|
We Don't Fail Diets; They Fail Us!
Weight Loss Programs are a Better Approach! Part 3
 For
your weight loss program to be a success, it’s absolutely critical that you
understand the difference between fad diets and safe, effective weight loss
programs that produce long-lasting weight loss results. In addition to this
helpful weight loss programs article, be sure to take our FREE Fitness
Analysis! Once you've completed the brief questionnaire, you'll
receive specific recommendations based on your responses, information on
your very own customized weight loss program. As a special thank you, you'll
also receive the new e-book, Big Fat Lies, absolutely FREE of charge.
Click here to get started!
There are all sorts of weight loss programs out there that can help
you lose weight (not necessarily fat), but they are so miserable that it's
impossible to stay on them very long - even more difficult is keeping the
results you achieved before going off the weight loss program. We wanted to
create a weight loss program that was both VERY effective and a pleasure to
implement all along the way. The GHF Customized Diet Plan is
just that!
Click here to learn more!
Decades of research have shown that diets (not to be confused with
personalized weight loss programs), both self-initiated and
professionally-led, are ineffective at producing long-term health and
weight loss (or weight control). When your diet fails to keep the weight
off, you may say to yourself, "If only I didn't love food so much . . .
If I could just exercise more often . . . If I just had more will
power." The problem is not personal weakness or lack of will power. Only
5 percent of people who go on diets are successful. Please understand
that we are not failing diets; diets are failing us. Instead you need a
safe, effective, personalized weight loss program that is right for you!
Last Year, More Than 34 Million Americans Tried Diets Instead of Weight
Loss Programs
Diets have made us more aware of calories. However,
controlling your body weight through calorie-counting (rather than
weight loss programs with personalized meal plans) is almost impossible.
The National Institutes of Health recently completed a 20-year study of
traditional low-calorie diets to see if they really helped people lose
weight and keep it off. The diet plans studied included Weight
Watchers®, Jenny Craig®, The Diet Center® and most other traditional
weight loss programs and diet fads. The study concluded that traditional
low-calorie diet plans have a 95 percent failure rate; i.e., 95 percent
of the people on the plans gained back all of the weight they had lost
within a few years. Most people gained back the weight during the next
year! In fact, most people gain an additional five pounds after each
dieting cycle.
The reason 95 percent of all traditional diets fail is simple. When you
go on a low-calorie diet instead of a personalized weight loss program,
your body thinks you are starving; it actually becomes more efficient at
storing fat by slowing down your metabolism. When you stop this
unrealistic eating plan, your metabolism is still slow and inefficient
that you gain the weight back even faster, even though you may still be
eating less than you were before you went on the diet.
In
addition, low-calorie diets cause you to lose both muscle and fat in
equal amounts. However, when you eventually gain back the weight, it is
all fat and not muscle, causing your metabolism to slow down even more.
Now you have extra weight, a less healthy body composition, and a less
attractive physique. The right weight loss programs will not cause this
to happen, because everything will be personalized customized to you.
Diets require you to sacrifice by being hungry; they don't allow you to
enjoy the foods you love. This does not teach you habits which you can
maintain after the diet is over. Most diet programs force you to lower
your caloric intake to dangerously low levels. The common theory is that
if you eat fewer calories than you burn, you will lose weight. But when
you eat fewer calories than your body needs to maintain its
life-sustaining activities, you're actually losing muscle in addition to
fat. Your body breaks down its own muscles to provide the needed energy
for survival.
The Psychological Risks of Dieting – Weight Loss Programs Will Teach
You What You Need to Know
Not only does dieting have the
potential to harm our bodies, it can also our harm our psyches.
Unsuccessful attempts at long-term fad diets instead of weight loss
programs can seriously affect our psychological well-being. The
increasing failure that comes with each weight loss attempt can further
diminish our already low self-esteem and increase our risk of
depression. Unfortunately, when this happens to us, we assume
erroneously that the fault lies with us and not with the real culprit,
the diet itself. We need personalized weight loss programs instead.
Other psychological risks of dieting include an obsession with body
weight and size, disordered eating patterns which may increase the risk
of developing an eating disorder, and an increased pressure to try to
conform to society's standard of thinness. All of these problems tend to
further weaken our ability to deal with food and our bodies in a healthy
way.
 Dieting:
A Poor Role Model for Children
Consider for a moment the messages
that dieting sends to our children. Parents who are constantly dieting
and who are unhappy with their body often indicate to their child that
he or she is also not okay and needs to go on a diet. Feelings of
inadequacy and a reinforcement of the diet mentality can come from any
of the following:
Using food as a reward, as comfort, or as a
form of control.
Making children clean their plates as proof that they're "good" or
in order to earn dessert rather than teaching them to tune into internal
signals of fullness and satiety.
Centering holiday festivities
on food rather than emphasizing the meaning of the occasion itself,
friendship, conversation, family activities.
Relying on diet
products like Slim-Fast® that don't allow children to acquire a taste
for low-sugar foods.
Many times, we are just passing on attitudes
about food and our bodies that we got from our parents. The right weight
loss programs can help you break this cycle.
As you implement the
important principles of the GHF Weight Loss Program into your lifestyle
and begin tuning in to your body for signals of hunger and fullness, and
enjoy physical activity, you will notice that the positive attitudes and
healthy behaviors will transfer to your children. When you start living
a healthier lifestyle, you'll notice a sense of inner satisfaction. When
people take responsibility for their own health, their family is
positively affected.
 Our
Weight Loss Programs Will Move You In Another Direction
Traditional diets which use calorie restriction to produce weight loss,
instead of effective, personalized weight loss programs to lose fat, are
no longer appropriate. Most weight loss programs measure success solely
in terms of the number of pounds lost per weight loss attempt. Diets
don't take into account the quality of the process used to achieve that
weight loss or the very small likelihood of sustained weight loss. For
long-term good health, you need to move away from low-calorie diets and
focus on enjoyable weight loss programs. Exercising regularly and eating
lean-supporting calories, protein and carbohydrates, and reducing
fat-supporting calories will not only help you look and feel better, it
will also significantly reduce your risk of disease.
GHF will
show you how to take the frustration, guilt, and deprivation out of
diets with effective, enjoyable weight loss programs, allowing you to
adopt gradual, realistic changes into your life that will make healthy
eating and physical activity a permanent pleasure. You will soon
discover what your body is capable of and begin enjoying the many
benefits of fitness and good health!
Click here to learn more about the
GHF Customized Diet Plan
– our weight loss program that is chock full of very effective
nutritional strategies designed to turn your body into a 24-hour
fat-burning machine. It's literally a nutritional blueprint for
achieving the very best weight loss results in the shortest period of
time by eating the perfect foods combined at the right times in the
right amounts - all customized specifically for you.
Effective Weight Loss Programs Part 2
Weight Loss Programs
This article was provided by Global Health
& Fitness (GHF).
Click here to visit their site for customized exercise and nutrition
programs, hundreds of exercise instructions and video demo's, a free fitness
analysis, and much more. Members now receive FREE fitness tracking software
and unlimited fitness consulting from 34 fitness, medical, and nutrition
experts!
© COPYRIGHT 2008 ALL
RIGHTS RESERVED HEALTHYBIZ2000.COM |