My 6 Point Analysis For Choosing A Diet Or Weight Loss Program

Are you having difficulty choosing a diet or weight loss program? Trust me, I know exactly how you feel!

5 years ago (almost 6 years in a couple of months...woohoo!) when I started my weight loss journey, I was looking around trying to choose an effective weight loss program to help me get started on my quest for weight loss and muscle gain. That was a headache! I kept coming across a lot of those "celebrity diets", "fad diets", "no carb", "no protein", blah, blah, blah!

After many years of researching, here's what I've learned...

First of all, diets and weight loss programs are NOT LONG TERM SOLUTIONS. Diets and weight loss programs should be used to get you started, lose those first pounds, and get you educated on living a healthy lifestyle. Living a healthy lifestyle and staying consistent with it, is what will get you in great shape and health....for life. Use a diet program just to get the ball rolling.

Use the following question checklist to help you choose a diet or weight loss program for you...

1. What is the primary aspect of this weight loss product?
Is it fat loss, proper nutrition, building muscle, etc.? If it does not focus on the core principles of a healthy lifestyle (such as "don't have protein", "eat fiber only", "eat what you want and just drink this magical formula to drop pounds", etc.)....AVOID!

2. Testimonials?
Never, I repeat, NEVER buy into a diet or weight loss program without seeing testimonials first!

3. Valuable content or system?
What's included? There should be a bullet list of everything that's included. Is it good value...or is it information that you can already find on your own....or worse....you already know?!

4. Any extra value?
Is there anything else contained with this diet that is of more value than others? This could be one on one support, diet tools, etc.

5. Any bonuses?
Most diet and weight loss programs are good enough to not need bonuses for someone to make a decision. I'm not saying that you should solely base your decision on if a program has bonuses or not. I'm saying that you should base it on the above points and use bonuses as a minimal add on to your decision making. Some programs have some VERY GOOD bonuses....BUT the program or diet is not effective. That's why you should approach bonuses as a minimal part of your decision making process....base it primarily on if this diet or weight loss program is going to be effective.

6. Pricing?
This is the most looked at part of choosing a diet or weight loss program....and it shouldn't be. Some of the best weight loss programs are pretty expensive....probably why they are the best? However, you should still choose wisely. You have to look at the above factors and then determine if the price is reasonable. Some diet and weight loss programs are e-books, manuals, monthly programs, food programs, etc. That is also something else you have to take into consideration when determining if the program is of a fair price.

Remember, no diet is going to work unless you practice ALL of the basic principles of a healthy lifestyle:

• Proper nutrition & eating habits (Protein, complex carbs, fiber, healthy fats, and foods rich in vitamins and minerals. Never...skip...breakfast, and try to eat 6 small healthy meals daily instead of the usual 3. This is not as hard as it sound. A small meal could be something as simple as a yogurt, a banana, and half of a whole grain bagel.
• Drink plenty of water daily.
• Get plenty of sleep every night
• Cardio exercise (I recommend high intensity as this will provide the best results.)
• Weight training exercise
  
• And most importantly, consistency. If you have no consistency....neither will be the results.

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