This method of dieting is known as yo-yo dieting and is a rollercoaster ride to nowhere. All you end up doing is losing weight, putting it back on again and damaging your health along the way. So what is the alternative to this method that is more often than not doomed to failure?
By far the safest and most successful way to lose weight and to keep it off after you complete the diet and have achieved your goal is to take things slowly. Remember the old parable, "slow and steady wins the race!"
But to truly find success at weight loss, you must combine a good, healthy diet program with an equally doable exercise program. The two complement each other by building your body's store of essential nutrients while making your muscles work harder to burn off excess calories and build muscle strength so that you will continue to burn calories more efficiently every day.
As a commonly regarded ball park figure, you should actually aim to lose between only one and two pounds per week and no more. This may sound like loo little, but when you consider that weeks go by quickly enough as it is, within only two months you can have lost ten pounds and be feeling fitter, look more toned and be in a strong position to keep that weight off.
So next time you put yourself in a panic by believing that you need to lose several pounds in short order, think again. Step back and look at the longer term benefits of losing weight slowly and steadily. When you consider how wonderful it would be to know that the weight you lost will stay lost by going about things the right way, its got to be worth taking a little more time to achieve your weight loss goal.
Keywords: weight loss, diets, exercise, health