Eating For Health

Are you one of the people who have made a resolution to lose a few pounds in 2025?   If you or someone you know wants to drop a few pounds, what are the best weight loss diets to be on? So many diets don’t change your lifestyle but offer a quick solution but for many a temporary solution.   You may lose some weight but once you go “off” the diet, you gain the weight back.   Every year U.S. News & World Report ranks the Best Weight-Loss Diets .     What makes a weight-loss diet a winner?   A diet you can stay on for the long haul.   Not really a diet but an eating pattern that keeps the weight off. A diet that promotes healthy weight loss, not quick weight loss due to loss of water and muscle and not fat.   A diet that doesn’t slow your metabolism like some quick loss diets do. A diet that doesn’t give up any food groups so you can stay on it long term. U.S. News and World Report notes a healthy diet focuses on lean protein, high fi...

What is a topic you hear over and over again in January?   Everyone is talking about people going on diets to lose weight.   You hear a guy at the gym saying his doctor wants him to lose 60 pounds.   You hear a woman at the gym saying her daughter is going on the Whole30 diet to lose weight.   U.S. News & World Report notes the Whole30 program restricts food groups, can lead to short-term weight loss but watch out for the rebound when participants may start indulging in all the foods they had to give up.   Result?   They may regain the lost weight and even more.   Fad diets don’t work to help you change your lifestyle but usually offer some quick solutions that aren’t viable for the long term.   You may lose some weight but when you go “off” the fad diet, the weight can pile back on.   Anyone can go on a diet and lose some weight.   What most people want is to lose weight and keep it off.   This requires more than a diet, but...

Many people think about dropping a few pounds and look for a great weight loss diet.   Everywhere you look there are ads for quick weight loss diets or a diet pill that seems to magically take off weight easily.   Despite the claims, most of us know there is nothing easy about losing weight.   Yes, many diets will help you drop pounds quickly only to have those pounds return when you go off the diet.   What most people want is to lose weight and keep it off.   This requires more than a diet, but lifestyle changes like more exercise and more healthy foods.   A relative gained some weight over the holidays.   Rather than going on a fad diet, she joined Weight Watchers – now called WW.   When eating out with her recently, she pulled up the WW App on her phone to record her points.   She finds the WW plan easy to follow.   I have no doubt she is on her way to losing the 7 pounds she gained.   Like this relative, if you do want to drop...