Many schemes have been used to motivate people to lose weight. We have reviewed every idea in the business. The sad part of the weight-loss story is that so many people have been deceived by promises of easy changes that can never be kept. So many have responded to perky advisors who use bright, cheerful optimism to motivate their paying clients, only to crash again. The "hype" lasts a short time. Old habits, and the pre-programmed tendencies of appetite control system are enduring. There is, in other words, a dark side to the story of weight-gain.

If you use optimistic promises as a form of denial, your efforts tend to fail. If you believe that weight loss is easy and quick, you are denying the well-known truth that most people fail to maintain weight losses. If you believe perky promises, and are attracted to fast and easy schemes, you may fail and fall back into denial and despair.

A permanent change in food selection habits is required to sustain a lower body weight. Most diets do not address long-term maintenance and are eventually futile.  Success in long-term weight reduction is strategic and not a matter of willpower.  The Alpha Nutrition Program emphasizes defining correct food selection and does not require food restriction nor calorie counting. The program recognizes the ability of some foods to trigger compulsive eating. These addictive "trigger" foods must be identified and avoided.

Three allies when you want to lose weight:

1. Right food

2. Tolerance for hunger

3. Physical exercise or work.

Most weight loss dieters experience increased-efficiency as calories are restricted. In healthy experimental subjects, a daily deficit of 1500 calories produced a maximum weight loss of 25% at 24 weeks, when a new equilibrium was established. No significant weight loss may be seen in a sedentary obese person until energy intake has dropped below 800 calories. The quality of food choice at this restricted level of intake is crucial. Fat, sugar, and high protein are definitely avoided. Sugar in excess is converted directly to fat. High sugar foods are addictive and maintain cravings for more sugar.

Weight loss is directly equated to physical work; not food deprivation. The jogger or swimmer is losing weight. Even the walker is losing weight, although more slowly. Hunger must be restored as a normal, welcome feeling. There is nothing wrong with hunger! In order to establish new healthy eating patterns it is essential to practice being comfortably hungry for periods as long as 4-6 hours before eating. A normal rhythm might be 4 hours between meals. The less you move, the longer you should stay hungry; another way of looking at weight loss. Of course, weight gain is a feature of a sedentary life style and the problem is that that everyday you move too little and eat too much. The task of to reverse the order of moving and eating.

The false and deliberately misleading advice - that you can take pill X and eat everything you like- caters to you wish, your fantasy that you can keep eating more and moving less and everything will turn out all right. The truth is just the opposite - the evidence is overwhelming- good health and a long life is achieved by eating less, eating better and moving more. There is no other way to succeed.    

The choice of food by its quality and impact on eating behaviors is initially more important than the choice by quantity or caloric content. Diets that emphasize changes in the proportions of protein, fat, carbohydrate, fiber, and so on do not have special properties for weight control. The proportions recommended in Alpha Nutrition tend to work very well, but only if the food choices are correct. Vegetables foods have the most to offer a weight loss program since they have low nutrient density (you can eat a lot more) and seldom trigger cravings and compulsive eating.

The timing of meals is relevant to regulating eating behavior. More food should be eaten earlier in the day. Compulsive eating is most difficult to control at night. It is often necessary to restructure evening activities; start new and physical activities instead of sitting all evening. Avoid alcoholic beverages. The social context of drinking alcoholic beverages is seldom conducive to selective eating and impulse control.

High Nutrient Density

A key concept in weight management is that appetite and weight regulation is largely determined by the adequacy of the incoming nutrient set. A low nutrient to calorie ratio means you will eat more and gain weight. Remember your appetite control system does not like starvation. Low nutrient density means starvation. 

Alpha ENF is a weight loss tool. With Alpha ENF you can achieve high nutrient density and keep your caloric intake low. By using Alpha ENF, you are replacing food with a complete set of nutrients. The proportions of nutrients in an ENF provide balanced nutrition with the sense of satiety, the satisfied feeling when you have had enough to eat.

The chief advantages of Alpha ENF are:

• balanced, safe, nutrient intake

• high nutrient density with a low caloric intake

• purified ingredients are used to minimize food allergy

• reduced cravings

• a food holiday breaks habit patterns and recursive loops

• portable, easy to use

At 1000 calories/day of Alpha ENF all vitamins and minerals are provided at or above the recommended daily intake. If you follow the fast track on Alpha Nutrition, you will take 4 to 5 servings of Alpha ENF per day - approximately 800 calories. The formula is designed to provide adequate vitamins and minerals with reduced calories. The food you eat in addition to Alpha ENF, completes the nutrient set, so that at total intake of 1000 - 1500 calories per day, all essential nutrients are generously provided. We have come to the conclusion that the best motivation comes from a realistic understanding of the issues discussed in Alpha Nutrition Programl.

• Solid optimism comes from using the right techniques, and getting the right results.

• Realistic motivation begins with knowing that it is not easy to change even when the change is beneficial. You do need help.

• You need the right information. You need to understand how you got to be overweight.

• You need a map to guide you to the next state you wish to occupy. You need the right tools.

• When difficulties arise, you need problem-solving methods and you need to persevere. 

• All worthwhile endeavors require commitment, dedication, and perseverance.

To lose weight you must exercise! The energy cost of physical activity must exceed the energy supplied by your food intake. Weight loss is directly equated to physical work, not food deprivation. Weight loss means fat-burning.

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