Why Fad Diets Don't Work For Weight Loss

By Oliver Poulmann

We've all been in the same place you are at one time or anotherYou need to lose weight really fast because your high school reunion is coming up and you would like to look good for an old boyfriend, or your husband is taking you on a cruise and you would like to look good in a bikini. For whatever reason, you've got got four weeks to go and you'd like to lose fifty pounds. And rather than a sensible eating plan you turn to one of those fad diets to help you lose weight really fast.

Well, let me tell you right now, it's not going to work. And if it does, you will more than likely end up lying in a hospital bed instead of on some beautiful tropical beach. No matter how unhealthy you are because of excess weight gain, you'll be even unhealthier if you're trying to lose that weight by depriving your body of the nutrition it needs to survive. Your goal should not be to lose weight really fast by fasting. Your goal should be to lose weight sensibly by changing your eating habits.

The first thing you need to do, if you really want to lose weight, is stop using the "D" word. In our mind, the word "diet" suggests that it's merely temporary. You will eventually be ready to return to the way you were eating before you went on a "diet". And that is the largest reason that fad diets do not work. Because in the back of your mind, you're thinking that these good eating habits are merely temporary and shortly, you'll be able to go back to the junk food and everything will be OK.

Those fad diets always have you take away some food group completely from your eating plan. Some have you totally drop carbohydrates and others tell you to skip dairy products. However your body needs vitamins and nutrients from all of the food groups. And usually, one nutrient works along with another. So you will be depriving your body of a nutrient that it really needs for your survival when you are trying to lose weight really fast by eliminating a specific food totally from your diet. Therefore, let's simply think of this as developing new eating habits. Because the word "habit" makes you think of something you'll not ever change! Or better yet, think of it as a life-style change!

You are going to have to eliminate some of the junk foods and unhealthy choices from your diet. But that does not mean you cannot sometimes treat yourself to a candy bar or an ice cream. Once you're on the correct track and have increased your metabolism, your body will be ready to handle those special treats while not gaining ten pounds over night. So you do not need to fast or deprive yourself of your favorite foods forever. You merely need to learn to eat sensibly.

So you need to ignore those fad diets that have you living on grapefruit juice or eliminating 2 meals each day in an attempt to lose weight really fast. They either do not work, you will gain all the weight back and then some, or you will end up seriously ill. Instead simply begin making healthier choices to lose weight sensibly. - 31816

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