I got an E-Mail this morning from a lady asking me which diet is the best one for losing weight.
My reply was
'Hi L*******
Firstly any diet you do should be safe and therefore you should always seek advice from your GP / Medical Practitioner for his/her advice as no two people's health is the same and what matters most is that you do a diet which helps you and doesn't harm you !
Once sorted then my advice is to pick a diet that fits in with your lifestyle, now I did a VLCD diet (Cambridge Diet / Lighterlife) which worked really well for me as it meant I didn't have to worry about food choices, I just went all or nothing for a few months lost the weight very quickly, but it did mean I didn't go out much and doesn't work for everyone so look at the market as you have some great diets out there such as Weightwatchers / Slimming World / Rosemary Conley or just good old fashioned Calorie Counting / Healthy Eating.
The most important bit of advice I can give you though is whichever diet you choose make sure you do the head work and not just the losing weight bit, most people who lose weight put it back on quickly and all too often even more weight than they had before, this is because in my opinion, they don't deal with the emotional reasons behind why the overeat and go back to their old habits and lifestyle choices and therefore the weight comes back.
It is fantastic to lose weight and does help with self-esteem but to regain the weight is a big kick to your self-esteem and one which a lot of people struggle to come back from.
Therefore take some time for you, look at why you got big in the first place, what makes you overeat now, what your triggers and trigger foods area, why you enjoy food as much as you do and what strategies you have long term for maintaining weight and for me the real challenge is not dieting and being slim and opposed to just jumping on the next fad diet for a few months and then becoming obssessed by the diet lifestyle.
At the end of the day I can't tell you what is best for you but I promise you that if you pick a good quality safe diet and alongside it do some mind work then the results can be amazing and stay in touch and let me know how you get on.
Mike X
P.S. Plan to make this diet the golden time and your last time and you'll create so much more success !!
