Supplements for Weight Loss

By Michelle Casey


Being a personal trainer and group fitness instructor, I deal with a lot of people who are curious about weight loss supplements and whether they will make weight loss easier. Looking for an honest opinion about dietary supplements and weight loss? Here is the same advice I give to all of my clients.

The most important thing you need to know is that eighty percent of your weight loss outcome will be a result of your nutrition. There is no getting around the necessity of eating a healthy diet in the right portions. Your diet needs to be made of mostly whole foods. Eating a diet that is concentrated in processed foods will cause very intense food cravings. Although there are supplements that can help decrease your appetite, there is nothing that can defend you from those kinds of food cravings.

Spending time in the health and fitness industry and talking to various people about nutritional supplements, one thing has become apparent to me: Most people are looking for miracle cure that will take their food cravings away. The honest answer is that there isn't such a cure. Nothing exists on the market that will wipe away the biochemical need for certain kinds of foods.

Nutritional supplements are meant to supplement a healthy diet, not replace one. If you want to be healthy and fit, look trim, and feel young; it's going to take time, effort, and consistency. Dietary supplements cannot promise you successful and permanent weight loss. There is only one thing that can promise those two things: a permanent lifestyle change. Make healthy eating in proper portions and regular exercise a permanent fixture in your life, and permanent weight loss will inevitably follow.

Am I saying that nutritional supplements are worthless? No! I take supplements on a regular basis. I do not, however, treat them as a substitute for healthy eating and regular exercise. Over the years, I've tried many weight loss supplements and none of them helped me to lose the sixty pounds I needed to lose. Only a permanent lifestyle change was able to do that.




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