Here is the biggest secret of weight loss: Diets don’t work. But before you turn away in disappointment, let me explain. Diets do help lose weight, but the only way to not regain that weight and fall victim to the dreaded yoyo effect is to turn that diet into your new lifestyle. So here is the second secret: To lose weight (and never gain weight again), find the right diet for yourself, adapt it to suit your needs and turn it into a lifestyle.

Diets and weight loss are not popular anywhere around the world and for good reason. Losing weight is hard and maintaining weight is hard as well. If you hear of a quick and easy diet promising you will lose lots of weight in a short amount of time with little effort, I can tell you it’s not worth it. You will suffer, lose weight, regain the weight and end up wasting time and energy (and often money too). There is no such thing as a quick and easy diet, at least if you want to maintain that weight long-term.

No Shortcuts

There are no shortcuts when it comes to losing weight long-term. To lose weight effectively, you will either need to invest a lot of effort or wait several weeks or even months for results. It will also require some research and planning to find a diet suitable for you. Yes, that’s right, a diet that worked for your best friend might not work for you, and a weight loss method that worked for you might not work for others. Successful weight loss depends on many factors such as your lifestyle, schedule, goals and health. But once you find that perfect diet, I promise you will lose weight and never regain it.

The most important thing when choosing a diet or any kind of eating plan is to find one that will work for you long-term. No diet in the world will help you if you go back to your old eating habits after the diet is over. In other words, every single diet in existence will produce a yo-yo effect unless you find a new eating plan that works for you and adopt it. Use the diet in its strictest form to lose weight, then adapt it and turn it into your new eating plan for several months, years or the rest of your life.

I hear you asking: “How can I make my low-calorie diet my eating plan for the rest of my life? That’s crazy!” Yes, it is crazy. That’s what I mean when I say there is no quick diet. All the restrictive diets will never help you lose weight because you can’t sustain them long-term. Eventually, you will have to eat more than the diet plan allows and the weight will come back. What you need to do is find a diet you CAN turn into a new eating pattern. Does this sound hard and complicated? Well, this is where we come in.

Different Diets for Different People

Fancy Carrot is designed to help every person find the perfect diet or weight loss method by taking into account the different lifestyles people lead and all the challenges different people face on their weight loss journey. Do you spend a lot of time in front of the computer? Do you come home very late every day and have no time to plan your dinner? Or maybe you work different shifts each week and find it hard to find a healthy eating pattern? Do you have young children taking up all of your free time or other commitments that make it hard to focus on your food choices? Very often health issues, allergies, hormones and other problems are also to blame for excessive weight gain and failed weight loss attempts. There are endless circumstances preventing people from sticking to a diet which is why it’s so important to find the one that really suits your lifestyle.

Many people end up desperately trying low-calorie diets that restrict the amount of food they can eat because starving is the only thing that fits every schedule. It might be easy to fit such a diet into your schedule, but the results won’t be what you hope for. Your body will get used to the small amounts of food and instead of using fat reserves, it will go into panic mode and try to save as much energy as possible. After a while, you will end up eating very little without losing any more weight. What is worse, as soon as you start eating more, all the weight you did lose will return and your efforts will have been for nothing.

What’s the solution to this problem? Find a HEALTHY diet to lose weight LONG-TERM. How? By finding an eating plan you can see yourself living with for most of your life.

What is healthy weight loss?

Healthy weight loss is slow and well-planned. This way you can ensure that the weight you lose doesn’t come creeping back soon after your diet is over. When choosing a diet, you should really be choosing an eating plan that will enable you to eat the food you enjoy while still creating healthy eating habits. The diet period should help you lose weight and teach you how to change your habits, but after that period is over and you have achieved your weight loss goal, that same diet should offer the option of being adapted into a long-term eating regime.

What all this means is that the diet in a looser form should become your new lifestyle you can stick to for the majority of your life. It may sound hard, but once you find the right diet, you’ll see it’s easier than it seems.

The right diet that suits your personal needs and preferences will take into account your lifestyle, gender, age, taste and food preferences as well as any potential allergies and health problems. Some people have a sweet tooth, some love meat, and others can’t eat dairy or have to avoid carbs. But regardless of what your circumstances and preferences are, there will always be a diet that will suit you.

How do you find the right diet?

The right diet will meet the following criteria:

• It provides transparent amounts of calories and nutrients that can be consumed every day so you learn what your body needs.
• It enables a healthy weight loss of up to 1kg/2.2 lbs per week. Remember: slow weight loss = long-term weight loss
• You are allowed to eat enough to feel full. A full belly makes it easy to stick to the diet to the end while feeling hungry makes most people give in to temptations.
• It includes the foods you love so you can turn the diet into a lifestyle without giving up your favourite food for the rest of your life. This way you will also learn how to eat your favourites without regaining the lost weight.
• It excludes foods you hate. What good is a hugely effective egg diet if you hate eggs? The diet that’s right for you will let you eat foods you enjoy and not force you to eat what you can’t stand. This is the only way you can turn the diet into your long-term lifestyle and never gain weight again.

A diet that meets all the criteria will be the perfect fit for you. It will help you find your own eating pattern, teach you how to eat right, include the foods you love and make it possible to stick to the new eating plan.

So which diet is right for me?

To find the diet that will be the perfect fit for you, check out our list of descriptions and recommendations here: Find the Right Diet to Suit All Your Needs

At the moment you can choose from the following diets:

• Intermittent Fasting (such as the 16/8 diet) – eat whatever you want, but watch WHEN you eat
• Keto – focus on fats and protein to lose weight
• Paleo – eat what our ancestors ate and lose weight
• 4 Groups Diet – separate your foods into 4 categories, eat them separately and lose weight

Fancy Carrot has a long list of delicious healthy recipes and meal plans to help you on your weight loss journey. We regularly add new recipes so that you won’t run out of fresh ideas for your new healthy lifestyle.

We regularly add new diets, recipes and other content to the website as well. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, check back soon for updates. If you have questions, need advice or want a personalised eating plan, get in touch and we will do our best to help you out. Just email us at EMAIL and tell us what you’re looking for.

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