance on your metabolism, or like the grapefruit diet which is suspected to give some naughty interactions with a series of drugs.

As a conclusion, I’d say that everybody should learn how to eat in order to avoid the need to diet. That works for so many people that it should be taught in schools.

This is partially wrong: losing weight doesn’t necessarily translate in looking better. Besides, most diets and weight loss programs lead to the yo-yo effect when people return to their previous lifestyle. When you repeatedly have variations in your body weight, you’ll end up by losing muscular mass in the favor of fat deposits. This is why the more you diet, the fatter you’ll look because the body fat percentage will only get higher with each and every attempt. When the body is deprived of proteins, it will send alarm signals to your brain, and the brain would respond by ordering your body to consume its own proteins which are in the muscular mass. This is not a wise choice, because we don’t want to get rid of our muscles, we just want to burn the fats when we think of weight loss. One exception are those programs like Nutrisystem which consist of normal foods portioned in a way that helps you learn how much to eat for a total weight control.

There’s another way to look your best: reduce body fat instead of decreasing your protein or calories intake. Body builders seem to know the secret: if you look at them, you’ll see they are all muscles, but no fat and that’s making them look great despite the fact that they might weigh the same number of pounds. Building muscle can be as simple and efficient as possible, if you have the luck of finding a body building program that works.

What’s the main idea here? Why should you go for muscle building programs when all you want is burn some fat and get thinner? Well, after you’ll learn the first principle associated with fat burning, you won’t need to know anything more: that would be enough for you to be your own nutritionist and sculpt yourself a harmonious body. It’s as simple as knowing how to reduce body fat.

What percentage of your body weight is represented by those 50 pounds you want to lose?

If today your weight is 500 pounds, then you’ll need to get rid of 10% of that weight. If you weigh 250 pounds, your goal of losing 50 pounds translates into getting rid of 20% of your body weight. The same, if you weigh only 160 pounds, this percentage goes up to 31%. It is important that your weight loss goal is achievable and realistic. This is why a preliminary discussion with a nutritionist could be of help for your intention. If you set up a goal which is impossible to attain, sooner or later you’ll get frustrated and you may end up even fatter than before. Health is nothing we can play with and get away without punishment, so beware what you’re doing to your body.

How fast do you want to lose 50 pounds?

Time is essential in any weight loss program. If you lose weight too fast, your body may find itself in the impossibility to adapt to the rapid changes, and it may get ill. Your skin is in danger, too. When we get fat, the skin, being very elastic, extends, increases its surface, in order to accommodate our bigger and bigger body. This extension doesn’t happen over night. After all, none of us goes to sleep thin and wakes up fat. We need years of hard eating before achieving that.
Do you know what happens if our body volume decreases quickly? The skin can’t shrink as fast, therefore it will hang, it will get wrinkled and folded, and we are going to look more like our friends, the elephants. I very much doubt any human can have that as a beauty objective.
So, think of your weight loss goal as being a long term one, not a quick run. Losing so many pounds is rather an endurance trial, therefore patience needs to be part of your game.

Any goal can be broken in smaller steps. Weight loss is just another goal

If you work in a big company, chances are that you have attended those productivity trainings, team buildings and other type of courses aimed at your personal development. You probably remember the rule that every goal can be split into many smaller goals, therefore becoming easier to achieve. Weight loss goals make no difference. Break your 50 pounds losing goal into 3-5 smaller objectives. For example, you could decide that you want to lose 10 pounds every two weeks, therefore at the end of 10 weeks, you’ll be 50 pounds lighter. Or you could decide that the first step is to lose 30 pounds, then to lose other 20 pounds. After the first step is completed, the second one will seem much easier for you.

When you came to this website, you were probably hoping to find a quick fix to your 50 pounds weight loss problem. I’m sorry to tell you that there is no quick fix on that, except from the weight loss surgery. It is perfectly possible, I know people who managed that, but I also know the dangers for your health if you do this in an improper manner. Take it easy, speak to your weight loss specialist and decide together what’s the best for your particular case. Humans are unique, and so should be our diets and treatments. This is what more and more doctors are starting to understand and to apply in their day to day practice. Discuss with your doctor and set up an attack plan for your wish to lose 50 pounds to come true. You can do it!

What do you think: is losing weight the best New Year’s resolution in 2009 for you, too?

Set Your Weight Loss Program Quickly

It doesn’t matter if you started your weight loss program or not. You need to put your schedule in order right away. First of all, if you haven’t done it yet, ask a nutritionist or dietitian for advice, because you want to keep your health intact, or even better by the end of your attempt of losing weight and getting fit. Regardless the method you use, even if it’s based on yoga positions for beginners, you still need to have a plan in place, a weight loss program developed for your success and tailored for your needs and powers. So, take a pen and paper and start planning your days and your resources. Pounds and inches will follow, and you’ll see yourself slimmer and happier in no time.

