The "Day One" Diet

Here’s a scenario that might be familiar to many Americans: you realize that you’ve got to lose a few pounds to stay healthy, but you just can’t get over those overwhelming feelings when you look down at the scale and see how much weight you really need to lose. At this point, you ditch the diet because it looks like it will take forever to reach your long-term goal. Does this sound like you?

Traditional diets seem to fail many Americans. Why? Many diets can have a negative impact on your self-esteem since the emphasis is on losing those big numbers rather than smaller-scale goal setting. Dieticians emphasize that most people who successfully lose weight and keep it off have ditched the diet completely, in favor of concentrating on exercising and eating small, low-fat meals.

If yo-yo dieting does not seem to be working for you, you might want to try a new and different approach – the Day-One method of weight loss. The logic behind this method is that you make TODAY the only day you diet. The catch is that you start over again the next morning, so that every day is Day One of your diet. This breaks down your weight-loss goals into easy, attainable steps so that if you slip up, you can just start over without feeling like you’ve botched your entire diet.

This method is perfect for long-term dieters, who have a significant amount of weight to lose, but see no end in sight. By setting small daily goals for yourself, you will be able to make your path to weight-loss much more manageable, especially since gradual weight loss can become frustrating for those of us who are impatient to lose weight quickly. So if you’re feeling overwhelmed, take pride in your day-to-day accomplishments that will eventually lead to a complete weight-loss success!