don’t be tempted to eliminate carbohydrates completely from your daily eating plan.
Make sure that you get plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables,
nuts, lean protein and whole grains.
Incorporate more exercise into your life to counteract the effect
your medication might be having on your weight.
If all else fails, consult your doctor for any alternative medication
equivalents without the side effects.
The Diets That Lead Us Here
Let’s face it; the word “diet” gives us the impression that it is temporary. But you want long term weight loss and that means getting rid of all the old bad eating habits.
If you are on a diet you are losing weight for right now, next week and it is short-term weight loss. If on the other hand you want to lose weight on a more permanent basis this is what I would refer to as a “lifestyle change”.
Think long term and permanent change which is what you want to get out of this program as opposed to just wanting to lose weight for the moment.
Because dieting is for the short term, once we stop the diet we gain back the weight because we fall back into our old eating habits. This leads to “Yo-Yo Dieting” as we go from one diet to the next in the hope that the next diet will be the solution to our weight problems.
Just like a rollercoaster goes up and down so does our weight with each diet we start. Each diet has the same pattern. You start out and have quick weight loss then you can't seem to lose any weight, plus now you begin gaining weight..
Why do we gain all of the weight back plus those horrible extra pounds? Our bodies have what we call a 'set point’. Think of it as your body’s natural thermostat. It regulates your weight. When you lose weight after starting diet that severely restricts your caloric intake your body goes into a defensive mode.
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