Diet MADNESS

Since it's January, most people have set "New Year resolutions."

Well, because of this popular time, many diet ideas have emerged.

The worst new diet I have heard of is the "Naked Diet." The idea behind this diet is that you should eat your meals naked in front of a mirror. The theory is that people will be so disgusted by what they see that they will eat less.

ARE YOU SERIOUS???

Is this what we are resulting to for weight loss?

This diet is probably going to bring a lot of problems. First: this diet centers on people losing weight as a result of self-hatred. This can cause terrible emotional pain along with a host of other problems.

Look, here is all you need to do for fat loss.

1) Eat whole, natural food

2) Eliminate grains and grain products from you diet. This includes bread, pastas, cereal, crackers, potatoes, corn, tortillas, etc

3) Drink calorie free beverages

4) Increase your fruit and vegetable intake. Try to include a fruit and/or vegetable with every meal and snack. Start out by having 1 every day, and then try to increase to 2 servings, than 3, etc

5) Have a meal or two each week that satisfies whatever you are craving. You simply can't avoid all food for more than a few days at a time. It won't work. You'll fail. You can't eliminate a food (especially if it's one of your favorites!) for an extended period of time. That is a plan for failure, plain and simple.

Yes, I could easily give you more extensive guidelines to follow. But, you need to get the BASICS down before you use "advanced" methods.