Why 95% Of All Diets Fail - Learn How To Reach Your Weight Loss Goals And Keep It Off

There are hundreds of different diets and weight loss programs out there and millions of people start them every day. However statistics show that only about 40,000 people per year actually reach their weight loss goal. Considering the number of people on these diets and that millions more participate in programs like Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, NutriSystem and The Zone, that number is mighty insigni
cant and downright discouraging. Only 40,000 people out of millions reach their weight loss goal! This statistic is very daunting if you are one of the people who are attempting to lose weight and keep it off. But there is hope.

Diets are doomed to fail right from the start because most people view diets as a short term solution, something they can follow for a set period of time to reach a particular goal. Then they just stop and revert to the old habits that made them overweight in the first place. They not only gain back all of the weight they lost, but usually a few extra pounds ending up worse then when they started. If you want to lose weight and keep that weight off, you need to stop thinking of a diet as a temporary
x. Long term weight loss requires long term lifestyle changes.

Weight gain is the product of not paying attention to what you put in your body, how often you do it and when. Unhealthy eating habits are detrimental to your overall health even if you’ve never struggled with your weight. But bad eating habits don’t always just promote weight gain. Some people are just naturally slender. I know some who can't gain weight for trying no matter what they eat. Bad eating habits can also produce long term health problems, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, constipation, fatty liver, heart disease and more. So everyone should be concerned about following a healthy lifestyle plan.

When you crash diet, you put your metabolism on a roller coaster ride. Instead of speeding up your metabolism and giving your body more energy, the lower calorie intake that normally goes with a crash diet puts your body in “famine” mode. Your body will hold onto whatever “energy” it has. That energy is stored in fat cells. That’s why it takes more calories to lose weight than to gain weight. Your body doesn’t want to
let go of what it knows it needs to survive. Not to mention the nutritional nightmare you put your body through when you do things like just eat cabbage soup for several days. The trick is eating more of the right calories in the right combination at the right time. You shouldn't ever feel like your starving.

If you want to reach you weight loss goals and keep that weight off, you have to stop thinking of FAD diets as the answer to your problem. You need to think long term, healthy eating that will help promote a healthy metabolism, not send it into shock. This requires a long term lifestyle plan that incorporates both healthy eating habits and fat burning exercises into your daily life. By doing so you will not only lose weight, but you will maintain that weight loss for life. You will not only look and feel healthier, you will have the energy to live the life you want.

By: Patti Sand

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