Dear reader, welcome to my weight loss summary blog. If you have missed the extended version, here is a brief review, covering real benefits and tips for weight loss.
How to Maximise Our Weight Loss.
First of all, that identify some cutting edge suggestions that you can use to improve your weight loss:
- Double your weight loss with a food diary writing down what you ate, when you ate and how much you ate.
- Get a coach helps you to stay on track and keep you motivated.
- Measure yourself regularly improves your weight loss results.
Weight loss mistakes you don’t want to make.
Some common mistakes people make when trying to lose weight.
- Doing the latest fad diet. These quick-fix solutions always rebound once you finish. The answer, find a diet program that has a proven track record, with a weight loss phase followed by a maintenance phase to keep the weight off.
- Overdoing one type of food. Salads are typically overdone with carb-loaded toppings — the solution healthy salad with protein to satisfy your hunger.
- Cheat days, firstly you are cheating, and the second you are eating for a whole day.
- The solution, have 1-3 free meals and spread out over the week.
Is your gut affecting your weight?
How your microbiome, the good and bad bugs, in your gut, influence your weight.
- Dysbiosis is where there is an imbalance, where bad bugs increase in numbers and produce more absorbable fat from carbohydrates.
- Probiotics can correct dysbiosis and balances the microbiome in the gut, reducing inflammation and fat absorption.
- Both exercise and eating whole-foods helps to produce more healthier microbiome.
Can weight loss lower high blood pressure?
A study that showed when participates lost 4 kg they had a drop of 4.5 points in systolic blood pressure — proving that weight loss can reduce blood pressure. However, DO NOT rely on the diet alone to control blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure see your doctor. Heart disease can be life-threatening. More than 50% of people that have a first heart attack do not survive. The diet that has the most research for cardiovascular health benefits is the Mediterranean Diet.
Smart strategies for weight loss
Goals are like a map to success. They show you where you are going, and help you plan your journey.
- Tracking and recording your weight can be motivating. The recording also helps you to makes adjustments quickly if you start gaining weight.
- Tactics to overcoming obstacles, be ready for challenges have a plan to manage each one before it shows up.
- How to boost your chance of success, set goals and enrol a health care professional to support you, that way you are more likely to succeed.
- One of the best diets for weight loss is the Ketogenic diet.
How to feel calm even if you are stressed out
Stress is an evolutionary body response, that puts you into an automatic state fight, flight or freeze.
- Symptoms of stress, short-term low energy, difficulty sleeping, poor memory, mood, IBS, constipation, long-term weight gain, thyroid issues, reduced immune function
- Chill out formula, magnesium, b vitamins, essentials fat acids, herbs to calm the nerves system.
- Diet changes to reduce stress, lower caffeine, avoid sugar, have protein for breakfast to stabilise thyroid.
- Exercise & meditation if practised regularly reduce stress hormones.
Things that trip you up with weight loss
- Questions people don’t ask before starting a diet, what do I have to do? How long before I start losing weight? The best way to get a personalised answer is to see a health care professional who specialised in weight loss and can answer your specific questions for you.
- Ways to make sure you do not fail. Match the diet to your needs include any health conditions, medication, sleep issues, stress levels and budget.
- Irresistible benefits of ketosis, most people lose more weight with a ketogenic diet than other diets. It has clinical evidence demonstrating positive results; dropping triglycerides levels, increasing good cholesterol, improving insulin levels.
Personalised Q & A
If there are any aspects of your diet you would like to discuss or clarify, please feel free to contact me through this website. Ultimately, my goal is to provide you with the knowledge to decide what diet best supports your health needs.
In health and wisdom
Brendon
Written by:
Brendon Groves
Clinical Naturopathic Practitioner
Founder of “Groves Naturopathics” and “The Groves Lifestyle Diet”
Adv. Dip. H. Sc. Nat, Dip. H. Sc. H.M., Dip. H. Sc. Nut.
Advance Diploma of Naturopathy, Diploma of Nutrition, Diploma of Herbal Medicine.
Special interests in: Weight loss, digestive issues, anxiety and mood disorders, immune support.
