Why you should say NO to fad diets

Fad diets…they all have one thing in common. They’re diets. They are like a pair of bell bottom pants. They are in for a couple of years and they’re gone. Then they find their way back just when the fitness professionals know we are ready to eat ‘em up again. When you’re trying to burn fat, you really should avoid these things like the plague.

Now, realistically, many of these diets will provide some initial fat loss for many people. So you get some early weight loss, but you could also lose some muscle on these programmes, too, and you know that losing muscle can spell disaster to your fat burning efforts. But the bigger problem with these diets is that most who follow outlandish diets gain back the fat they lost!

On top of that, they often recommend focusing too much on one type of food which can lead to unhealthy eating habits. I’ve found they are too strict to be realistically followed, especially for a long period of time, and they’re no fun. And anything you can’t follow as a lifestyle will not burn fat in the long run. Fat Burning And Fitness Secrets

You see, the very concept of a diet is doomed to fail. Why? Diets are based in a temporary mindset. The fact that someone goes on a diet means they will have to come off of the diet. This is temporary…why force yourself to lose 10 pounds when you’re just going to gain it back when you go off the diet? That may sound simple, but most people just don’t get it…they look to diets as the answer to their weight and health problems. But they’re not the answer and they actually create more problems for you. People who are regular dieters don’t burn fat over the long haul.

Fat Burning And Fitness Secrets

If you seek lifelong fat burning, health and fitness in a lean body, you should take some advice from my mum – and probably your mum, too. When I think about it, probably the best base of nutritional knowledge I received was from my mum. For the most part, mum was right. She didn’t know anything about fat burning, but she made sure I got nutritious foods growing up.

She especially made a point of making sure I ate my vegetables, especially the green ones. She limited sugary stuff and other junk, but didn’t totally eliminate it, making it a special treat for me on occasion. She tried to provide a balanced offering of the different food groups throughout the day.

Mum’s diet was actually quite sound and I’ve found that heeding some of this advice in the pursuit of maximum fat burning and a lean healthy body for the rest of your life is a smart way to go.

You see, your body naturally craves foods rich in nutrients (antioxidants, phyto nutrients, fibre, vitamins, minerals, etc). When you eat most of your meals from foods rich in important nutrients, your body will be satisfied and overeating won’t be much of a problem.

You then begin to burn fat as a natural result of giving your body what it thrives on. On top of that, you’re lowering your risk for disease by promoting a natural alkaline environment in your body with these types of foods. Fat Burning And Fitness Secrets

If you do the opposite and eat most of your meals from foods lacking in nutrients, you’ll keep eating and eating and eating to satisfy your nutrient needs. This leads to too many calories and a person who will just keep getting fatter and more prone to develop increased risk for disease with an acidic environment in the body. When this happens, you can just kiss fat burning goodbye.

So nutrition for fat loss, fitness and health really all do go hand in hand. The Fat Burning Furnace system has changed lives permanently by simply altering what people put in their bodies…and you can do it, too.

Focus on foods rich in nutrients. In part two of this article, we’ll get more specific in helping you make the transition from your current lifestyle to the one you desire. One where your body seemingly burns fat 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with little effort. To read part 2, USE LINK IN SIDE PANEL

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Rob Poulos is a celebrated fitness author, fat loss expert and the founder and CEO of Zero to Hero Fitness. Rob created the world’s most efficient method for fast and permanent fat loss with his “Fat Burning Furnace” system to help those looking to put an end to restrictive fad diets, long boring cardio workouts and the need for superhuman willpower for good.