The worst thing you can do on an eating plan is compare your progress to someone else's.
As you may already know from past experience, your body will not necessarily respond to diet changes like everyone else.
Each individual is different and therefore will react differently to a new eating plan.
Your progress is your own, and you must allow for your own individuality to come through.
Most diets have an off-the-shelf approach where the same diet applies to everyone, ignoring what is called 'biochemical individuality'.
But this eating plan is different.
It is meant to fit into your life and adjust to your body.
With guidelines that will help you along the way.
So instead of complaining about how your body is not responding the way you would like it to, accept your uniqueness and embrace your individuality.
Allow your body to adjust to the plan and fill in its own gaps.
Let your body tell you what it wants, not others.
Most of the people i see tell me their problems before i get a chance to figure it out; most of them know what's causing their weight gain or health problems but they don't trust their own judgment enough, they want to hear it from me.
So this is me telling you: Let your body give you clues into what's going on.
What will work for others might not work for you, and vice versa.
Once you embrace your individuality, you'll be able to learn a lot more, and only then can you move forward.
Get help if necessary If there's something that you do well, you'll do it even better with someone else's helped and support.
And the same goes for weight loss.
Most people think that weight loss is something that they have to do on their own.
But research has shown that the best results are achieved with people who get help.
It helps to commit to a place or person, such as a gym or maybe personal trainer if you can afford one where your commitment to the workouts will increase your motivation and results.
With your eating plan, however, it may get a bit trickier.
If you find that in the past you've started diets and stopped them because you go bored or you found that you cheated a lot, then you need to plan for that.
Weight loss is a long physical and emotional journey and you should not be expected to venture it on your own.
I have always maintained that you should not announce your weight loss plan to the world, but what you can do is seek quality progress.
Here are a few suggestions: - Enlist a friend and make a promise with that friend to commit to the exercise and eating plan no matter what.
This friend's role is to help and encourage you along the way.
You can either ask this friend to join you or request his/her utmost support until you reach your goal.
But you have to explain to the friend everything that you're doing, and all that you're expecting of them.
Put their name down on paper and let them sign it.
And of course, request that the friend keep your plan discreet.
- See a nutritionist who can make sure that you're progressing along the right path.
The nutritionist can also give you more meal ideas along the way and better ways to fit the plan into your life, which can maximise your results and minimise your chances of quitting.
For some people, it is easier to lose weight if the programme is laid out, regularly monitored and adjusted.
Motivation is also a big part of losing weight, so finding inspiration, a helpful professional, or a weight loss group can help.
- Get help from a professional.
If your weight problem is connected to emotional issues, it's important that you get help from a professional in that field.
A psychiatrist, hypno-therapist, or life coach can help you deal with underlying issues and address the root cause of your weight gain.
Together with a sound eating plan, these therapies can be very effective at helping you lose weight.
- See a healthcare provider.
If all your weight loss efforts are failing (AFTER you've implemented a sound eating plan and a regular exercise routine), then you should consult a health care professional for a possible underlying health condition.
In these cases, it may be helpful to check your hormone levels, thyroid function, or various other weight loss complications.
As you may already know from past experience, your body will not necessarily respond to diet changes like everyone else.
Each individual is different and therefore will react differently to a new eating plan.
Your progress is your own, and you must allow for your own individuality to come through.
Most diets have an off-the-shelf approach where the same diet applies to everyone, ignoring what is called 'biochemical individuality'.
But this eating plan is different.
It is meant to fit into your life and adjust to your body.
With guidelines that will help you along the way.
So instead of complaining about how your body is not responding the way you would like it to, accept your uniqueness and embrace your individuality.
Allow your body to adjust to the plan and fill in its own gaps.
Let your body tell you what it wants, not others.
Most of the people i see tell me their problems before i get a chance to figure it out; most of them know what's causing their weight gain or health problems but they don't trust their own judgment enough, they want to hear it from me.
So this is me telling you: Let your body give you clues into what's going on.
What will work for others might not work for you, and vice versa.
Once you embrace your individuality, you'll be able to learn a lot more, and only then can you move forward.
Get help if necessary If there's something that you do well, you'll do it even better with someone else's helped and support.
And the same goes for weight loss.
Most people think that weight loss is something that they have to do on their own.
But research has shown that the best results are achieved with people who get help.
It helps to commit to a place or person, such as a gym or maybe personal trainer if you can afford one where your commitment to the workouts will increase your motivation and results.
With your eating plan, however, it may get a bit trickier.
If you find that in the past you've started diets and stopped them because you go bored or you found that you cheated a lot, then you need to plan for that.
Weight loss is a long physical and emotional journey and you should not be expected to venture it on your own.
I have always maintained that you should not announce your weight loss plan to the world, but what you can do is seek quality progress.
Here are a few suggestions: - Enlist a friend and make a promise with that friend to commit to the exercise and eating plan no matter what.
This friend's role is to help and encourage you along the way.
You can either ask this friend to join you or request his/her utmost support until you reach your goal.
But you have to explain to the friend everything that you're doing, and all that you're expecting of them.
Put their name down on paper and let them sign it.
And of course, request that the friend keep your plan discreet.
- See a nutritionist who can make sure that you're progressing along the right path.
The nutritionist can also give you more meal ideas along the way and better ways to fit the plan into your life, which can maximise your results and minimise your chances of quitting.
For some people, it is easier to lose weight if the programme is laid out, regularly monitored and adjusted.
Motivation is also a big part of losing weight, so finding inspiration, a helpful professional, or a weight loss group can help.
- Get help from a professional.
If your weight problem is connected to emotional issues, it's important that you get help from a professional in that field.
A psychiatrist, hypno-therapist, or life coach can help you deal with underlying issues and address the root cause of your weight gain.
Together with a sound eating plan, these therapies can be very effective at helping you lose weight.
- See a healthcare provider.
If all your weight loss efforts are failing (AFTER you've implemented a sound eating plan and a regular exercise routine), then you should consult a health care professional for a possible underlying health condition.
In these cases, it may be helpful to check your hormone levels, thyroid function, or various other weight loss complications.
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