Why Diets Don't Make You Lose Weight

Have you tried most of the diets advertised out there and then your weight bounced back very quickly or you ended up weighing even more? You're not alone. Statistics claim that more than 80 percent of people who have lost weight regain all of it, or more, after two years. Have you felt like a failure every time it happened? How come a desire and an effort to have a healthy body and better looks turn into this vicious circle? The answer is very simple: It is not your fault - diets simply do not work and actually cause a lot of damage to our bodies. We simply need to accept the fact that to get that coveted body we need to stop dieting and change our lifestyle. So before you start a new weight-reduction plan think about these few factors:

1. We are all genetically predisposed to be of certain weight. If your body is of solid, heavy build it will be almost impossible for you to become slender and thin like a ballet dancer. I wish the reality was different but unfortunately our bodies will always strive to keep a certain weight and we cannot change our body type.

2. When you start a restrictive diet, your body automatically goes into a starvation mode. It simply assumes that it will not obtain enough calories in the near future and in order to survive it must slow down its metabolism and operate on a decreased amount of energy. It all stems from ancient times when our ancestors didn't have 24/7 access to food and never knew when their next meal would come. Whenever food became scarce, their bodies started to burn fuel more efficiently in an attempt to survive the anticipated famine. Now this survival mechanism acts against us because anything we want is available to us all the time. Unfortunately our bodies do not understand that. When we stop dieting and increase food intake, our bodies still operate in a slower metabolism mode using the energy in a more efficient way. The more you diet, the more efficient, your body becomes at operating on a fewer calories and the harder it is to lose weight.

3. When you are on a diet, it is easy to get excited at the beginning, especially with the initial rapid weight loss. But after a while you start feeling deprived and unsatisfied. This in turn leads to obsessing about food. If your mind is constantly focused on what you can and what you cannot eat, there is no way you will be able to sustain any harsh regimen. That's why after few weeks of religiously following your meal plan, you fall back and crave and eat even more than before. What's more, most diets do not offer tasty meals- think fat free, sugar free, flavor free... After subjecting yourself to this, it is natural that you are prone to binge after some time.

4. Many times restrictive diets allow only narrow range of food, which leads to nutrients deficiencies. The more deficient in necessary nutrients you are, the more cravings you experience. This is not very helpful when trying to lose weight.

5. In addition to slower metabolism and nutritional deficiencies, you subject your body to a lot of stress and after a while chemistry in your body changes and so secretion and level of hormones responsible for hunger and satiation. If these hormones do not work properly your body is not able to signal when it is full or hungry. That's why you when you are done with your regimen, you tend to overeat.

So I suggest to consider all these things before you plan on starting a new diet and approach the whole issue in a different way. Try to change your relationship with food and make small changes that will be sustainable for life and will help you keep your perfect weight long term.

If you need help, work with a qualified health coach to implement these changes. It is definitely worth it and you will not need to diet ever again!

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