How can diet plans be effective for some but not all individuals?
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diet effectiveness varies from person to person for a few reasons. Some common ones include:
How well does your weekly schedule fit the diet schedule? If you work a 9-5 job, maybe intermittent fasting with a 5-9 eating window works perfectly for you. If you work a 2-10 job, that 5-9 eating window is a surefire way to make sure you fail.
How well does your diet support your lifestyle? If you’re generally sedentary in and out of work, maybe keto will do fine. If your hobbies include weightlifting, hiking, sports, etc then a chronic lack of carbs will leave you sapped of energy regularly.
How well do you confirm to the diet parameters? If you’re consistently over/under portioning, or eating/drinking things not prescribed in the diet, maybe consider meal prepping ahead of time to minimize the moments you find yourself making bad decisions when you don’t have easy access to your diet foods. Also remove access to junk foods in your home and increase access to healthier options.
How well do you track your calories? Failing to account for the accurate intake of food and drink because you “eyeballed it” or deemed something minor enough to completely neglect tracking will detail you so fast.
How often do you adjust the diet parameters to account for your progress, or lack or progress? If you’re trying to lose/gain weight, but it’s been stagnant for 2+ weeks, you better have a plan to adjust your calorie intake to course-correct. Of course the quality of the adjustment relies on the integrity of your prior consistency first and foremost.
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