The naked truth about diets and weight loss

There are so many diets out on the market. Each comes with it promise to be "thin and healthy" in just weeks. You just have to follow the simple steps or buy a special product. How can one possibly know which diet works for them. After all, there are so many different diets on the market.
 There is one common component, one common problem if you will. They are all a short term fix. They work for a few weeks.You will lose about 7-10 pounds those first few weeks. Unfortunately, the weight lost is water and the ever covenanted lean muscle. When the diet is stopped and regular eating habits are resumed weight is regained, and more commonly "extra" weight too.  The weight re-gained is fat. This means you have less lean muscle than you diet before the diet. Lean muscle is what burns those calories. You want as much as you can get. The answer to the dieting problem will take more than a few days to fix. 
Extra weight doesn't suddenly appear overnight. It comes on little by little until we seem to be caught off guard.  As we age our calorie needs decrease. Adults are no longer growing up just "out". Extra weight is a storage of extra calories. We have got to figure a way to burn those calories.
What if you went on a 10 minute walk daily and burned 100 calories. That is 700 calories per week and 36,500 per year! Which is over 10 pounds. Ten pounds in one year doesn't seem like much. Lets also cut 100 calories from your everyday diet. Now weight loss is over 20 pounds per year or roughly 6 pound per month. This steady slow weight loss is permanent.
So with minimal effort and little change to the everyday diet a person can reach there desired weight without drastic efforts.

Examples of 100 calories

• 1 cup of skim milk
• 1 cup of sweetened almond milk
• 1 cup of unsweetened soy milk
• 1 slice of whole grain bread
• 1 medium apple or large pear
• 1 medium orange or grapefruit
• 1 small size banana
• 1 cup of grapes
• 2 slices of light bread
• 1 tablespoon of olive, canola or vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
• 3 teaspoons of honey
• 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon of regular or 2 tablespoons of reduced fat mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon of regular salad dressings
• ¼ cup of reduced fat or ½ cup of fat free salad dressings