Don’t Make Your Weight Loss Program Dull

This is one of the mistakes people make when making weight loss plans and programs. They forget that they have cravings, that the human body cannot accept the same foods every day for long periods of time. You need to alternate fruits, vegetables, meat, cereals, with sweets like chocolate or low fat desserts. You may want to drink a glass of wine from time to time. You may crave for a pizza or a hamburger. Set yourself a few acceptable mistakes you are going to make during your diet or weight loss program. Lose your extra pounds or get lost.

Choose a Rapid Weight Loss Program

Rapid, fast weight loss programs are the ones which have the highest rate of completion. Did you know that in longer diets, there are about 85% of the dieters who give up after the first three weeks? If you are prone to getting bored and quitting your weight loss regime, then you’d better select a short term diet or fitness plan for you, and just repeat it at certain intervals. Your doctor would tell you that burning fat is the most important element in losing weight in a healthy way, and there’s possible to have both speed and health, while fast forwarding to your dream body, with all benefits that come from that achievement.

The correct choice of weight loss program is key.

A special category of persons was the so-called “weight losers” – people trying to lose weight overnight, or even faster. People belonging to the lazy human race, wanting everything without any effort. How on Earth can somebody think that she can lose 5 pounds in three hours without the help of a good pair of scissors?

Another Approach To Weight Loss

Are you fat? Think of how many years of eating and drinking were necessary for you to accumulate all that weight. Did you need one year? Or maybe you needed two, three, or even ten years to gain those 20 pounds which stay now on the top of your mind, pushing down your self esteem.
If it took you so long to gain that weight, what makes you think that you can get rid of it in one single week, or even worse, in a weekend?

My dear overweight fellows, there’s no such thing as losing weight fast and remain in good health. The weight loss pills, all those fad diets, the famous Atkins grapefruit diet, those expensive workout machines and exercise handbooks, they are all fads. The truth is that you need to rethink your way of living and your way of eating, if you want to ever get slim again, and think of your weight loss as to a long-term, continuous process, which does not end when you end a diet or a certain fitness program.

Do you love Mc Donalds, or KFC, or other kind of fast food restaurant? Don’t worry, if you crave without it, just go and eat there, but choose the small menus and give up the coke and the desert. Then go dancing for at least one hour, to make sure you consume all the calories you’ve eaten with your food. Give up sugar and alcohol, in order to allow yourself another cheeseburger this week. Don’t take the elevator; use the stairs, even if you live at the 9th floor: this would allow you another dish of deep fried chicken wings you like so much!

If this is not a way of life for you, then why not simply turn your eyes and your mouth towards a healthier nutrition? Fruits, vegetables, salads, they are all waiting for you and if you learn how to cook them they can be delicious. You’ll never want to return to your junk food, after you manage to educate your taste. Please don’t take my word for granted – just try it for one month, then see what happens if you go back to your previous nutrition habits.

Remember: shortcuts don’t always work. Weight loss is one of these cases, so be prepared for a long term drive, arm yourself with enough patience and start changing your habits today. Every day. Your weight loss miracle will happen some day.

The Weight Loss Pill Miracle

We are lazy creatures and maybe this is the explanation for our endless search for the quickest way to lose weight, or for rapid weight loss programs which don’t require any effort from our side. Why do you think weight loss pills are so successful? Humans would swallow pills for everything. Weight issues? Take a pill and control your weight. Troubles in marriage? One small pill a day and chase your troubles away! I bet many of us wish things would be that easy.

Lose 10 Pounds. What’s Your Price?

I use to have a say: every person has her own price for doing certain things. It is all about the motivation. If you asked me to climb the stairs to my 9th floor apartment ten times a day, I’d say “no chance”. But if you told me that if I do that for 10 days in a row I’d win one million dollars, don’t you think I’d do it? I surely would. I would even for $100,000. Why? Because the amount of effort required is smaller than the value of my gain. The same applies with weight loss. If I told you to follow this and that diet or workout program, you’d be motivated only if the prize you’d get would mean something to you. If to lose 10 pounds in 10 days means no big deal for you, then you won’t follow a diet which would make you that promise. However, if a weight loss diet would claim you can lose 20 pounds in two weeks, maybe this would change everything. Maybe 20 pounds is what you need to lose in order to attain your ideal weight. Then the price of respecting that diet would look reasonable, compared with the results.

I Respect Your Body Weight, But Sometimes It Is Too Much

So, it’s all about perspective. This explains the great variety of weight loss plans which are so popular, and this also explains why each fad diet, each weight loss procedure, each nutrition plan has its own fans and haters. Some people managed to burn fat where some others failed miserably. The common denominator is that self confidence, respect and interaction with our peers are amongst our biggest values, which we cherish as much as to forget about health and get ourselves into starvation, into severe weight loss diets, or even into supreme procedures such as the gastric bypass.

Perhaps more than 70% of the population pays tribute to weight loss and diets at leas once in a lifetime.