Weight Loss Article
Herbalife Diet Success
While large numbers of both men and women have had great success on the Herbalife diet, it is important to know how to go about getting the best results from the Herbalife weight loss program.
The Herbalife Diet is based on meal replacement shakes. These shakes are designed to replace two of your regular meals, while the third meal, either lunch or dinner, consists of regular food. While the third meal is largely a matter of choice, it should not consist of a meal which is high in fat or excessive carbohydrates.
Firstly, you need to know how to make the shakes correctly. Whether you are making the shakes using a blender or one of the supplied Herbalife plastic shakers, you should always put the liquid in first, and the powder on top. Otherwise you could end up with a gluggy mess. You should also use sufficient quantities of the Herbalife Formula 1 Shake Mix, and the Protein Powder if you have also purchased this product, to ensure that you are getting sufficient protein.
The main reason for this is that “hunger” is the main enemy. It is very difficult to diet and lose weight when you are constantly hungry. Some people try to suppress the hunger with coffee or cigarettes. However, this is obviously not healthy. The Herbalife Diet is designed to be a healthy way to lose weight. The entire philosophy is to help people lose fat and size without sacrificing their health or their lean muscle mass. Having enough protein ensures that this is the case, as well as staving off hunger naturally.
Compare this approach to the “Lemon Detox Diet” or the “Cabbage Soup Diet”. You may initially lose weight quite quickly on these two diets, but unfortunately the weight lost consists of both fat and muscle. There is very little protein in either of these diets that will maintain your lean muscle mass. And that is why these kinds of rapid weight loss techniques lead to gaining even more weight when the diet is over.
Because muscle tends to burn off more calories, when your muscle mass decreases you end up burning less of the food that you eat and so more of it gets stored as fat. So going back to your old diet inevitably leads to weight gain. This is the basis of the yo-yo diet.
Secondly, it is important that you eat healthy snacks between your main meals. No, I don’t mean chips or chocolate bars. But you can eat a protein bar or a piece of fruit. The reason for this is to make sure that you keep your metabolism active. People that don’t eat for long periods of time are setting themselves up to gain weight. They are letting their metabolism slow right down. By eating small healthy snacks between meals you are keeping your metabolism on idle, much like leaving a car engine running, and your body will continue to burn fuel.
Herbal Life have also found, by survey, that clients that opt to get some form of support from their distributor, are much more likely to have greater weight loss success. The actual reason behind this was not determined by the survey. The reasons probably vary from person to person but are most likely to do with being answerable to someone for their results, besides just themselves. Additionally a good weight loss coach can spot the reasons for someone “going off the rails” or “plateauing” a common phenomenon whereby the weight steadies despite all efforts to budge it lower. So it is important to take advantage of the weight loss support or coaching if the distributor makes it available to you.
Following these basic principles will ensure that you get the best results from your Herbalife Diet program.
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