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One the simplest yet oftentimes most difficult aspects of fitness is simply staying at it. Most everyone knows they should do so. Yet, many find they do little more than start only to just plain quit. All too often this results in the accumulation of excess weight or one of the many maladies which come from carrying it around. When we all know better, why does this happen so often?

The assumption has always been that people are simply undisciplined or unmotivated out some character defect. It is as if they have a predisposition to laziness. When confronted by the need to permanently acquire a new set of habits, they simply put off the decision to do so. For people like this, the death threat of an MD is one of the only things which gets them back on track. This is the one which goes something like "If you don't lose fifty pounds by Christmas you may not make it to help trim the tree."

A threat like this from a respected professional can make a difference even in the most unmotivated person. This is especially so, when it is accompanied by a prescription for an appetite suppressant. But the effect only lasts until one is out of the danger zone. Then people either forget to take the pills, or find that the MD will not renew their prescription. This may even be accompanied by a belief, generally shared with the MD, that too much dieting, or too much exercising is ultimately too hard on anyone.

Thus, people return to their old habits. It takes a while in most cases, as the initial loss of the excess weight was a welcome relief. But, the return to old patterns is inevitable. People are just happiest when they are living in their old familiar ways. MDs tend to agree with this, though they may advise cutting back on the amount of food. This goes something like "Just stop after the first helping." Unfortunately, this advice is almost never enough. There is more to it than that, namely the type of food, when it is consumed, the regularity of exercise, etc. All of this is precisely what created the problem in the first place.

MDs should do something radical about these old habits, but they generally never do. They may suggest in a general manner that a fitness lifestyle "can be of some benefit", But that is like saying it is "kid stuff", something that may make sense for someone of high school age. Even if they thought it was responsible or mature, it would require constant checking to implement it. For this, they have no time. Besides that is the job of a personal trainer, not an MD. Of course, MDs do recommend : 1.) keeping the body active by walking (their favorite); 2.) never over-eating; and 3.) getting three square meals from the four food groups every day so that one does not need supplements. That is what they both practice and preach.

There is nothing wrong with any of this. It is merely that it is not right enough especially for those who are coming from a background of grocery store food, a radical aversion to vitamin pills, and little, if any, exercise. Something more is needed, especially if these same people became alarmingly overweight or obese.

What MDs should do after getting a patient to lose fifty pounds is refer them to personal trainer. That will get them a new track, not just back on an old one. In other words, MDs should prescribe (just like they do for the latest wonder drug) a fitness lifestyle--one which is done every day in the same way consisting of a low fat low carb low fat diet, vitamins and exercise, But that does not often happen as MDs themselves do not really believe in these things. That is why they cannot forcefully say that a fitness lifestyle will make a difference. They can only mildly suggest that it may,

Nevertheless, the truth is that a fitness lifestyle will make all the difference in the world. The late peerless Jack Lalanne lived ninety six years proving it. And he would say that it will, not that it "may." Thus he is the one to consult after having lost a lot of weight. So... thank your doctor for getting you to lose the bothersome fifty; but then Google Jack's name. If you do the latter often enough, you will stay on track, ie you will keep it off.

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By: mark19

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