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A List Of Weight Loss Programs...
Which Ones REALLY Work?
by Joshua Tapp
A complete list of weight loss programs will be the subject of this page. Are you
wondering if NutriSystem really works? How about Weight Watchers, Slim
Fast, or the Jenny Craig weight loss system?
Be sure to listen to what I have to say here on this page... What I'm about to say applies to any weight loss program.
A weight loss program must include weight lifting. If the weight loss program
doesn't include weightlifting or some sort of progressive resistance training, the program is no good for you.
A weight loss diet alone will never work for
permanent weight loss. Why you ask?
Weight loss comes in the form of
muscle weight and fat weight. You shouldn't care so much about the
number on the scale decreasing as you should the amount of fat and
muscle you are actually losing.
When you lose muscle, your metabolism slows and you must decrease
calories just to lose more weight. Your body goes into starvation mode.
When you go into starvation mode, your body will hold onto its fat
stores instead of burning them for energy. Muscle is burnt for energy
and your metabolism slows even more.
The number on the scale goes down, but muscle is lost. You look smaller
and skinnier and people notice that you've lost weight. You're happy
with your results and recommend the weight loss program to all your
friends.
The truth is, though, you are in worse shape than before you
started.
You go back to eating normally, and you gain weight back in the form of
fat faster than ever. Your body fat percentage is higher than ever. The
program was a failure. And why?
Because you didn't lift weights to help hold onto the muscle you have.
When you lift weights and eat more calories, you tell your body that
it's fine to burn the fat.
Now that we've got that out of the way, let's look at the list of
weight loss programs.
List of Weight Loss Programs
Weight
Watchers restricts calories and even allows you to eat desserts like
chocolate cake and more. Chocolate cake contains tons of sugar and
trans fats - the worst foods you can possibly eat!
Any diet that allows you to eat crap like that and actually promotes it
as a benefit should be banned. Stop being lazy! You don't need
chocolate cake. Eat right and be healthy. That means no cake.
I don't recommend Weight Watchers at all! I can't stand the program
because I've seen what happens to the people who use this program. They
end up in worse shape than before.
Moving on with the list of weight loss programs...
The South
Beach diet is another low calorie diet that sends your body into
starvation mode. This is a much better diet than the Weight Watchers
program simply because it promotes healthy foods and not chocolate cake.
This diet still doesn't meet my definition of healthy based on some of
the foods I see in the meal plans. I hate weight loss programs that
give people options for desserts - why do people have to have desserts?
We're all spoiled. Give it up. You don't need desserts. You're not going to
die if you don't get to eat some horrible junk food.
Food is for energy and health. It's not for pleasure every meal. You can
have some great tasting meals without desserts. Eat healthy every meal.
Let's go on to the next diet in the list of weight loss programs...
I do think the
glycemic index has some good guidelines to follow, but the downfall of
the glycemic index is that it doesn't distinguish between healthy and
unhealthy foods. This diet might not even belong in this list of weight loss programs.
The glycemic index simply measures the effect a food has on your blood
sugar levels. Keeping blood sugar levels steady throughout the day is a
key to maximum fat loss, so the program is definitely onto something.
But, the glycemic numbers for each food is measured when the food is
eaten alone. Not many people eat a food by itself. Most food is mixed
together and the glycemic index is no longer valid.
Most diets based on the glycemic index are much better than other
weight loss diets. But, ensure that unhealthy foods are not eaten. And
weight lifting should always be a part of the plan to keep muscle loss
to a minimum This is a diet
that will really set you back. This program is prescribed by doctors
for very overweigtht people. I don't believe it should be used by
anyone.
This is just another example of a very low calorie diet that will shed
the pounds away in the form of muscle and leave you looking worse. Your
metabolism will slow down, and you'll have trouble keeping the weight
off.
Moving on to the next diet in the list of weight loss programs...
Nutrisystem is
a joke. Here's just another example of how lazy our world has gotten. I
hate hearing that people just don't have the time to eat. Take the time
to plan your life, and you'll find that there's plenty of time.
Nutrisystem is another low calorie diet that uses Jilian Barber as one
of its models for the commercial. She let herself go for a little while
and then simply went back to exercising and eating right. Of course,
she's going to lose the fat very quickly.
Nutrisystem contains pre packaged meals that are not good for you. The
foods are processed foods that contain ingredients that help the food
last longer in a box. The food doesn not taste good. You can do much,
much better with natural foods from the grocery store.
The Zone diet
is simply a diet that has you aim for certain percentages of protein,
carbs, and fat. I think the percentages are great for people who may be
carb sensitive.
