The best and cheapest 12 Week Diet.

Not surprisingly with resolutions in full force, weight loss is a very topical subject at the moment...

When it was finally sit down and wind down time quite late last night, I caught the tail end of weight loss documentary on TV...

The idea was to calculate and compare the cost of losing a pound of body weight over 12 weeks (I think) with various different, I suppose I have to call them "diets"...

Really don't like that word...

There was a well known Fitness celebrities plan, a juice plan, 5:2 diet (5 days per week eating quite healthy and 2 days low calorie), Paleo and Lighter Life...

They worked out how much it costs for 12 weeks and how much weight was lost...

Unfortunately for me this type of test is flawed, what happens to the subjects after the 12 weeks?

If they pile all the weight back on because it's not sustainable or for a long time after or they are totally reliant on the product for the long term or their results will reverse...

My view on which method is best, is based on what's right for the individual, you have to be able to make it a lifestyle, rather than get through 12 weeks...

Usually that's a mix of plans, to pick the best elements...

Which plan is the best or most cost effective? That would be the one that you can make a long term lifestyle, one that you can do for the foreseeable future...

12 weeks is just a great time frame to adopt new healthy habits, to get some momentum, to start seeing some real change...

Then it should be adaptable enough that it just becomes a way of life, the motivation of seeing results inspires you to take it as far as you want to, to put you back in control of being as healthy as you want to and looking and feeling as you want to.

Fast Weight Loss...

As a Personal Trainer the question I was asked the most previously was "what is the fastest way to lose weight".

At the fitness facility I work at we have a course called; "The Lose and Shape up course."

It's a 12 week course, when someone inquires about the course, the starting question would be; "how much weight should I expect to lose in 12 weeks?".

If I'm forced to answer, my answer would be "if you follow all the advice and steps about 12-24lbs".

People usually look a bit disheartened at this as they know so many xyz diets that promise a lot faster results.

Right from the beginning I have always run my buisiness and despatched advice with integrity.

So I say this, as a trainer with over 18 years experience; rapid weight loss is not good for health and it only brings about short term results, it lowers our metabolism, as rapid weight loss involves losing a bit of fat and muscle and water.

Looking "gaunt" is usually the result of rapid weight loss.

There are too many companies and individuals out there promising rapid weight loss, when we lose weight quickly we tend to gain it back quickly, great for return business.

Everyone is free to make their own choices, but if it's not under medical supervision, just be careful when you are met with a weight loss promise that sounds to good to be true.

My programmes and lifestyle advice are designed to an individual's goal, as a trainer you want them to not only achieve their goal, but for them to get to a point where they don't have to think about it, it's all good habits and lifestyle, they are in control of their weight and can manage it themselves.

That's the time they don't need me.

If they stay it's because they like me and they enjoy my exercise routines.