Sound familiar?
How often do we open a magazine or go on a website and find an article or ad promising us extreme rapid weight loss with little or no work involved? I counted 4 on Yahoo!'s site just now.
The truth is, there is no magic food item, pill, or diet that can make you drop your excess weight and keep it off. In fact, you should eliminate the word diet all together. Because diets do not work. Yes, you could eat only carrots and celery for 14 days and most likely lose weight (and your sanity) but do you really think it's going to stay off? A diet is a quick fix that will cause your weight to ... yo-yo. As far as I know, the only quick fix that works is surgery. Even then those who had liposuction can't always keep their weight off. Getting staples or a band on your stomach will make your weight drop & prevent you from over eating, but you're also inviting the risk of complications with your internal organs.
There's a huge market for folks to make money off selling solutions that promise the desired outcome with out any exercise or guide to a healthy eating plan. So what's the best guide to follow? The pyramid! Adequate healthy servings from each food group combined with exercise. So simple, it's crazy. You don't need to swear off specific food and drink items forever, you just need to remember moderation. Easier said than done, for sure. Also if you are trying to lose a few L B's, remember that 1-2lbs a week is considered a healthy weight loss that is maintainable once you reach your desired goal.
So keep that in mind while you're skimming over the latest diet crazes and wonder cures: this is a business that is fairly unregulated & they're looking to make a buck at your expense. Best way to get healthy is to follow the guidelines we learned as kids and make sure you're moderately active for an hour every day. Who knew it could be so simple?!!
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