In case you haven't noticed, obesity in America-and around the globe-is a growing problem (literally!).So what's really causing this epidemic?
Some people point their fingers at junk food and fast food. Others blame a lack of time or energy. And some have given in to the myth that genetics dictate their weight and have simply given up.
However, I have a different opinion.
I believe that most people lack the proper mindset and the right knowledge to lose weight and sustain their weight loss long term.
So - here's what I would like for you to consider...
 | If you've ever tried the latest fad diet or magic pills and failed. |
| If you've ever worked out until you were exhausted or injured or both. |
| If you've ever experienced the dreaded dieting rebound that left you heavier than before you started dieting. |
| If you've ever severely restricted your daily calories or skipped meals or sipped one too many foul-tasting drinks designed to cleanse your body of impurities that cause excess weight. |
| Or if you've never even tried to lose weight because you assumed you would fail. |
Then there is a very GOOD chance you have been the victim of old-fashioned, misleading, incorrect myths and downright lies.
Yet the so-called diet "experts" continue to promote these myths and lies. Why? Because people desperately want to believe in the promise of a quick fix. They want to be supermodel skinny NOW and believe that if they do crazy amounts of cardio and eat like a rabbit they'll fit into size zero pants and live happily ever after.
Sadly, this fairy tale ending rarely materializes. That's because adding an unhealthy diet onto an unhealthy, unhappy body simply doesn't work. In fact, 95% of the time these fast-acting, calorie-restricting, high intensity approaches to weight loss fail to provide users with ANY meaningful long term weight loss.
What's worse, these "get slim quick" gimmicks could leave you injured, frustrated, burned out, and more out of shape than before you started!
I've seen it happen too many times.
Yet the so-called diet "experts" continue to promote these myths and lies. Why? Because people desperately want to believe in the promise of a quick fix. They want to be supermodel skinny NOW and believe that if they do crazy amounts of cardio and eat like a rabbit they'll fit into size zero pants and live happily ever after.
Sadly, this fairy tale ending rarely materializes. That's because adding an unhealthy diet onto an unhealthy, unhappy body simply doesn't work. In fact, 95% of the time these fast-acting, calorie-restricting, high intensity approaches to weight loss fail to provide users with ANY meaningful long term weight loss.
What's worse, these "get slim quick" gimmicks could leave you injured, frustrated, burned out, and more out of shape than before you started!
I've seen it happen too many times.
But what if you could slim down for good,
just once?
just once?
It doesn't take a genius to realize that slimming down the right way just once makes much more sense than being on a perpetual diet and being perpetually frustrated with less-than-expected results.
Wouldn't YOU like to slim down for good just once, look better AND feel better, too?
Of course you would. You just don't know how.
That's not surprising. Most diets are designed with one purpose in mind: To get you to your desired weight as fast as possible.
That's it.
That's what you want, too. That's why you're always willing to give the latest and greatest diet plan a try.
In the beginning, the scale reveals results. You lose some weight. You get very excited. You tell all your friends. Maybe you even buy new clothes to show off your results.
Then, wham! A few weeks later, weight loss halts. Little by little - and sometimes, all at once - the weight you lost finds its way back onto your body... And has no intention of leaving.
This reason this happens is simple.
Wouldn't YOU like to slim down for good just once, look better AND feel better, too?
Of course you would. You just don't know how.That's not surprising. Most diets are designed with one purpose in mind: To get you to your desired weight as fast as possible.
That's it.
That's what you want, too. That's why you're always willing to give the latest and greatest diet plan a try.
In the beginning, the scale reveals results. You lose some weight. You get very excited. You tell all your friends. Maybe you even buy new clothes to show off your results.
Then, wham! A few weeks later, weight loss halts. Little by little - and sometimes, all at once - the weight you lost finds its way back onto your body... And has no intention of leaving.
This reason this happens is simple.
| The people who come up with these diet plans don't try to teach you about the foods (or non-foods) they include in their plans. |
| They don't stress the importance of combining their diet plans with the "right" type of exercise. In fact, many claim you can achieve weight loss without exercising. (These diets are very popular!) |
| They convince you that calories are your enemy, and fail to warn you about the dangers of consuming too few calories. |
| They dangle their "fast weight loss" and "easy weight loss" carrots in front of you, and just like that, you bite. |
And that starts the weight loss/weight gain cycle all over again.
But what if there was another way to approach the whole weight loss effort and eliminate the cycling aspect?
But what if there was another way to approach the whole weight loss effort and eliminate the cycling aspect?
