Diets do NOT work!

Diets do not work!  The very word diet makes me cringe.  Diets are short lived, shed unhealthy weight, are restrictive, impossible to maintain, and not practical.  Take for example the soup diet.  Is it really practical to eat soup every day for the rest of your life?  Or take for example the famous atkins diet (restricts carbohydrates).  Can you actually go your entire life not eating the very food group that provides the body with energy?  The short answer to both these questions is NO!  Its impossible to eat soup every meal and give up the very food group that provides the human body with energy. 

Back to the reason diets don’t work.  They are impossible to maintain and are not a way to live your life.  A quick search on google for the term “diets” will give you close to 20 million hits.  The fitness industry has made billions of dollars selling diets to people that simply do not work.  Well, thats a lie, they do work.  However, this weight loss is short lived and usually results in extra pounds gained in the long run.

So what am I proposing?  I propose a taylor made physical activity and nutrition plan that caters to YOUR LIFESTYLE AND TASTE BUDS.  You need to choose physical activities that you enjoy, and foods that you like.  Choosing foods and activities that I like will not be conducive with your lifestyle; the foods and activities I like are without doubt very different than the ones you like.  Thus, in order for this to be a lifestyle change (long-term) you need to look at physical activities you enjoy.  You also need to recognize that the foods you have been eating your entire life have created neurological pathways that your body is accustomed to.  Therefore, you need to recognize what foods your body has developed a liking for and begin to slowly add additional foods (create new pathways) to your diet.  By adding new foods (high in nutritional value) your brain will develop new pathways and crave less of those low nutritional valued foods.  This will take time! So how much time? Everyone wants the quick fix.  What you must ask yourself is, how many years has it taken me to develop my current lifestyle and eating habits.  If the answer is 40 plus years, you must recognize that changing your eating habits is something you will have to work on every day for the rest of your life.  It is something I continuously work on every day, meal by meal.  You too will need to work hard.