3 reasons to avoid short term diets
Monday, June 29th, 2009Have you ever asked yourself: “Why not do a short term diet and get some quick results?”
Well, read on and I’ll tell you exactly why not.
There are a lot of short term diets out there.
Most of them are very radical and sometimes even painful.
There are a few “sane” short term diets for you to try but I would vote against those diets as well.
There are of course benefits to earn from such diets,
In fact, I have seen results from such diets on myself and others.
After all, many of us will accept two weeks of suffering in exchange for some quick weight loss, right?
But is it worth it?
Before you say “sure, it’s only for two weeks” please read these 3 reasons:
Reason no. 1 – most of the short term diets are harmful.
Not just harmful for two weeks but actually traumatizing for the body.
I have heard of some diets that require you to fast from 17:00 till morning.
It’s almost half a day without food!
Our body is not programmed to deal with such harsh conditions.
Besides – starving yourself will only slow down your metabolism.
Reason no. 2 – This is mentally wrong.
These sorts of diets are not only unhealthy but they are actually teaching you to how to keep making mistakes.
Let me explain,
You do this diet, you suffer, you lose weight.
That’s the equation, right?
What does that teach you?
Two things: that suffering is an integral part of any diet and that it’s suffering is an acceptable and even welcomed part of life.
Both are totally wrong and both are embedded into your brain when such a diet works for you.
This is not a matter of decision!
Look at your body as a machine, your brain is the controls.
When you go through a physically exhausting process your mind is making a note of it.
But when you feel the success of weight loss afterwards, your mind connects the two.
The bottom line is, it becomes much harder for you to go on a diet which doesn’t involve suffering.
Reason no. 3 – It won’t last.
This is the main reason to avoid short term diets, they just don’t last.
You will regain the weight, maybe not all of it, but most of it for sure.
There is no way around it, your body will get back to what it is used to.
So if you are overweight due to what you eat (like most overweight people),
You will just gain this weight back in a few weeks.
To sum up, a real diet is a diet you can live with,
A diet that fits you and that you can go on and do for years.
Most effective diets are about changing habits, short term diets will only harm your efforts of doing that in the future.
Please, do not make this connection between weight loss and suffering,
It shouldn’t be that way.
Good Luck,
David.
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