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Besides emptying your
pocketbook, the main problem with most popular diets is they give you an excuse
to put off making t h e permanent changes in lifestyle and thinking you
need for lasting weight loss. You can lose weight with any diet that restricts
calories, and all you have to do to keep the weight off is stay on the diet.
In reality, though, most
diets are so unpleasant, inconvenient, boring, complex, or expensive that they
are difficult to stick with for very long. As you fall back into old habits,
you regain the weight. After slipping back to the same old weight two or three
times, you start to believe that it must be your “natural” weight, and you
quit trying altogether.
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Most diets are difficult to stick with for very
long.
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A group of University of
California researchers reviewed scientific studies of the long-term effects of
dieting. They found that most of the weight dieters lost was regained within
four or five years. In fact, in some of the studies they analyzed, a history of
dieting appeared to lead to more weight gain, not less, over time. They
concluded that dieters who manage to keep the weight off “are the rare exception
rather than the rule” and that “there is little support for the notion that diets
lead to lasting weight loss or health benefits.”
Top health experts agree
that lasting weight loss for most people is best accomplished by making
permanent changes in eating habits and physical activity. Changing habits takes
time, but without real lifestyle changes, any weight you lose will soon return.
Copyright ©Stan Spencer, PhD –Originally appeared in The Diet Dropout's Guide to Natural Weight Loss by Stan Spencer, PhD
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