the best diet for you

I wanna make 3 points super clear today.

One, there is no such thing as a best diet.

Best diet meaning a universal diet that all of us no matter shape, size, gender, can go on and all be guaranteed the similar results. That doesn’t exist.

Two, there is no such thing as a best food.

There is no food where the more you eat the more weight you’ll lose. That food doesn’t exist.

Three, there is no such thing as the best workout for fat loss.

Fat loss is primarily dealt with through your diet, not workouts. All workouts burn calories which means all workouts are essentially helpful in the fat loss process. They all work, there is no best.

Now with those 3 points out of the way, I do want to say this:

There is no such thing as a best diet, but there is a best diet for you. There is no such thing as a best food for weight loss, but there is a best food for you. There is no such thing as a best workout, but there is a best workout for you.

What does that mean? Sounds hocus pocus right?

It just means that all diets work.

No matter what diet you’re on if it helps you achieve a consistent calorie deficit it’s gonna help you lose weight. There are so so many diet methods out there and they all work, but just cos they all work doesn’t mean they’ll all work for you. “Work for you” meaning it might not be suitable to you due to preference or environmental circumstances.

The thing about losing weight sustainably is that whatever diet you’re on you gotta be able to keep it up consistently for the long term. Long term meaning months and years. If you follow a diet that you really dislike from day 1, your chances of success is will be little to none.

Being able to keep up with a diet for a long time means you gotta work with it, you gotta not mind it. You don’t have to love it, but you gotta at least be able to accept it.

This isn’t to sound doom and gloom either.

Figuring out a diet that works for you just means figuring out a diet that works for you on a normal day basis. You’re still free to celebrate and take vacations and all that, that’s no big deal at all. But at least when you got nothing going on it’s just a normal day you have a plan that you can stick to that helps you stay on track with your goals whether that’s losing weight or maintaining weight.

There is no universal best diet, but there is a best diet for you and that’s for you to experiment and figure out. 

There’s no best food for weight loss, but there are foods that you’ll enjoy more if you include them in your diet which will help with sticking to your diet for longer which then will end up helping you yield more results.

There’s no best workout for fat loss, but there’s definitely some form of workout out there that you can somewhat enjoy on a weekly basis and being able to keep that up for a long time also aids your journey as a whole.

Unlike how media tends to paint some one size fits all solution for weight loss, losing weight is actually very individualistic. It’s based on your own goals and preferences. What works super well for you might not work for me at all, and vice versa.

Understanding the principles of weight loss, understanding what matters and what doesn’t, understanding your own preferences and lifestyle, that’s what actually helps you shape your diet and lifestyle to move forward.