An Effective Weight Loss Plan

What's the #1 most effective weight loss tip?

That might sound too obvious.

But it's true. Most people that need to lose weight don't really know what is keeping them overweight.

You've heard it and you've probably said it yourself, some version of: "Why am I so fat? Why can't I lose weight? Why don't diets work for me? Why doesn't exercise work?"

So what's the answer?

Is there a simple answer that fits everyone? No there isn't.

People are different, with different metabolism and genetic makeup. With different likes and dislikes. Activity levels. Physical capabilities.

Can you prescribe the same diet and activity for a 20-year-old man who gained weight in his first year at college that you would for a middle aged woman with bad knees and pain in her hips? Would that be an effective weight loss plan? Of course not.

A little story

Recently I was writing a book, Dr. Dan's Super Weight Loss Plan.

I had researched weight loss for 20 years. I was treating patients who were overweight. I had even lost weight myself using what I had found.

I had a simple approach. Find those things that have been shown to work, and then organize them in easy-to-follow steps.

Not bodybuilding tips. Or fad diets. Just a simple program, based on the person's abilities and likes and dislikes.

Because there is no use recommending something that you can't do or won't do.

Will it get you in better shape? Sure. Live longer and healthier? Of course. Those things always go along with reaching your goal weight.

How to sell weight loss

While I was working on the book I went to a seminar for writers. It was actually called "How To Be A Million Dollar Author." The idea was to show writer's how to reach a bigger audience.

Did I go to make a million dollars? No. I went to find out how to reach more people and help them lose weight.

Do you want to help yourself?

You know what they told me at the meeting? They said that people don't want to help themselves.

They talked about the story of the fisherman: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

You know what they said about that? They said, "People don't want to learn how to fish. They don't even want to be given a fish."

"They want you to catch the fish, fillet the fish, cook it, and feed it to them."

Don't tell people what they need to know

They also said that I shouldn't tell people what they need to know. They said to tell them what they want to hear.

See that? Don't tell them what they need to know. Tell them what they want to hear. Even if it's wrong.

That's how you make a million dollars as an author. And don't worry about what happens to the person later. A little bit cold, don't you think?

Fad diets, gimmicks and effective diets

Do you know what? That's where all the fad diets come from.

That's where all the gimmicks come from.

That's where all the phony supplements come from.

And that is where all the pain, and heartache, and failure, and loss, and worry and despair come from.

It comes from people who are telling you what you want to hear rather than what will work for you.

But it also comes from you listening to it. And you following it, even though it doesn't work. Failing at it. And then accepting the next false promise and doing the same thing all over again.

The easy way

In some ways the easy way is always easy to sell. Who wouldn't want to lose 12 pounds in one weekend? Who wouldn't want to lose 18 inches with a body wrap?

But why would you just keep beating your head against a wall in a hopeless effort to find the quick fix? When it is never going to happen?

Fads and gimmicks

Gimmicks don't work. They never do. You won't lose the weight that way. That's not an effective weight loss plan.

You'll end up worse off than you are now. And you'll probably lose all hope and you might live your whole life overweight and unhappy.

Principles of effective diets and effective weight loss plans

So, there isn't a single simple answer that fits everyone.

But there are basic principles. And you can use those principles, once you understand them, in a program that works just for you.

How to find an effective weight loss plan

So, with all that in mind, here is a list of the effective weight loss tips that make up a program that will work for you. An effective diet, an effective weight loss plan should be:

• Right for your age
• Appropriate for your body type
• Include your likes and dislikes
• Lead to long-term weight loss
• Not damage your metabolism
• Not lead to the diet yo-yo
• Use real foods
• Adjust for any disabilities or injuries
• Actually be something that you can do and will be able to do

Are you ready to lose weight?

Now, where do you find this information? The best source is a book that I wrote to help you lose weight and keep it off.

Your next step is to get a copy of the book, Dr. Dan's Super Weight Loss Plan. It has everything you need in an effective weight loss plan to get to your goal weight and stay there.

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