By Jasmine Raine Recent research shows that one in three people who try to lose weight on a diet actually gain as much as six kilos. Another third of dieters will regain the weight they have lost within weeks of ending a diet. Most of those who have been on the diet roller coaster for sometime will also confirm that in the long run, deprivation doesn't work to keep the weight off. If it did work, multi-billion dollar weight loss and diet industry would have had the global obesity epidemic solved by now. So if dieting doesn't work, what is the answer, if there is one, to long term weight loss? What if the answer was much simpler than we thought? What if the answer didn't involve counting calories, weighing food portions, ceaselessly weighing and measuring ourselves? What if the answer didn't involve feeling guilty or bad about ourselves for the food we ate? What if the key to a beautiful body, like in many areas of life, could be found within us? For many of those who have struggled with their weight, this may not be the answer they want to hear. It puts way too much responsibility on them. It's much easier to hand the power for our bodies to the author of the latest fad diet, and to believe their assurances that we can lose up to 15 pounds in a week by following their regimes, than to face what we're trying to avoid with our weight problems. There are many things we can avoid through weight problems. These include disappointments in other areas of our lives, relationship issues, hurts from our past and other emotions that are difficult to face. If we're constantly obsessing with our bodies and blaming all our problems on our excess fat, we never have to face all other areas of our lives that are crying out for attention. Make no mistake, even when you have the body you've always dreamed of, all those other issues will still be there. You'll just be dealing with them in a slim body. In the long term, the only solution to each person's weight problem can be found from inside themselves. Our solutions will come from the little voice we've ignored as we've put the advice from the latest weight loss guru, or well intentioned best friend or relative ahead of it. Although years of dieting may have caused that little voice to fade into the background, when we start tuning into once again we find that it is as clear as ever. Learning how to tune into it is the real trick, and once we do this, it is that voice that can lead us on a straight path to the beautiful, healthy and slim body meant for us to enjoy life in. For more information go to www.WeightLossCure.com
Everyone who has ever tried to lose weight and keep it off knows that it is a very hard thing to do. In fact, nothing can be closer to the truth than to say that weight loss is hard. So it's no wonder that when one weight loss company or another comes up with their new, miracle breakthrough weight loss pill that will simply melt the fat off while you sleep, regardless of what you eat, people can't wait to make their three easy payments of only $29.95 while feverishly awaiting the arrival of their weight loss "dream come true".
But, is it really a dream come true, or just merely a weight loss nightmare? As most people know, there have been countless numbers of products like this on the market that make outrageous claims of monumental weight loss in very little time with little or no effort on your part. Most people also know that not one of these products has ever lived up to their claims, and that a good deal of these products have also been known to yield dangerous side affects (fen/phen and redux for example). So why is it that weight loss companies continue to bombard us with new products every year that are no better than last year's products?
The weight loss industry is a $30 billion dollar per year industry that is solely based on attempting to convince the 65% of Americans who are overweight that weight loss not only doesn't have to be that hard, but in fact, can be down right easy! The problem is, with countless companies out there "bending" the truth with very sketchy so called research and the falsehood of endorsements by "doctors", sports stars and television and movie personalities, the general public is constantly hit with wave after wave of false hope.
Perhaps if the weight loss companies were more honest about what really works long term and promoted products and methods that were in line with reality, more people would accept these realities and follow methods that actually work long term. There is a small problem with this however. That would be bad for the weight loss company's bottom lines! They would lose millions of dollars and that is not what those companies share holders want to hear.
It's all about business, not your health, not whether you lose weight and keep it off, not whether you're happy with the product in the end, just about business and that means nothing but bottom line. So, with the weight loss companies simply telling the public only what they want to hear, there is very little hope.
Research has shown that 95% of people who do lose weight usually gain it back between six months and three years later. The FDA has declared that not one single weight loss company in the entire industry can show a record of long term success. It would be comparable to the home building industry if 95% of the new homes purchased fell apart and became unlivable within three years, but the public is completely oblivious to the enormous failure rate of the weight loss industry.
There are, sadly, only a few weight loss companies out there that base there methods on things that have been proven to work such as balanced diet and exercise but their voices are drowned out by all the "quick fix" fads and gimmicks that are out there.
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