Choosing a Weight Loss Program


When you're looking for a weight loss program, it's wise to look for one that will meet your needs and set you up for long-term success.

In general, look for programs that focus on steady weight loss -- about 1-2 pounds a week.

While you're choosing a program, ask these questions:

Does the staff include qualified counselors and health professionals such as registered dietitians, doctors, and exercise physiologists? Even if it's an online course.

How limited are the food choices? Too Limited is not good.

Who sets your weight loss goal: you, or someone else? The answer to this is both. This is a goal that most people will get wrong. That's one reason so many people fail and quit.

What percentage of people complete the program?

What is the average weight loss among people who finish the program and at one year? Do people who complete the program keep off the weight. This is a credical part, you want a plan were most people have succeeded.

What percentage of people have problems or side effects? What are those problems?

Is there a maintenance program to help keep the weight off once you lose it?
Maintaining weight loss is important, so there should be a plan for this.

What is the total cost, including any foods or supplements that are required?

If you plan to lose more than 15 to 20 pounds, have any health problems, or take medication on a regular basis, talk to your doctor before you start a weight loss program.

I don’t advocate weight loss programs that want you to buy diet pills. I know that some people need these plans but they don’t think about the side effects. If your looking for a plan look at the Weight Watchers Plan. There’s no pills to buy or special food you have to eat. They teach you how to eat properly and show you how to be more active. If you follow the program and go to the meeting you will lose weight. You’ll learn what to eat and the right amounts to eat and at first you will feel hungry, but anytime you change your diet you’ll go through a kind of withdrawal, you thing your hungry but it’s not hunger, it’s cravings. A withdrawal from the chemical, sugars and salts that are in many of the foods you were eating.

I encourage you to go in and talk to Weight Watchers and then make a decision. Look at their website for locations.

There are other weight loss programs that are similar, but watch out for the programs that want you to buy their products.

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