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Is there a perfect weight loss system?

At the start of the year I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror and did not like what I saw. I stepped on the Wii Fit board. The little Wii Fit man told me that I was obese. I felt insulted!

I decided that I would do something about this so I promised to myself that I would:

• Eat less
• Exercise more
• Research the best way to do this

At first I decided to stick to a vegetarian diet, have muesli for breakfast, a light lunch and a medium size dinner. I also got a dog and took him out for a walk each morning.   I did lose some weight using this system, but is this the perfect weight loss system for me and for you?

One day someone mentioned something called the stone-age diet to me. This diet developed out of research into what stone age men and women ate, which was basically meat that they had hunted, supplemented by a fruit that they could gather. This meant that their diet mainly consisted of meat based protein.The researchers said that this diet is what human body evolved to eat. Later on in human history, man learnt how to cultivate crops and then the balance of the diet changed. Instead of being around 90% protein, carbohydrates were added to the diet. The researchers concluded that the optimum diet for you is similar and they recommend that your diet consist of about 75% protein to 25% carbohydrate. This is very different from the average western diet.

As an experiment I decided to try this diet out - introducing fish into my diet as my main source of protein and drastically cutting back on carbohydrates and grains. Though meat is recommended on the diet, as a long time vegetarian, I have not yet introduced meat into my diet. I am considering doing this.

The result? I am continuing to lose weight at about the same, rate as before, so no dramatic change there. What has changed is that my vitality has increased. I have more energy and zest for life. I also used to suffer from many of the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome - gaseous, feeling bloated. These symptoms have gone!

Is this the perfect weight loss system? Whilst this stone age diet does help you lose weight, the main benefit as I see it is how it contributes to my general well-being. the foundation of self development is good health. So, what started out as an experiment in the perfect weight loss system resulted me feeling fantastic both physically and mentally!

Without your general health and fitness, it is difficult to put into practice all the success tools that self development provides.

If you are concerned about your weight it helps to examine your attitude to food. Why do you eat too much? Why do you eat the wrong foods. Before you start dieting  you need t examine your belief system around food.

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