Atkins, HCG, Slim Fast, South Beach..... Yes, you will see and read about success stories that these diets do work. And for the most part, they do. But there is an ugly truth to them is is not discovered until after the fact--THEY DON'T WORK!
You see, these are good if you want to achieve your weight loss goal. There is no denying that. But the whole point is to change your habits and lead a healthier lifestyle, right? These diets don't do that. They are short term fixes. Once you reach your goal and revert back to normal eating habits, I guarantee you all your hard work will be gone and you will be surprised at how fast that weight will come soaring back. I've seen it time and time again.
And that's not even the strangest thing. I've heard of diets where you eat nothing but lemon water and tuna fish. Or how about a whole onion at mealtimes. Then there's nothing but steak and protein. How is this healthy?? Guess what? It's not! It is not healthy to deprive yourself of vital nutrients for the sake of shedding a few pounds. Not only that, but you're also setting yourself up for a binge later on. You may think you have the willpower but a slip-up will happen and it will be a doozy.
The bottom line is this: It's about being healthy for the rest of you life. It's a marathon, not a sprint. To expect yourself to keep up with insane eating habits is only going to do more harm than good. It's the start of yo-yo dieting which is a vicious cycle to climb out of. You want to lose and more importantly, maintain? Clean, healthy eating and exercise is the way to go.
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Barbara, I respectfully disagree. I don't care what diet you're on. Any of those you listed, or beach body, or even if you get bypass surgery. There is no weight loss plan in the entire world that actually works. IF you go back to your regular eating habits. Your regular eating habits are what got you into trouble in the first place. (And that is a general your and you, not you specifically. Definitely me!) No matter what you do to lose weight, if you go back to regular eating habits you'll gain it all back. I lost over 100 pounds a few years ago without doing any specific diet. I ate right and I exercised. No product of any kind. But when I stopped, of course all the weight came back.
ReplyDeleteI have been doing HCG for almost 6 months, and I've lost 70 pounds. The thing is, every 6 weeks I have to take 6 weeks off and maintain. And I tell you what. The maintaining is HARD. But what it does for me to have to take a break like that is TRAIN me to maintain. The first maintenance phase I totally screwed up. (Granted, it started the day I left Hawaii and was on the road and visiting family a lot of that time, so that added to it). The second maintenance phase I did a ton better, and was able to identify my personal triggers and find out what my own habits are. I start the next maintenance phase on Friday, and I know exactly what to do this time because of all I learned during the other times. By the time I do get to my goal weight, I will have had a LOT of practice keeping it off. I think maintaining this time will be a lot better than last time I lost it all. And if I do end up putting it back on, it will be MY fault, not the HCG's fault.
Just my humble 2 cents.
My thing is that you shouldn't HAVE to take time off from a product to maintain your weight loss. A lot of fad diets out there are designed as a crutch. When you no longer feel you need the crutch, you fall down. Then you go right back and grab the crutch again. I have every confidence in knowing that if I were to stop using Beachbody's fitness programs or stopped drinking Shakeology that I would not be back where I started. That's because the focus was not on the product but the decisions I've learned how to make. Everyone is different and I think it's great that you found what works for you (70 lbs is FANTASTIC!). But for every success story I've heard about, I've heard about twice as many failures. It's because the program was focused on the product and what to do to reach the goal, not on how to keep those healthier habits for a lifetime.
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