Dieting doesn't work for weight loss!

“the reason why people don’t get results is because they have the wrong information”

Have you tried the latest diet? It’s called CW rapid results. Here’s how it works. You eat broccoli for breakfast, broccoli for lunch and then a small complete meal for dinner. The results are fantastic! Lose 30-40 pounds in three weeks. Does this sound familiar? Does this sound like one of the diet’s you’ve tried? In case you didn’t catch on, I just made this diet up, yep. It only took me 30 seconds. All you need is a flashy title, CW (Chris Walker) rapid results. Advise your victim, oh sorry, client to cut calories. Top that off with a little bit of credibility (I do mean little) clever marketing and advertising and “voila”, you’re rich. This is great for the weight loss centers and diet gurus because it gives them residual income. Your diet keeps failing; you keep blaming yourself and going back. This time you’ll have more will power, you think to yourself. I heard it all before. This is a dangerous psychological game these diet sellers are playing. If you constantly fail at something you’ll give up, lose hope, throw your hands in the air and shout “nothing works I’ll be a big fatso, couch potato for life”. You’ll hate yourself, never look in the mirror and order a large pizza from Domino’s. Until the pizza arrives you’ll snack on potato chips.

The Good News

Here’s the good news it’s not your fault, I repeat it’s not your fault. You’re just another victim of clever marketing and advertising. DIETS DON’T WORK!!! As a matter of fact, supplements don’t work for weight loss either. Ok, they could assist in weight loss but a pill won’t magically burn away all your fat problems. Have you ever seen those ab-cruncher infomercial's that claim to reduce your mid section and miraculously tone your entire body. I mean, how does an overweight person do a few crunches on some “ab-thingy” and also develop ripped biceps and chiseled pecs? Outrageous claims! My point is none of the above-mentioned work as a long-term weight loss solution. Sure your friend lost weight on some diet but now he’s fat, that’s why he’s avoiding your calls, since he’s the one who introduced you to the diet in the first place.

Why Fad Diet’s don’t Work

Let’s take a closer look at diet’s and weight loss. Your body is designed to safely lose 2 pounds in rare cases maybe even 3 pounds per week. Your muscles are made up of protein and water. When you diet or deprive yourself of calories your body cannot meet daily energy requirements. Food is fuel (energy). Your body now goes into starvation mode and looks for other means of energy. The protein in your muscles will do just fine. Your body breaks apart muscle and in the process water is released. Depending on the length of your calorie deprivation this loss of muscle and water will register on the scale as 20-30 pounds. You cheer “yeaahh”, not knowing the damage your doing to your metabolism. Now, neurotransmission (signals from the brain) come into play. Sending you messages to eat more, and not just anything, your body wants the food it could survive off of the longest, FAT. That equals cookies, chips, pizza, wings….etc. You try to hold off but the signals become stronger and stronger. You tell yourself you have to stick to will power. You try everything. You even take all your food and put it in your friend’s freezer. Yet the cravings are still there, even stronger. It’s 12:00 am and you’re starving to death (literally). You try to justify to yourself since I’m doing so well. I’ll drive over to Wendy’s for their late night menu. After all, I lost 30 pounds, no one will know, you think. When you arrive at Wendy’s you order one of everything from the menu. You wake up the next morning and hate yourself. This eating pattern continues for about 1-2 weeks. At that time you weigh yourself to see if you’re still ok. “Shucks” the scale is disappointing and even depressing. Back to your initial weight, back to Jenny Craig you go.

Solution

It doesn’t have to be this way. All it takes is a few changes in your approach. Eat to lose weight, moderate aerobics and resistance training will guarantee life long health.

Make it a great day!

Chris Walker

The why can't I lose weight expert!

http://www.chriswalkersfitness.com/