Weight Loss
In a recent survey 9 out of 10 people said if they were dieting they would cut fat from their diet. However, low fat diets are not always healthy and do not necessarily help you lose weight. Although a diet high in saturated fat is not good either, we tend to put good and bad fat into the same mould. One calorie of saturated fat is not the same as one calorie of essential fat which is needed by the brain, immune system, skin, hormones and heart. Crash dieting or yo-yo dieting is not healthy either and can make you more hungry in the long term. Starving yourself does not help you lose weight and can cause your metabolism to go haywire and in the end can lead to the additive patterns of yo yo dieting.
As every person is individual a tailored weight loss programme is best - just because your friend has lost a stone on a fad diet, doesn’t mean that you will. You might have:
- different genes
- hereditary illnesses
- differing metabolic rates
- nutritional deficiencies
- food allergies
- bad digestion
- an underactive thyroid
- specific medication needs
- different motivational needs
- work or family issues
all of which will not help your weight loss. Remember we are all different and what works for one person will not necessarily work for someone else.
“Seventeen years of yo-yo dieting are now part of a hazy past. Kate’s tailored advice to me as an individual was brilliant - I can’t believe it but I’m now eating more and enjoying my food again.”Brenda, Hailsham
