Heavy Duty Weight Loss Program Agendas

Posted on March 19, 2007 in Health by byronb

Weight loss means a reduction in total body mass, and the reason for losing weight could be to become more attractive or to improve your health. There are many heavy duty weight loss program agendas around these days as people are becoming more body conscious. Drugs and surgery are an extreme option, but most people can lose weight following a program, if they find the correct program for them.

Weight Watchers is an example of a well-known weight loss program. This program is based on eating a set number of ´points´ each day, 1 point being equivalent to 70 calories. The reasoning is that it is easier to count point values than calories. As with almost every diet, Weight Watchers encourages exercise to boost weight loss. There are support meetings and Weight Watchers also has its own line in diet foods, to make it easy to count points and to give you plenty of choice.

The Atkins diet was extremely popular when it was launched. On this diet, your carbohydrate intake is extremely limited but you can eat unlimited protein and fat. This is a heavy duty weight loss program that has many fans but also many critics, claiming it is unhealthy to eat this way. The diet is popular and it is possible to shed a lot of weight very quickly on it (although there are unpleasant side effects such as smelly breath). The South Beach diet came along after a while claiming to be the new Atkins. Like Atkins, the South Beach diet restricts carbohydrates but does not allow such a free rein on fats, claiming them to be unhealthy for the system. With the Atkins plan, the combination of protein and fat results in ketosis. This is when you start to burn your own fat for energy instead of burning carbohydrates. With South Beach, you might experience hunger pangs since the ketosis is not present.

Jenny Craig has 550 weight loss centers in the United States alone and offers one on one consultations, private weekly weigh-ins and specialized Jenny Craig food at the center. If you cannot attend, there are phone meetings. This diet encourages a balanced lifestyle, rich in exercise and healthy food.

There are literally thousands of fad diets out there too, such as the Cabbage Soup diet or, recently in the news, Beyoncé´s maple syrup and pepper diet. Such diets can result in drastic weight loss over the first few days but quickly become boring and that is when cravings set in. Few people can eat nothing but cabbage soup for anything more than a couple of days.

If you want to lose weight, you must remember that what works for one person might not work for another. Some people swear by Atkins or Weight Watchers, but you need to find out what your triggers are and what makes you overeat. Then you can decide which weight loss program agenda would suit you the best.

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