The National Institute of Health has reported that 65% of Americans are overweight or obese....ho hum! What to do? Go on a diet? Well okay, but studies have found that of those people that go on a diet over 90% fail to achieve permanent weight loss. It seems that the nation's destiny is to look like the inhabitants of the spaceship Axiom in the movie WALL . E!
Everywhere people are trying to find an answer to one of the nation's most pressing problems, and so far there is not much on the horizon - or is there?
Maybe it's time to try another diet...it at least shows that you're making an effort. All that calorie deprivation makes you feel that you've got control of the situation. The depression that follows failure is not far off. It's a cruel return for so much effort.
Drugs, are they the answer? When people get desperate they turn to anything. Doctors have been under increasing pressure to prescribe weight loss drugs to overweight and obese people.
Weight loss drugs are not the answer. They are for those who are chronically or morbidly obese. For them there is little else that can get the weight loss ball rolling. They are also helpful to those who have diabetes, and heart disease, but they are not for giving out to people who need to slim down.
Proprietary weight loss drugs fall into the category of diets in their long-term effectiveness. The side effects of weight loss drugs are not pleasant and include headache, back pain, constipation and insomnia, so for those who have to take them, it's no walk in the park.
Weight gain accumulates over time and yet there is the demand that any weight loss should be instant. Fast weight loss unfortunately leads to fast weight gain. Pills and drugs are not a quick fix.
Personal change is the only sure-fire way to achieve permanent weight loss. Recognizing bad behaviour is the first step followed by learning new habits, slim habits, if you like, which you 'hotwire' onto your brain through repetition and practice. It takes resolve and commitment, but so does anything that has any lasting value.
Everywhere people are trying to find an answer to one of the nation's most pressing problems, and so far there is not much on the horizon - or is there?
Maybe it's time to try another diet...it at least shows that you're making an effort. All that calorie deprivation makes you feel that you've got control of the situation. The depression that follows failure is not far off. It's a cruel return for so much effort.
Drugs, are they the answer? When people get desperate they turn to anything. Doctors have been under increasing pressure to prescribe weight loss drugs to overweight and obese people.
Weight loss drugs are not the answer. They are for those who are chronically or morbidly obese. For them there is little else that can get the weight loss ball rolling. They are also helpful to those who have diabetes, and heart disease, but they are not for giving out to people who need to slim down.
Proprietary weight loss drugs fall into the category of diets in their long-term effectiveness. The side effects of weight loss drugs are not pleasant and include headache, back pain, constipation and insomnia, so for those who have to take them, it's no walk in the park.
Weight gain accumulates over time and yet there is the demand that any weight loss should be instant. Fast weight loss unfortunately leads to fast weight gain. Pills and drugs are not a quick fix.
Personal change is the only sure-fire way to achieve permanent weight loss. Recognizing bad behaviour is the first step followed by learning new habits, slim habits, if you like, which you 'hotwire' onto your brain through repetition and practice. It takes resolve and commitment, but so does anything that has any lasting value.
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To be able to say goodbye to diets forever is something all dieters think of. Henry John, a writer, speaker and authority on permanent weight loss and behavior change, has been involved in developing a new weight loss system that delivers permanent weight loss. Find out how to lose weight and keep it off. Click here
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