Permanent Weight Loss At Any Age - A Simple And Effective Diet System
Today’s Topic Highlights:
Modern dieting does not work. It’s two core tenets, calorie counting and ideological dogmatism, have confused and frustrated far more people than they have helped.
There is no shortage of information on diet and weight loss. And therein lies the problem. We are drowning in data and starving for wisdom.
The 4 Big Basics cover 80% of the permanent weight loss battle (note the italics). Master these first before attempting to navigate the weeds of food tribalism and nuanced dietary approaches.
The 4 Big Basics of Nutrition are (1) adequate daily hydration, (2) slow thorough chewing, (3) limiting processed food intake, and (4) eating to 80% full.
Almost everyone who follows a strict diet unknowingly breaks at least one of these principles daily. Integrate the 4 Big Basics into your regular routine and you will reap the rewards of their silently embedded discipline.
Modern dieting does not work. It’s two core tenets, calorie counting and ideological dogmatism, have confused and frustrated far more people than they have helped. We need a new system based on fundamental principles that everyone can agree on. Fortunately, that system already exists. It has a proven track record of success, does not demand strict adherence to a food philosophy, and can be seamlessly incorporated into any lifestyle at any age.
Let’s first take a look at some sobering statistics that show how ineffective modern dieting really is. The following data speaks for itself:
73.6% of American adults are overweight.1
4 out of every 10 American adults are obese.2
Between 1994 and 2018 the percentage of U.S. adults ages 65 and older with obesity nearly doubled.3
A meta-analysis of 14 different popular diets found that yo-yoing is the common denominator among all of them. “At 12 months the effects on weight reduction and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors largely disappear.”4
Over 350 million combined users are registered with the calorie tracking apps LifeSum, Cronometer, MyFitnessPal, Lose It!, and FatSecret.
The total U.S. weight loss market is estimated to be $90 billion.5
We sit too much and eat poorly, consequently gain weight, begin counting calories with an app, lose some weight, gain it back, follow the latest pop culture weight loss trend, step onto the scale every morning with fingers crossed, and continue spinning in circles until ultimately ending up right back at square one feeling defeated. It’s time to acknowledge this failed weight loss approach for what it is.
There is no shortage of information on diet and weight loss, most of it conflicting. And therein lies the problem. We are drowning in data and starving for wisdom. The reality is that contemporary living awards comforts and conveniences too addicting for most to turn down. The only way out of this mess is by returning to bare bones fundamentals that are simple and make sense. Enter: The 4 Big Basics of Nutrition.
The 4 Big Basics is my answer to the noisy labyrinth of diet advice. It is a system of four ground level nutritional principles, each one building on the previous. I designed this to be something that, for once, everyone can both agree on and succeed with. The 4 Big Basics cover 80% of the permanent weight loss battle (note the italics). Master these first before attempting to navigate the weeds of food tribalism and nuanced dietary approaches.