Weight Loss Basics
Carolyn Classick-Kohn,MS
Let's get back to weight loss basics:
To lose weight,
you need to eat fewer calories. You won't
lose weight
by just cutting out one type of food (carbohydrates, fats, or
protein) and eating more of another - you need the right balance of
nutrients and fewer calories overall to burn off your body fat.
As long as you achieve a consistent reduction in calories, you'll
lose weight whether it comes from eating
less fat, less protein, or less carbohydrate.
But what's the right balance?
How we balance your calories and nutrition for healthy weight loss
At
PersonalDiets™
the first step in creating individual's diet is to calculate the
amount of total calories the individual needs to eat to achieve
their personal goal. Next, we figure out a healthy mix of fat,
protein, and carbohydrate for each person (based on health needs and
personal eating lifestyle). Then we take those values and figure out
the right mix of foods that will achieve the right balance of
protein, fat, and carbohydrate - after all, we eat food, not
nutrients! That mix of foods becomes a "blueprint" for your diet
plan.
PersonalDiets™
experts use a very simple way to help you get that correct balance of
carbohydrate, fat, protein, and calories.
We use a system that puts similar foods into specific groups (like grains,
fruits, lean protein choices, fats, etc.) You get a specific number of
servings of each type of food based on your particular diet plan goals - we
figure that out for you. By eating the right amount of each group, you'll be
assured of getting not only the right amount of calories, but the right
balance of fat, protein, and carbohydrate for your needs. This kind of
system has been used by nutrition professionals for a long time and was
especially helpful for people who needed to balance the amount of
carbohydrate in their diet (because each food group is very specific in the
amount of carbohydrate in each serving). But in the past, it was harder for
people to use - it just wasn't simple enough and people had to look up
information on their own once they got their diet and it didn't consider the
importance of different sources of carbohydrates (like fiber, etc)!
The difference now is that
PersonalDiets™
does all the planning, calculating, and balancing for you and supports your
plan with extensive online information (and expert diet support).
What's
better is that you can get all this in one place, our member's site. We give
you a diet plan, your "blueprint" but it's not rigid and limited like most
diets. Now you can get a diet plan that gives you the advantage of
getting the right balance of foods (not just calories or cutting carbs or
fats - it's a plan for good health and good weight control). It's actually
flexible and easy to make your own substitutions because of the technology
we use to put this together into a simple plan. Our meal plans are
specifically balanced at each meal and snack with a mix of healthy
carbohydrates along with fat and protein, but you still have lots of choices
so that you can easily substitute your preferred foods. You can go out to
restaurants, eat with your family members or housemates and choose with
confidence because we help you make the right choices - a simple plan with
help and support from experts in nutrition, and you're on your way to eating
right in any situation.
