Traditional diets have taught us that to lose
weight, we must count calories, keep track of everything we eat, and
deprive ourselves by limiting the amount of food as well as the kinds
of foods that we can eat.
Dieting can help us lose weight in the short
term but is so unnatural and so unrealistic that it can never become
a lifestyle that we can live with. Diets don't teach us the safest,
most effective ways to exercise. They don't teach us how to deal with
our cravings and our desires, or how to attend to our feelings of hunger
and fullness.
Deliberate restriction of food intake in order
to lose weight or to prevent weight gain, known as dieting, is the path
that millions of people all over the world are taking in order to reach
a desired body weight or appearance. Many of us who diet get caught
in a "yo-yo" cycle that begins with low self-acceptance and results
in structured eating and living because we lack trust in our body and
are unwilling to listen and adhere to our body's signals of hunger and
fullness.
People who try to live by diet lists and rules
learn little or nothing about proper nutrition and how to enjoy their
meals, physical activity, and a healthy lifestyle. No one can realistically
live in the diet mode for the rest of their life, depriving themselves
of the true pleasures of healthy eating and activity.
Most diet programs force you to lower your caloric
intake to dangerously low levels. The common theory is that if you eat
fewer calories than you burn, you will lose weight. But when you eat
fewer calories than your body needs to maintain its life-sustaining
activities, you're actually losing muscle in addition to fat.
The reason why most diets fail is simply because
dieting is a failed science. Dieting does not interact well with the
human species very well. It goes against our nature to deprive ouorselves.
If you can understand that diets fail simply because the diets themselves
are at fault then maybe you will be able to come around with your thinking
to the other end of the spectrum and realize that perhaps, there may
be a better way to lose weight than through dieting. (Hint: Exercise
and healthy food intake)
Stomach Fat |
Weighing In | Eat
and Lose Weight | Holiday Weight
Gain
No Dieting Weight Loss | Cutting
Calories | Behavior Modification
Melt Body Fat | Diet
Tips | Drink Plenty of Water
| Dangers of High Fat
Diets that Fail | Increase
Metabolism | Hitting a Wall |
Flabby Arms
Age Related Weight Gain |
Sugar Reduction | Causes
of Obesity
Fad Diets | Keeping
the Weight Off | Weight Loss
Genetics
Smoking and Weight Loss |
Stress and Weight Loss
Weight Loss Motivation | Sleep
and Weight Loss | Dining Out
Foods to Avoid | Weight
Loss and Blodd Pressure | Carbohydrates
Food Diary | Weight
Loss Myths | Weight Loss
and Menopause
Weight Loss and Pregnancy
| Weight Loss and Diabetics
Birth Control and Weight Gain
| Obesity and Children
Weight Loss and Cancer | Obesity
and Insomnia | Food Portions
Staying Motivated | Fast
Food Failures | Cheating
at Weight Loss
Prescription Medications
| Appetite Suppressants | Fat
Blockers
Ephedra | Food
Addiction | Weight Loss Walking
| Finding Time
Breakfast | Alcohol
and Weight Loss | Hunger
| Drinking Wine
Candy | Weight
Loss Shopping Tips | Food Labels
| Dieting Tips
Hidden Fats | Fruit
| TV | Chocolate
| Setting Goals | Habits
