Statistics in the United States indicate that obesity and rates of people being overweight have reached epidemic proportions. 11% of children, for example, are obese, according to the World Heart Federation Fact Sheet, 2002. 50% of women aged 20 to 74 are overweight or obese, according to The National Women's Health Information Center. The statistics for men in all age groups are no better. A weight loss solution is needed.

Being overweight carries certain health risks, the main one being heart disease and the possibility of heart attacks. Of course, the determination of being overweight must be left to a doctor as everyone's body is different because of fat and muscle ratio to body weight. So don't automatically try dieting if you are some 20 pounds overweight; get your doctor to establish the fact beforehand that a weight loss solution is needed.

Don't make the mistake of following traditional ways of trying to lose weight. There is no need to drastically lower your calorie intake, or to virtually starve yourself, combined with vigorous exercise. Use the tried and successful diet that involves eating 4 meals a day and includes moderate exercise only. (Note, though, that in one aspect of the diet you don't even have to exercise). You need never go hungry following this eating style as a wide variety of food is available.

The "Shifting Calories" eating style encourages shifting certain calories eaten and using an irregular eating pattern. It is the irregularity of the system that shocks the body into raising its metabolism and you lose weight. Thousands of people worldwide can attest to the success of this diet plan.

In the Shifting Calories system certain types of calories are manipulated at each meal. Fat calories are not manipulated, just carbs and proteins. You are presented with a large list of foods and then shown how to manipulate these to gain maximum weight loss. There is no skimping at meal times; you eat only until you are satisfied. You don't overeat, of course, but you stop short of being "full".

You are shown the exact foods that you need to rotate each day. You can eat the foods in any order, as long as you follow the recommended carbs and proteins combinations. To make it even easier for the dieter, an online diet generator will generate your daily menu for you!

This program dismisses the contradictory diet hype you have heard over the years, like "low carbs" and "low fat". It emphasizes the danger of sugar and how we should be looking for this in foods. Sugar is a bigger danger than fat and a large contributor to weight gain.

The danger of intense aerobic work-outs is discussed. How these work-outs burn mainly carbs, not fat. Over-exerting yourself elevates your breathing and heart rate and your body will then burn mainly carbs. Slightly elevating your breathing and heart rate, though, through a moderate exercise like walking, will burn stored body fat.

The Shifting Calories plan, then, could be an effective and permanent weight loss solution.

About the Author

The author has had past weight problems, but has managed to lose up to 40 pounds and maintain permanent weight loss. For more information on the "Shifting Calories" method of losing weight, please visit: http://www.homebusinesslink.com/weightlossrecipe.html