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The greatest problem when it comes to diet and weight loss programs is for many people weight loss is not permanent. It could be a matter of days, weeks or months; the simply fact is that most people during this time put back most or all of their lost weight. This can cause anxiety, anger and frustration at the time and effort put towards following a weight loss program that has not delivered the desired results.

So whose responsibility is this far this lack of permanent weight loss; is it the person doing the diet or the diet plan that is being followed itself?

To answer this question fully; involves firstly looking at the psychology of many dieters, as well as the choice of diets available out there.

Most people think weight loss programs have to be complicated to fit in with age, sex and body type. As I am about to reveal many weight loss programs on the face of it look complicated, however this unnecessary complication is mainly to differentiate it from the competition. It can be very confusing to know which diet plan to follow with so much choice out in the marketplace.

Many weight loss programs out there make themselves different from the competition, by using different daily calorie ratios for the 3 main nutrients found in food. The three main nutrients are proteins, fats and carbohydrates. So for example, what you can have is high, medium, low and zero daily calories of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. There is so many different combinations you can with these 3 main nutrients use to make a weight loss plan. There is little wonder that there is so much competition out there with a vast number of different weight loss plans.

So why do so many diets fail people and why isn’t there one diet out there that has proven to consistently achieve permanent weight loss.

The real answer is to turn the first question around; instead it should read why do so many people fail in their dieting. This leads to answering the second question; there isn’t a diet that guarantees permanent weight loss, because it depends very much on the individual who is carrying out the diet.

So instead of recommending which diet you should follow, you need to understand why people fail diets in the long term, this can lead to stopping the cycle of putting weight back on when lost, thus achieving permanent weight loss.

Generally almost all diets work by using the different combinations of fats, proteins and carbohydrates for your daily calorie intake. In the short term by burning up more calories than you intake you will lose weight.

Recent studies back this up; when the popular commercial diets were compared against other over a 6-12 month period, they mostly showed similar weight loss results. One major study concluded that the person adhering to the diet, rather than the diet itself was the main indicator of whether the weight loss program would work or not.

So what this shows clearly that, the most likely way to succeed in achieving permanent weight loss depends on how well you adhere to a weight loss plan in the long term. So how can this be achieved?

A solution to achieving permanent weight loss lies in looking at making lifestyle changes; developing new positive habits that involve following weight loss programs in the long term. The simply fact changes like this simply do not happen overnight and take weeks, sometimes months to become an integrated part of a persons life.

The sad fact is most people there are looking for a magic wand to end their weight loss problems. Many turn to drugs and surgery for an immediate result. Unfortunately drug use and surgery can have side effects or unknown long term consequences.

So the safer and more effective way to permanent weight loss is to reduce your calories and do your diet program for the long term. By developing these habits over weeks, months and years you ensure that weight loss will become permanent for you.

Whether using green tea for weight loss or any other method, in order to lose one pound of fatover the period of a week, you must maintain a calorie deficit of 3500 below your normal”set point”.That “set point” being the amount of calories consumed in one’s diet where a person neither loses nor gains fat. This calorie deficit can come through the modification of diet,through exercise, or through a combination of both. In the case of a pound per week weight loss,that works out to a needed calorie deficit of 500 calories per day.Research by Japanese and other researchers suggest that if the average person were to drink fivecups of green tea a day, they would burn an extra 70 to 80 extra calories through an effect known as thermogenesis – the process of heat production in organisms. While much of the thermogenesis effect in green tea is derived from caffeine, studies also suggest that thermogenesis in greentea occurs to some degree beyond its caffeine content.According to the research, if a person were to change nothing outside of adding five cups of greentea to their diet per day, then over the course of 43 days one could expect to lose 1 pound. Over the period of one year, one could expect a loss of about 8 pounds. There is some correlation between green tea and weight loss, unfortunately it’s not on the level many would have you believe.Clearly, drinking green tea alone is not going to be satisfactory for significant weight loss. Still, green tea can still be quite useful as a weight loss aid.

Those of us who’ve lost our weight loss motivation know very well how hard it is to continue.

There are so many of us who’ve wasted large amounts of money & time trying to get our weight loss motivation back. We’ve littered our past with feeble attempts to shed excess weight chasing our desired body.

I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT…

- the old scales gathering dust on your kitchen shelf

- those great measuring cups so you can measure out the exact amount of food

- dieter’s recipe books & a collection of the weekly weight loss recipes ripped from a magazine & shoved somewhere

- special bands, so old they don’t work

- that fabulous exercise machine you had to have which is now a great place to hang the ironing

The best way to lose weight is through weight loss motivation and it’s awkward looking at all of these points because it reminds one of failure, of hollow weight loss plans & self promises and way too much money wasted with nothing to show for it.

How many of us punish ourselves when we’re unable to carry on, to give up on trying to lose weight?

STOP BEING SO HARD ON YOURSELF… THINK ABOUT THIS INSTEAD.

It wasn’t your time to commit to change.

You weren’t ready to do it & it’s OK to forgive yourself. Trying to achieving anything when you’re not totally committed is really setting yourself up to fail.

SO HOW DO I KNOW WHEN I’M READY?

Are you ready to change your life story, how you’ve always felt about you… then and only then are you really getting motivated to lose weight.

CAN YOU CHANGE & RE-WRITE YOU LIFE STORY?

No the excuses, drop the “shoulds” move past the “if only’s” to this one question:

AM I WILLING OR AM I NOT?

There are many ingredients in the achievement mix but only one that simply cannot be left out… AM I WILLING?

Somehow we find a way to do it if we have the motivation. Your weight loss motivation will return

At times, the odds will be well & truly stacked against you, but with your will, you’ll just get done.

When you’re heart & soul is in it, magic happens and problems can be transformed into opportunities. When you’re really willing, the set-backs have a way of increasing your determination to succeed.

When you’re willing – give it everything you’ve got. However… if you’re not there yet, all is not lost . For those folks who are reading this, that know in their heart that they’re unwilling, consider it a gift.

To be aware of that fact is good news, it means there’s hope.

The first step to get back your weight loss motivation is acknowledgement… without it, nothing changes.

No one will seek help if nothing is wrong. If you have the courage to honest with yourself & admit your resistance, then you are more likely to have the courage to seek assistance.

There are gifted people to support you through this journey.

Many people who’ve been in the same situation as you are have received assistance from the compassionate amongst us who just love to lend a hand to those in need.

You don’t have to know the way or have any answers. You just need the motivation to take the first step!