To be healthier (and to weigh less), you have to eat better and exercise more. Do you feel stuck in your same routine with no results ever showing? Don’t be discouraged! Everyone struggles with similar problems. We’ve designed this Mills Toyota guide to help you find the perfect diet plan for yourself. After reading this, you’ll be ready to give it one more try!

The Key to Finding the Right Plan

Before assessing any diet, you must ask yourself this one key question: will I stick to it? It doesn’t matter how scientifically sound the program is or how much success Hollywood stars had--they probably achieved their weight loss goals with millions of dollars, a team of nutritionists, and an endorsement deal. What matters in choosing a diet for yourself is your ability to stick to it.

Long-Term vs. Short-Term

Diets never work. Lifestyle changes do. Most diets that promise a quick fix are more likely to be a quick return to being overweight or even obese. A diet should provide the means to a lifestyle change.

Time Commitment

Make sure the diet you choose fits with your lifestyle. A 24-year-old with a part-time job and no children is capable of dedicating hours to meal preparation and complex workouts. A 37-year-old single mother of three needs to consciously block off time for exercise, as well as plan meals that make sense not only for her diet but for the whole family.

Exercise

Although weight loss is possible without exercise, it’s unlikely and bound to be temporary. A healthy lifestyle must incorporate exercise.

Good Sense

Some diets make good sense. Others don’t. If a program advertises that you can eat chocolate bunnies and Twinkies for dessert every meal--it is probably too good to be true. Diets that eliminate entire food groups (besides sugars and fats--those you can do without) lack the overall balance healthy individuals need. If the regimen promotes balance and flexibility, while encouraging a reduction in calorie consumption--well, that makes good sense. Be realistic when choosing!

Food Choice

A sound diet and lifestyle can incorporate all the food you love, even if at reduced amounts--a half cup of ice cream instead of a half-gallon, for example. Some diets encourage more of a particular food and if you don’t like that particular food, you’re not going to stick to the diet.

Well, what are you waiting for? Start enjoying the health you deserve by finding the right diet for you today.