Law #2 – Eat as closely to natural as is practical.  Now, remember, a law is something that is fundamentally true.  It is established science that our bodies function best eating the foods that are closest to the way the Creator made them.  Even from an evolutionary standpoint, our bodies still function best on nature’s best for all of recent history.  No, we have not developed a way to subsist on biscotti and Caramel Macchiatos and live, long strong lives.  Sure we can go for a while but sooner of later our body says, “where’s the beef? – veggies, grains, fruit, etc…

So, where does that leave us?  The bare facts:

Raw or lightly steamed veggies. Fresh fruit. Get used to shopping your local produce department. Better yet head to the organic produce section. Learn to do without anything canned or industrially processed (sorry, Marie Callender pot pies are a thing of the past if you want to get well and lose weight)

Minimally processed/cooked meats and animal products. Naturally raised beef, chicken, fish, etc. and their by-products, milk and eggs. Learn to walk past the bologna and lunch meats, yes, and that lovely roasted rotisserie chicken, too.

Raw dairy products and whole eggs. Bring on the butter and whole RAW milk! Yes, you can lose weight while eating butter and whole eggs. Just make adjustments to overall caloric intake. You are missing out on some of the most “real food” when you pass up butter and eggs. It may be difficult to swallow (pardon the pun) but current medical advice is not necessarily sensible nor is it truly backed up by scientific research. More often than not, current medical convention is motivated by other things besides helping you to get and stay well (hint: the almighty dollar).

History shows otherwise. Man has eaten whole eggs and butter for millennium without a problem. So why do we have heart disease and other illness associated with modern man? Look at how our modern diet has changed to get a clue. The only logical conclusion is: processed man-made food forms.

Cereal grains like oats, barley, wheat, rice. Oatmeal with raisins. Brown rice with butter and veggies. Whole grain bread from freshly ground grain. This makes sense. Brownies, candy bars, Captain Crunch cereal, frankly, are misuses for grain and grasses (most sugar comes from a grass, by the way – sugar cane).

When a race horse is given a diet, the trainer goes out of his or her way to make sure it gets just what will feed the animal as healthfully as is practical. Nothing pre-bagged or cooked for it, either. Fried? Sugar coated? High pressure processed? No, if the trainer has any sense will he or she give this animal only the BEST and closest to how the animal’s fodder is found in nature.

What makes us think we can get by on anything less? Do we think somehow we can endure highly processed foods – that we somehow have “evolved” to a higher ability to digest man-made fats, chemical sweeteners and food forms? I’m here to tell you, no. Our bodies treat processed foods, fats, and chemical additives like any other toxin we ingest – our livers go into hyper-drive to deal with everything we throw at it. Often it is neutralized and carried away in the blood stream, through the kidneys or bowels and out.

But more often than not, these undesirables get immobilized and stowed in the nearest place it can find. How about, hmmmm, let’s just stick it in this fat cell over here – that’s a nice out of the way place to stick it. Or worse, stick it in the joints (gout? arthritis pain?)

No, like the race horse, we must eat as close to nature as is practical if we intend to have a healthy, trouble free life.

Next time…eating smaller meals.

 Often you hear this person saying something like “I am skeptical about XYZ diet. I have tried so many diets and am tired of getting burned.  Tell me this one is for real”.

 OK.  Let’s get one thing straight right now.  It takes Two to Tango.  Number 1 – a sound weight loss plan which includes regular sturdy exercise, but, more importantly than that, Number 2 – a person with commitment!!

 I have addressed the Number 1 issue throughout my site here.  I recommend several weight loss plans in my reports.  There are several highly rated diet programs – any of which will serve the purpose to help you lose weight.

 But folks, it’s time you STOP trying a diet.  It is time to commit to sound health and fitness for a lifetime.  Weight loss is a by product to long term, lifetime commitment to living right.

 When we approach weight loss as our goal we tend to give up.  We fuss that we didn’t lose 5 or 10 or whatever pounds so XYZ diet doesn’t work! 

What really needs to be our goal is better health with weight loss being a by-product to better eating and exercise.  It should be the result of better living choices.

 It is time to take charge of the over all problem that got us fat in the first place – bad habits!  Choose a weight loss plan that encourages smaller portions, 4 to 6 meals/snacks a day, made with fresh food.  Make sure it includes exercise, the kind that makes your heart pump and your muscles get a work out.

 You don’t have a disease that makes you fat.  You have some badly formed habits – that of too much of the wrong stuff.  And then doing it in front of the TV or computer.

 Stop trying to lose weight.  Stop blaming a diet plan.  Take charge of your own health by taking charge of what goes into your mouth and what you do with your body.

 Yoda told Luke, “Do or do not.  There is no try!”  Just do it!

We are on the brink of information overload collapse!  Face it, there is just so much you can read and study and digest and ponder on any one subject.  Don’t you just wish there was a Control Center that oversees the vast Internet and filters the good stuff from the junk.  I do.  When you type “healthy weight loss diet” into Google — WHOA!  How can there possibly be so many programs out there and which one is the best??

Well, fo rone thing there is no BEST weight loss diet.  Oooooo, I heard some of you groan.  And some of you got all head up – of course there is a “Best weight loss diet”.

Nope.  But there are some things you can count on being true about a healthy weight loss program.  The usual:

#1 regular sturdy exercise

#2 controlled eating – both quantity and quality

#3 which is one we don’t think of much as a part of a balanced weight reduction program, lifestyle factors.

When looking at a weight loss plan, all three should be part of it.

So, which ones are the best?  Well, our team has investigated dozens of plans and programs and have come up with quite an interesting  collection of great and not-so great plans.  Take a look at the sidebar for the plans we have written up

Oh, and I might add the best part of this evaluation hinges on “Peer Reviews”.  Look for the yellow box on each report where we cite customer feedback from all over the ‘net.

So, no there is not an easy one size fits all weight loss plan out there.  There are a lot of really great ones though.  Ultimately, you will need to decide which plan will suit you best.  But here is where you will get the straight scoop from those who have already been there, done that!

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