I am out there reading other peoples blogs and support forums all the time. I do it for a couple of reasons. I look for the reason that most people fail to do weight loss. I also look for the reasons they use not to stick with whatever program they are working with to loose weight.
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They fall into many categories and so I thought this might be a good start for a new set of posts. One of the first reasons people fail I would like to address is the information that is presented on so many fronts. Where ever you go to find weight loss information you will always read why their system works and others don’t. Heck I have been in that arena once or twice. I know what worked for me and I know all the other things that didn’t. I still don’t believe there is an easy solution and I believe that it takes a decision to stop the progression of obesity in one’s body.
So I typically dismiss the magic fixes right away. This includes all pills, herbs and patches. Why? Probably not for the reasons most people would think and that would be because they don’t work. Not at all, they do work for some people, heck even placebo’s work for some people. I dismiss them because they don’t start the process that changes habits. If I wave a magic wand and make you skinny, 95% of the time you will get fat again and come back for the wave of the wand. Why because it was quick, easy, and didn’t require you do change your habits.
However there are several ways to diet that at least begins that process. If you read other information you will see diets don’t work either. This one piece of information had me convinced I was going to have to do weight loss surgery to have anything give me a chance. The fact behind it however is that diets don’t work 85% (John Hopkins) of the time. Why? They often don’t work because people don’t take into account the shift in their metabolism and they don’t maintain the lessons they learned during the diet itself. Read any blog and they will tell you why diets don’t work (or at least other peoples diets besides theirs), but they will never tell you the way to fix it. Oh, and by the way if they don’t tell you for the other diets. They most likely won’t tell you for theirs either.
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If on a portion controlled (low calorie) diet then, you raise metabolism by slowly adding more calories back in. No secret. Just don’t jump back into adding the same number of calories back in that you ate before. Take the time to slowly increase your calories based on the amount of weight you lost. Add to that increased activity and exercise and your metabolism will re-adjust to normal. It will not normally stay broken as many articles would indicate. Don’t take my word for it, check with your doctor, dietitian, or nationalists. It will adjust back to a standard Basel Metabolic Rate for your age, sex, and activity level. This will minimalise the weight gain after you complete your diet and go back to “normal” eating. However if you still take in more calories than you use, you will gain it back.
I always suggest that weight loss is easy when you get a few things figured out. It gets even easier when you find someone to help you. But, if you are determined to do it and willing to take the time to find what works for you, you can reach an ideal weight and stay there. Whatever method it is, just make sure to make new choices to keep it when you get it. For if you go back to the same old habits and expect different results. You will get the weight back and all the problems that obesity brings to go with it.
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