When starting out on a diet, as with anything else, you need to begin with a robust plan and a realistic target to aim for.

If wanting to lose weight and get back into good, healthy shape is your goal, then to have any chance of success, you need to consider the key factors of exercise and nutrition. Without paying equal attention to both of these, you simply won’t get anywhere.

While some people say that exercise is the most significant issue, others believe that you can lose weight just by simply eating less.

The fact is, however, is that you cannot achieve weight loss and maintaining a healthy figure unless you pay equal attention to both of these factors.

Nutrition is something that your body needs for, to put it simply, it transforms the food you eat into fuel for the body and is required for the proper, healthy functions of your body.

Without good nutrition, you leave yourself open to all manner of physical ailments.

The standard nutrients your body needs include proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins, and, certainly not to be overlooked, plenty of water.

Paying attention to these factors will help you to build up the perfect body and stay in good shape.

There are various guides out there that are easy to come by which list the recommended amounts of each nutrient you should be consuming each day, based on your sex, height and weight. How much of each nutrient you should take really depends on your individual needs but there are some general rules however.

It is not necessary to take Vitamin C every day since it is kept in the liver, but Vitamin C disappears from the body quickly and should be consumed more frequently.

The amount of each nutrients required by your body will also vary depending on your lifestyle; for example; a pregnant woman’s nutritional needs will be quite different to the needs of a child or a sports player.

A balanced and nutritional diet provides your body with protein for the immune system, glucose for energy and calcium to keep your bones strong.

The opposite to this is malnutrition, when your body lacks one or more of the nutrients it requires to function properly. This can lead to many types of illnesses. Particularly vulnerable to malnutrition problems are pregnant women, the elderly and heavy drinkers.

To be realistic, it is not practical to follow the food guidelines religiously on every single product you buy, but it is not necessary either. Your goal should be to use them as guidelines only and use your common sense for the rest, avoiding obviously junk foods such as stuff which is heavily processed.

Balancing your diet need not by anything like as hard as you may think and it is simply a matter of developing some good eating habits in order to get the nutrients your body needs.

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