In terms of fixing your working out and eating habits, normal isn't the way to go. This is because, in the US (and lots of other places), the "normal" person is overweight and doesn't exercise often enough. This means that when you use the people in your social, employment and familial circles as your role models for fitness there are major chances that you are going to wind up overweight.
There is always social pressure to conform but you need to be strong in your stance if you are fully committed to being healthy and losing weight. Just because everybody else you are with is reaching for second portions or bigger portions doesn't mean that you need to do the same. You may want to only spend time with friends who have your same goals or to join a like-minded support group if it is necessary. It is not a good idea, though, to follow along with a group that displays unhealthy habits. Searching out the perfect diet can get in the way of your being able to lose weight if you spend more time trying to find your solution than actually taking the actions that are necessary to cause weight loss to happen. You probably already know enough of the basics to help yourself lose weight...even if you never read another diet book again. It is perfectly understandable to want to get as much information as possible but at some point you are going to have to use better judgment and actually pay attention to your day to day habits. You will need to make sure that you use your common sense when you consider each of the claims made by the popular diet gurus because otherwise it will be so much easier for them to mislead you.
When it comes to diets, the one area where more people are deceived than any other has to do with losing weight fast. Any diet that promises a rapid weight loss is lying or trying to get you to starve yourself which means that any weight you do lose isn't going to stay lost. The best way to approach weight loss is a slow and steady approach which gives your body time to adjust to the changes that you are making. This is also how you can make permanent changes to how much you weigh. You can save yourself so much grief just by avoiding diets that make terrible promises.
A diet can be a helpful tool when it comes to losing weight, but it can't do the work for you. You need to remember that is your choices and daily habits that determine how healthy you are and how much weight you lose. Nobody is perfect, even when they want to lose weight so do not try to make yourself perfect. On the other hand, you should recognize that if you want lasting results, you have to make a real commitment to taking the rules of your diet seriously.
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