DIET DOES NOT EXIST, WHAT EXISTS IS LIFESTYLE

Usually, those who start a diet have two opposing thoughts. First, they always believe it will be the perfect solution for weight loss. Then, when the results are not as expected, they abandon the regimen with the thought that achieving a healthy lifestyle is not easy; instead, it is painful and not pleasant.

Fad diets teach that, to lose weight, calories must be cut and counted so that one can control everything they consume, and moreover, there must be deprivation of the foods we love the most.

A diet based solely on food restrictions does not promote a healthy life. Few available diets teach how to lead a healthy and lasting lifestyle, when in fact, they should promote a restructuring of eating patterns based on a nutritionally rich diet that can be practiced for a lifetime.

The big problem with a diet done in isolation, without the complement of the other three health links, which are physical exercise, quality sleep, and emotional control, is proving to be ineffective in the long term. This is because when there is a radical cut in calories, the body becomes even more efficient in storing fat, which reduces metabolism and leads to the loss of both muscle mass and fat mass.

At the end of a reduced-calorie diet, metabolism remains low, and the expected result is that upon returning to another type of diet, even in reduced quantities, one will not only regain the lost weight but also gain more weight than initially.

Human beings are emotional creatures, and often there is an emotional connection with food. When eating habits and these connections are not addressed, there will be a very high incidence of diet abandonment, and the problem will not be resolved. There may always be a desire to have a slimmer body, yes. But changing habits, which are often linked to emotions, is always complicated if there is no motivation or methodology to teach you how to navigate this maze of weight loss.

Current diets focus only on results and, therefore, tend to have positive short-term results. Each diet must be adapted to each person, always accompanied by a consistent change in habits, and must prepare each individual for the real change necessary to achieve good long-term results; the person needs to have High Performance in Health.

All of this, with the bonus of reducing the risk of diseases!