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Jillian’s mission to keep America fit

Jillian Michaels Helps America Lose Weight

Though most people may recognize Jillian Michaels as a TV personality, she has been deeply-immersed in the fitness world for years. Battling her weight since she was a young girl, Michaels enrolled into martial arts classes. The strenuous physical activity began to have an effect on both her mind and her body. She lost the extra pounds that had plagued her since her youth. She also gained a new appreciation for a life built around fitness. Martial arts changed Michaels’ life. Based upon her own experience, she developed a passion for helping others who were struggling with their weight.

Today, Michaels continues to devote her life to helping people lose weight, get into shape and live healthier lives. Through her TV appearances, her books, DVDs and website, she reaches out to those struggling with their own weight problems in order to help them gain confidence and live with a renewed passion. Below, you’ll learn about her TV appearances as well as the 3 components that comprise her philosophy on weight loss and fitness.

In The Spotlight

Though Michaels has appeared on a number of TV shows, she is best known for her role as the trainer and leader of contestants on the highly-rated show “The Biggest Loser.” Her fervor and passion drove her performance on the show. The audience could tell that she was inspired to help others based upon her own struggles in the past. Michaels’ first appearance drew fans to the show and has all but guaranteed her a spot as long as she wishes.

3 Components Weight Loss And Fitness

The foundation of Michaels’ philosophy on losing weight and staying healthy is built upon 3 components: diet, exercise and attitude. Devoting equal attention to each of the 3 components, she emphasizes that leaving any part of her formula out can prevent a person from succeeding with developing the healthy lifestyle they envision.

Dieters are encouraged to enjoy a meal plan that is customized according to the dieter’s metabolism and body type. According to Michaels, each dieter is working with a different set of tools. Therefore, they should eat according to their own body’s needs and abilities. She even shows her followers strategies to follow while dining out. The 2nd component, fitness, is a key element in losing weight. Michaels insists that losing weight is a matter of calories. That is, the number of calories your body burns should be greater than the number consumed.

Getting Off The Couch

Jillian Michaels is the first to say that her program doesn’t offer a “quick fix” to losing weight and living a healthy life. Rather, dieters are told that fitness and health are the result of effort while losing weight can require the most effort of all. The emphasis on the 3 key components of her weight loss and fitness philosophy has encouraged thousands of people to take action. If you’d like to lose weight and get in shape, explore how Michaels’ program can help.

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Weight Loss With Small Changes

Try Small Changes To Lose Weight

If a diet or a complicated weight-loss system is just too overwhelming, try making a small change instead. For example, develop the habit of eating celery or another low-calorie food before any other snacks, so you don’t eat as much of the junk.

Is this going to do much for you? No, not by itself. It is a small change you can handle now, though, and once it becomes a habit, you can make another small change. Motivation comes easier for easy steps, right? Then, when you take enough of them, you’ll be getting somewhere.

Easy Steps Towards Weight Loss

1. Park farther away from the store, so you start walking a little. It’s a whole lot easier to find parking this way, too.

2. Stay away from people who encourage you to eat too much. Maybe even eat with people who have small appetites.

3. Don’t ever shop when you are hungry. You’ll buy more – and more snacks. Get in the habit of eating right before grocery shopping.

4. Switch from sugary soft drinks to flavored water. The carbonated ones are delicious.

5. Start taking short walks each evening. Walk the dog, or find a friend to walk with.

There are dozens more small changes you can make. Create your own list, but start just one new habit now. When that becomes a normal part of your life, start another. It’s difficult to say how many changes you’ll need to start losing weight, but these are easy steps if you take them one at a time.

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A Quick Look at Some of Today’s Most Effective Diets

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

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The Idiot-Proof Diet

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

The ‘calorie shifting’ model takes place because you eat every two and half hours. The theory is that because your body is consuming calories (energy) constantly throughout the day, it’s always in ‘burning calories’ mode instead of the ‘saving calories’ mode.

When you sign up for the diet, you get access to a diet handbook, an 11-day diet-plan and a diet calculator. You get to pick what foods you like to eat so don’t think that you’ll be tarving in this diet!

NutriSystem

The NutriSystem way of dieting is all about proper meal planning. People love this diet because it takes away the burden of trying to figure out what to eat during their dieting phase. You see, a lot of people actually get confused as to what they can eat when they want to lose weight. That’s not really surprising because there’s so much information out there and for every yay sayer, there is a nay sayer so it’s really tough to know what to eat.

However, with NurtiSystem, they do all the meal planning and portion controlling for you. You just need to sign up to any of their diet programs (e.g., Women’s Program, Men’s Program, Vegetarian Program, etc.) and order a multi-day (usually for 28 days) diet program.

After you choose your diet program, a menu is presented to you and you simply choose what you want to eat. The meals are then delivered to your doorstep at various intervals during your diet program.

The South Beach Diet

The South Beach Diet is popular because the name alone conjures bikini-clad bodies! Add to that the fact that it was founded by a cardiologist, Dr. Arthur Agatston, then you have a sort of ‘doctor recommended, doctor approved’ seal on the diet as well.

At first glance, the South Beach Diet looks a lot like the Atkins Diet in the sense that it restricts carbohydrates during the initial phase of the program (there are 3 phases). The first phase (14 days) encourages ‘normal eating’ in the sense that you can pretty much eat whatever you want but you must NOT eat bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, or baked goods. Fruit is also not allowed. No sugar. No alcohol.

The second phase allows you to SLOWLY introduce these items back into your diet but at lesser levels that you consumed them before of course. The third phase is more about general maintenance.

Weight Watchers

Probably one of the longest running diet programs out there is Weight Watchers. It believes in the overall approach where food, exercise, behavior and support are addressed.

Weight Watchers is known for advocating a point system for foods. Using this system, one calculates the calorie intake of the foods he or she eats. The number of points you can have in a day varies depending on your weight. The beauty of the program is that there are no gut-wrenching food restrictions so you never feel deprived of anything. However, the point system teaches you how to balance your meals so that even if you indulge on one food item, you don’t go overboard and consume too much in a day.

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