Do You Repeatedly Struggle with Diet Sabotage?

Across all income brackets and ethnic categories, almost forty percent of American adults are obese and two-thirds of those individuals tried to lose weight within the previous year. Moreover, weight loss attempts were not limited to overweight men and women as twenty-five percent of normal or underweight individuals also attempted to shed pounds.

The search for effective weight loss programs has been going on for centuries as the desire to lose weight has been a constant. In his best seller The Art of Living Long, Lord Byron published the first celebrity diet of flattened potatoes soaked in vinegar. It is an established fact that a pre-defined number of calories (2500 per day for men and 2000 per day for women) are needed to keep yourself in a state where you do not gain or lose weight.

Maintain a Realistic View About Your Weight

Set up boundaries and challenge yourself to maintain a realistic view of diet sabotage and the difficulties you face including:

• CRASH DIETING - Hormonal balance starts in the gut and crash diets do not balance your macronutrient intake for sustainable weight loss. This can result in an increased appetite and excessive amounts of stored fat.
• EATING WHEN YOU'RE NOT HUNGRY - Although you should never wait until you're starving to eat, eating when you're not hungry or when you don't need to will derail your diet and eventually lead to weight gain.
• IGNORING HIDDEN CALORIES - When you eat larger portions of healthier foods, it can lead to an excessive intake of calories too. Plus, studies have shown that food with labels like "diet" or "low fat" can be loaded with added sugars or other high-calorie fillers.
• POOR NIGHTTIME CALORIE BURN - You might think that the more hours you are awake the more calories your body will burn. But, you would be wrong. People who don't sleep enough at night risk gaining weight due to hormones that regulate growth and appetite.
• UNHEALTHY CALORIE RESTRICTIONS - A high metabolism is ideal for losing weight, but fad dieting can actually cause your metabolic rate to lower due to less muscle mass. This reduces the number of calories you burn at rest, which can result in weight gain.
• DIETING SETBACKS - Sabotage comes in many forms and everyone has different triggers for overeating like too many cheat meals or emotional eating. Nonetheless, weight loss success comes in knowing and controlling your eating habits.

If you find that you struggle with diet sabotage, make sure you are adequately preparing for what has been a persistent problem. A very low calorie diet plan may allow you to lose weight following a more advanced weight loss technique.

Personalized Diet Plans Stand the Test of Time

Personalized diet plans are designed to stand the test of time and are a good indicator of the effect that your dietary intake is having on your body. MRC can design a personalized menu plan for your unique needs to ensure your body gets what it needs. One of the benefits of a personalized diet plan is that it can be created to target specific needs such as nutritional deficiencies related to genetics or special medical conditions. Whether you need a heart healthy diet or gluten-free menus, MRC has a weight loss program that will help you write your own success story.