Fat Loss Forever

Diets are failing in an epic way. Chances are you’ve tried one of the popular diets out there. The Atkins Diet, The South Beach Diet, The Zone Diet, The Blood Type Diet, The Eat Clean Diet, The Alkaline Diet, The Ornish Diet, The Insert Name Here Diet. You probably lost some weight... for awhile. Did you keep it off? Chances are you didn’t. In fact, chances are you regained it all back and possibly then some. You aren’t alone. Six out of seven people who are overweight are able to successfully lose weight during their lifetime. But 85-95% of them will fail at keeping it off in the long term. If this sounds bad, consider that 1⁄3-2⁄3 of those people will add back on more weight than they lost in the first place! If this cycle is repeated it can turn into ‘yo-yo dieting’, quite possibly one of the worst things you can do for your mental and physical health. Ask anyone and they will tell you that you need to lose weight and keep it off and prevent yo-yo dieting, but no one gives you an idea of HOW to accomplish that. What makes our book different? We discuss WHY diets fail on a physiological, psychological, and sociological level so you can better understand why what you did previously did not work. Then we also detail the MOST IMPORTANT behaviors, methods, and traits for losing weight and KEEPING IT OFF. This book is for everyone who wants to lose weight and keep it off, especially for those frustrated and hopeless chronic dieters tired of trying all the popular diets only to repeatedly fail. There is still hope to be found in these pages. Please give us the chance to guide you. Foreword.........................................................................................3 1: Diets Are Failing...........................................................................5 2: Energy Balance and Why It Matters..................................................31 3: The Body’s Self Defense System.......................................................49 4: What Really Works?.....................................................................71 5: Flexible Dieting..........................................................................101 6: Where to Start: How Many Calories?................................................112 7: The Macronutrients: What You Need to Know...............................141 8: Determining Your Macronutrient Intake.......................................170 9: Defending Against the Self Defense System.....................................198 10: You’ve Started... Now What?.....................................................215 11: The Diet AFTER the Diet............................................................235 12: The Ketogenic Diet...................................................................262 By Kristi Storoschuk and Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, University of South Florida 13: Special Considerations...............................................................282 14: Debunking the BS....................................................................299 15: Supplements............................................................................345 16: Conclusion...............................................................................372