People who need to lose weight are constantly seeking diets that work. The trick isn't really finding a diet that works, but rather beginning a diet to which a person can stick. The diet industry is huge. With books, diet food programs, trainers and nutritionists, spas, and all the other parts of the health and diet industry a lot of loot, over 46.8 billion dollars in 2005, is earned not from people becoming healthy or losing weight, but rather from people trying to become healthy or lose weight. Because the money comes from repeat business, the focus is naturally on the up and down reality of un-healthy living followed by short stints of diets and health programs.

Here's a diet that sheds pounds. Drink only water, eat only a thousand calories every day, and combine it with 30 minutes of aerobic activity five days each week. That diet will result in lost weight. Only two small things. #1 cravings will likely ruin the diet. 1000 calories and all that exercise will eventually lead to ruinous hunger and binge eating. One piece of cake, or just one bag of chips, or one extra hamburger will soon cause you to ending the diet. #2 the diet eventually ends. You eventually go back to eating the same old way. Next beach season, or next fancy dress ball, or next vacation, or simply the next time you glance at a mirror on the way out of the shower it will be once again be diet time.

The best diet is a permanent diet. A lifestyle change to healthier eating habits and more physical activity is the best way to lose weight and keep off the weight. Connie Guttersen created the Sonoma Diet which, as a base, focuses on ten 'power foods.' The power foods are almonds, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, grapes, olive oil, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and whole grains, eaten in conjunction with the diet of the Sonoma country, which includes Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean influences. The diet is full of real food, and real portions, combined into enjoyable dishes to help motivate someone to stay with it .

Want a diet that works? Move your mind from a short term diet to permanent eating habits that go along with an overall healthy and active lifestyle. That way you won't put on the pounds in the first place.

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