As it comes to long term weight loss success, one of big mistakes is to choose a too mechanistic approach: eat this, don't eat that, calorie in - calorie out, etc.
Dieting education, motivation, and support are the three most important component that should be including in any weight loss plan.
Diet education
A study was conducted to determine whether diet education could be an effective supplement to
diet counseling resulting in an article in the
Diabets journal. Researchers concluded that education, especially computer-based techniques, can provide beter results.
Examples of topics every dieters should learn about are:
- Nutrition basics
- Stress control and sleep quality
- Emotional eating
- Body image
Diet motivation
We dieters all have our motives -- to improve health, get in shape for a friend's wedding or class reunion, etc. These motives might be enough to start a diet but how do one stick with his or her own new year resolutions? Here we come to the third component - support.
Diet support
There are tons of support out there. Most good online diets offer forums for their members. There are independent forums specialized in certain diets like the
Low Carb Fiends or broad-themed like the
Featherish. You can use the
Diet.LifeTips.com to start a discussion an any topic. Just read any tip and leave your comment or question in the form provided on the bottom of every page.
