Healthy weight reduction using the Traffic Light Diet

The Traffic Light Diet is not a club, regime or fad diet. The Traffic Light Diet can't offer a miracle solution; but it can give you a tool to make your own choices for your health and weight,

Your diet is literally for life, so be prepared to subscribe for life. To have any chance of adopting a weight reducing diet, you have to establish realistic objectives and learn to make your diet fit your lifestyle; not revolve your life around a diet.

Each time you embark on yet another diet that promises a miracle cure, you experience a sense of failure. Don't perpetuate this 'stop start' mentality; make lifestyle changes for your health and your future.

Weight problems cannot be addressed with a 'quick fix' solution.

The Traffic Light Diet isn't temporary. It uses every day foods in measured portions. Followed carefully it will help you lose weight, but don't judge success by what you see in the mirror. You may not lose weight instantly, but you will be improving your health, and weight-loss will follow.

Portion control is an important and inevitable part of any weight loss programme. The main basis of any weight reduction diet is the amount of calories you consume, a fact you can't escape from. Try to think of the word DIET as a mathematics equation:

Daily Intake Equals Turnout

It is recommended that any weight loss should only be at a rate of 1 - 2lbs per week. You are in control. If you follow the diet, cook in a healthy way, limit fast foods and processed foods and watch your portion sizes carefully you will lose weight if you choose to.

The Traffic Light Diet helps you achieve this in a simple visual system that is easy to implement and maintain.

Reward yourself from time to time. There will be situations where you don't follow your diet strictly but the Traffic Light Diet will make you more aware of what you are eating. Because of its simplicity, you will learn to restrict the damage and reapply the rules yourself.

Josie, Aged 60

“Losing weight has been a major concern for many years, but never have I stuck to a diet like this one. It is so easy! I have shed 2 ½ Stone and I am still losing weight, but I have never felt so healthy. All my friends have commented on the results.”