To lose weight, there are no miracle solutions! We know it: you have to limit your energy intake and increase your expenses. But there are little secrets to know to significantly increase your chances of losing weight. Discover what you need to know for a successful dietwith nutritionist Jean-Michel Cohen.
Author of numerous bestsellers in nutrition and successful Youtuber, the Dr. Jean-Michel Cohen is the leader in slimming coaching on the internet in France. By launching his program in the mid-2000s, he enabled thousands of people to benefit from a personalized, effective, simple and lasting slimming program.
Secret #1: A diet should fit you like a glove
My first secret will reassure you, there are lots of people who explain to us that diets are useless, that they are useless because we always gain weight afterwards: this is false! Slimming diets always work, the only way to lose weight permanently is to sufficiently reduce the energy ration that we absorb on a daily basis to break down fat reserves and lose weight. Diets work when followed correctly.
People sometimes have difficulty following them because they are ill-suited, too complicated, or they disrupt eating habits that we have had since childhood. A diet must adapt to the profile of the person who follows it, it must slip on like a glove, it must correspond to your age, your sex and your way of life.
It also has to take into account how you will tolerate the change in diet, and that’s where we come in as nutrition experts, to adapt it to your desires and your needs. Then, from the moment you eat a varied and balanced diet and that you take pleasure in each meal, well
Secret #2: The importance of support for success
My second secret is that losing weight is not only a question of diet and food, but above all we needaccompaniement and commitment.
Accompaniment is the principle of the friend who holds your hand to help you move forward. Commitment is constant reminder of goals that we want to achieve while maintaining flexibility and indulgence.
Losing weight also means having a set of systems that allow you to jump obstacles. How many of us stop dieting because of an invitation, a meal at a restaurant, a very convivial weekend… But there are solutions and I will give them to you!
Secret #3: The right technology for successful dieting
My third secret is a personal conviction. To succeed in your diet, online coaching methods have become more effective than traditional methods. And that’s true, even if you don’t have a lot of time to devote to it.
You have everything at your fingertips on your computer or mobile: balanced diet plans with almost endless customization possibilities, gluten-free, dairy-free, pork-free, vegetarian, breakfast-free menus… or even without the need to cook! With all these profiles, you can eat practically what you want, provided you respect the right quantities.
Then, we are followed and supervised by a team of dieticians graduates whose mission is to closely monitor the progress of each participant. They direct you to the right food profile, consult the content of your meals, answer your questions.
And if you have a little more time to devote to the program, there are all the possibilities offered by new technologies: hundreds of coaching videos to deal with all situations, thousands of dietetic recipes and a number of practical tools such as the slimming notebook, the weight curve, the buying guide, the discussion forums, etc.
There are even the live consultations that we organize every day, it’s a bit as if everyone could be accompanied permanently by nutrition professionals.
Secret #4: It’s not just the click that counts
My fourth secret is anticipation. Successful dieting requires good preparation. You don’t get up one morning saying to me: Here, I start my diet at noon. A well-prepared diet is a successful diet.
It’s a very good thing to have the click, to make the decision to lose weight, but it’s even better to give yourself a few days to prepare yourself psychologically and to get organized on a practical level. The ideal is to start at a time when for at least ten days, we know that there will not be too many external events such as invitations or birthdays.
As the program starts on a Monday, we can take advantage of the weekend to organize the week in terms of food. You receive all your menus and shopping lists as soon as you register, so just go to the store.
Last crucial point, cleaning the refrigerator and cupboards. You have to be pragmatic, that is to say, get rid of foods that may tempt you and keep only those that present no risk.
I will show you how to organize low-calorie snacking solutions based on dairy products or ready-to-eat raw vegetables, such as cherry tomatoes. By taking the time to prepare properly, you put all the chances on your side for a successful diet.
