Part 3: Dieting
The word "diet" often brings up painful images of a person eating nothing but horrible tasting food and depriving themself of anything good. This is all a myth! Dieting simply means that you regulate your caloric intake below a certain amount. It doesn't mean that you have to deprive yourself of what you like to eat. However, be weary that going on a diet will usually mean that you will have to sacrifice certain foods.
Many people see the common diets as the best ways to go because they find calories and grams of fat, carbohydrates, and protein confusing. Unfortunately, this encourages the popularity of poor diet ideas. Atkins is a key example of a BAD diet. It doesn't reduce calories! It replaces carbs with fat with the hope that the person will exercise enough to burn off the fat. The only problem is that would require immense workout time and would deplete a person's energy and ability to exercise due to lack of carbs. This is just one example of the many poor diet choices which many people feel work simply because a company sells their products.
THE BEST WAY TO DIET IS TO CREATE YOUR OWN WITH SOME ASSISTANCE. Find out the amount of calories you should be eating each day to lose weight and then manage your eating habits. Later posts will have suggestions and tips for the best foods for dieting.