I firmly believe that the “cleaner” you eat, the “leaner” you will be. I have been in the fitness business for over 15 years and have worked with many clients who have experimented with many different diets. The clients who lost the most weight and kept it off made lifestyle changes, and didn’t follow a strict diet.
Throughout the years, I have watched my clients transform their bodies. Instead of cutting out entire food groups or going on “crash diets,” they were able to do this purely by working hard and resisting the temptation of large portions and processed foods. In fact, many of them only gave up diet sodas and didn’t change anything else in their diets and they still lost weight.
I believe that the chemicals in processed foods, especially in diet sodas, have to go somewhere. My clients have helped prove this point. Just because a food has 0 calories doesn’t mean it just evaporates from our bodies. We have to figure out where it goes, what nutrients we need from it, and how to digest it.
In fact, I was watching The Biggest Loser last week and the first diet quiz question was, “What makes you live longer, diet sodas, or regular sodas?” The answer was regular soda of course and surprisingly, both contestants got it right. I’m happy to see that the current trend in health and fitness is eating right, not trying diet after diet!
