SO you've made up your mind to get thinner.   

Wouldn't it be just fantastic to be able to shop for clothes in any store not just those particular stores that handle very dull items designed purely to drape and hide the bulges? 

No more being afraid of the camera or being embarrassed by being the fat person in the group.

So if you're going to diet, you want to feel you're on the diet plan best suited to help you achieve your perfect new weight.

Everyone's metabolism is slightly different so don't expect exactly the same results as someone else on the same diet.

Here are some details some of today’s most popular diets and some dieting tips. 

South Beach Diet

Developed by Dr. Arthur Agatston, this diet is carried out in three phases.

Phase 1 is normal sized portions for two weeks but with restricted carbohydrate intake and allowing lean meats, fish, low Glycemic indexed vegetables along with low fat cheese, nuts and eggs.         

Phase 2 reintroduces some of the food stuffs you had to miss out on in Phase 1 and continues until your weight loss in down to your ideal.    

Phase 3 is about maintaining the eating habits learned so far and continuing them on as a lifestyle not a diet.

And if you find your weight beginning to increase or fall off the program, you just start again and repeat Phase 1. 

Atkins Diet

The plan here is to lose weight by increasing your metabolic through eating high protein and high fat food and reducing your carbohydrate intake.

Dr Atkins stated that high levels of carbohydrates increase insulin production and hence sugar that causes increased hunger. There are four stages to the Atkins diet -Induction-Ongoing weight loss-Premaintenance-Lifetime maintenance.

The diet plan is quite restrictive and many dieters will have trouble staying the course. 

Zone Diet   

The Zone is the term for dieting coined by biochemist Barry Sears for a diet containing 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein and 30% fat. 

"In the Zone" The Zone refers to correct hormone levels which are neither too high nor too low and glycogenic levels not too high. Sears claims the diet is health and heart friendly through the release of anti-inflammatory chemicals.

The diet consists of eating as much protein as you can hold in the palm of your hand, as much non-starchy vegetables as possible for the vitamin content, enough carbohydrates as needed to maintain mental clarity since the brain consumes glucose and just enough mono unsaturated fats to reduce the feelings of hunger. 

There are quite a few choices when it comes to getting the correct foodstuffs for any diet although your local supermarket is probably not one of them.

If you need products to help you keep to a very strict diet but still with lots of protein, I highly recommend Bariatric Choice.

This company will deliver diet food right to your door and gaurantee their quality.

You can find out more about their range of foods and commitment to quality at  Review Of Bariatric Choice Diet Foods Range.

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