P.O.R.N. Diets

I am coining this term as I feel some of the diets out there are so radical they need to be discussed in one place.

We here from our favorite celebrities daily and some of us live for this. We follow them on Twitter, talk about them on Bebo and MySpace or e mail each other about them especially when a new diet is talked about.

There have been some over the top radical diets in the past like the 'Air diet', not a very popular one for obvious reasons unlike the 'Chocolate' diet. Then there is the more main stream 'Atkins' diet or 'The Dash Diet' or even 'The South Beach Diet'. All have there plus and minus points and their advocates and nay sayers as well.

The trick when it comes to diets if there is a trick in selecting one would be to thoroughly research the topic. The mere fact that there literally are thousands of diets commercially available shown on television, billboards or even your local Chemist shop.

Here will be many, many articles pertaining to the topic of P.O.R.N. Diets circulating our media and your opinion on them is most welcome. Maybe you have been on one and would like to praise it or maybe warn others away from it. Whatever you may like to share, diet related, please do.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Weight Loss Success Takes More Than Motivation

By Huntrixe Salvadore

All you need to successfully tackle weight loss is motivation, right? Many people would answer this question with a solid yes, but the right answer is an astounding no. If you want to take off the weight and keep it off long term you will need a lot more than motivation.

The journey of shedding weight may start out with a lot of excitement as you are motivated and inspired to get going, but that is not going to last forever. The newness wears off and the process becomes difficult. There will be times when you just aren't motivated at all and you will need something else to fall back on.

Your energy is going to run low. Life will get stressful and obstacles will be thrown in your way. You will have a million other things to do besides workout and those donuts are going to be tempting. When motivation wears away, there has to be something else to keep you moving forward.

So, what is it that you need? You need commitment and determination! Motivation is great, but there will be times when nothing but your honest commitment to yourself is going to keep just one foot on the right path. If you want to actually meet your goals and keep the weight off long term you will have to make that commitment right now and hold it in your head when those rough moments hit. This is you back up for when motivation escapes you.

The best way to make a lifestyle change and really stick with it is to set up daily routines that become natural habit. It's about recreating your life so you have a new purpose and new goals for each day of your life. Set up routines and your commitment will be much easier to stick with.

Engrained habit is the only thing that will stop you from veering off course and wrecking all the progress you have made in a short period of time. When obstacles are thrown in your path, unexpected stress drops on your shoulders, or you just feel down and out of the game, you will need routines to keep you steady.

If you have to, take it one habit at a time. As one thing becomes habit you can tackle something else until it all starts to come together as something you just naturally do with little to no thought.

For instance, you may start by just committing to workout an hour every evening right after work. You may have to turn down offers to go out and it will be hard, but if you are seriously committed it will become something you just do within a month or less. You can then focus on something else.

Permanent weight loss actually doesn't have much to do with one particular meal or one specific day. You will mess up sometimes, but what counts is stringing successes together over time. That is what brings the real change.

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