The fat and carbs you must come from good sources, and the protein must
be a lean protein. If you do that, the diet will work well along with
an exercise program consisting of weightlifting and cardio.
Just don't go low calorie if you decide to use the zone diet. Low
calorie diets do not work! Let's continue with the list of weight loss
programs...
The Slim Fast
diet is another diet that is purely a joke. The whole point of this
program is for the company to make money off of their shakes and bars
and leave you in worse shape than before you started.
The bars by Slim Fast do taste very good, and I sometimes eat them as a
cheat meal. Slim Fast foods are loaded with vitamins but they are
loaded with sugars also. Stay away from Slim Fast foods if you want to
make fast progress.
The next diet in our list of weight loss programs is a very popular one.
This diet is
very unhealthy. A low carb diet is a horrible diet long term. I know
some people that stay on an Atkins diet all the time with little
results. And I wonder why? The body adjusts to anything you throw at it.
Our bodies were made to run on carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are the
fuel for our bodies. Eat a low carb diet all the time, and you'll feel
worse than ever before. Your body will simply burn protein for energy,
not fat!
Stay away from the Atkins diet. Let's move on in our list of
weight loss programs...
The Jenny
Craig diet is a joke much like the NutriSystem diet except it will cost
you a lot more money. Jenny Craig is just another one of the low
calorie diets - all of these diets are the same.
A low calorie diet just isn't going to get the job done. Learn how to
lose fat the right way by following the link to the program below.
You'll have to work hard to lose fat. That's something none of these
programs on this list of weight loss programs can recognize.
Fat loss takes hard work and the Jenny Craig diet definitely doesn't
include any of that. So, it doesn't work!!! Low Calorie Diets
Any low calorie diet will never work for permanent fat loss. See the
list of weight loss programs above? All of them are low calorie diets.
I do not recommend any of them at all.
Low calorie diets send your body into starvation mode. When this
happens, your body begins to burn muscle because muscle is available to
be burned as energy. Fat is no longer available as an energy source
when calories are low.
You need muscle! Your muscle helps you burn fat by increasing your
metabolism. Just to maintain muscle mass, your body needs more
calories. As you lose muscle, you lose calorie burning muscle. More
muscle means you can eat more for the rest of your life.
As you lose muscle, you have to eat fewer calories just to maintain
your current body weight. And trust me, you don't want to lose muscle.
You'll look worse and even sickly after a weight loss program.
Lift weights and do cardiovascular exercise to create a calorie
deficit. Create the calorie deficit through exercise and increased
activity instead of decreasing calories so much! This is the best way
to lose fat and improve your looks.
There's no easy way out of this, so don't look for miracle programs and
weight loss diets that promise to give you a dream body in a short
amount of time! It's not going to happen.
Don't use any diets in the list of weight loss programs above! Take a better
approach and start a fat loss program that includes weight lifting,
diet, and cardio at the very least.
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Totally Blown Away by the WLC System...
Hi Josh,
Greetings from Australia, mate. I received your WLC Program recently and
have only just got to emailing you (reason being I took quite a while
exploring the entire package!!!).
I have to admit that over the past years
I've purchased many programs via the internet and I can say with complete
honesty that I have *never, ever*, had the pleasure of receiving one such as
yours!!!
I was totally blown away by everything, from the log books, the
big beefy manual, right on through to all those fantastic calculators! It
comes through that you really put your all into the package. I've seen all
those programs which claim to 'lay it all out for you ... paint by numbers
... take you step-by-step', etc.but only one is deserving of these claims
... and it's yours.
I especially found the goal setting information to be
very, very comprehensive and so well laid out. I've read goal setting
books, articles, websites, etc. but never really applied any of it to my
endeavours in the gym.
Your system will have me going after my dream body
with a vengeance, as I will be commencing the program this coming Monday.
In previous years I was a chronic "routine/program hopper"; I'd spot yet
another new system I thought I would follow and away I'd go ... for about 3
weeks if I was lucky!
Despite all that, during some years I'd build a
little muscle, lose a little fat and start looking reasonable, then slack
off. I have a well equipped home gym which includes everything you
recommend.
I have always been good with my meal choices but the bottom line
is I was never consistent with anything!!!!
I have a very strong feeling
all that is about to end - pronto! I'm really looking forward to starting
the program Monday 30th August, and totally looking forward to some *real
results at last*.
Oh, by the way I am 56 years old and my long-term goal is
to have an awesome physique at 60 in comparison to the average one I had at
30.
Thank you once again for putting out such a terrific and very
complete program - I will not have any hesitation in recommending it to
everyone I know.
Cheers,
Gary McDonald
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