WHY DIETS DON’T WORK by @melissadjenkins
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Diets “work” until they don’t work anymore. And when I say work, I mean literally just in the name of dropping pounds off the scale...
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There are several problems with diets.
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First off, diets that are restrictive - very low calories, cutting out macronutrients (or reducing greatly), cutting out an entire food group, etc. - actually work because they simply put the body into a STRESS state and forces it to utilize its own tissues for energy. AKA, eating yourself up in order to lose weight!! Everything goes... muscles, bone density, organs, etc.
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Yeah, that’s a pretty yucky scenario
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The second major problem is that diets create a huge metabolic deficit. When your body is in a state of deficit for long periods, it eventually slows down its metabolic rate to meet the demands on the body. So, in a nutshell, your metabolism slows down for every diet you follow... which makes it harder and harder to get results as time goes... until, well, your body says NO MORE! And you’re stuck.
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Third, diets will make you feel awful the side effects of dieting are numerous... cravings, binge eating, mood swings, depression, anxiety, headaches, fatigue, pains and aches, tensions, pms, cramps, low libido, skin problems, hair & nails issues, breathing problems, poor concentration, lack of strength, dizziness, poor digestion, poor sleep, and the list goes on!!
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Over time, these symptoms turn into bigger problems like hormonal imbalances, thyroid dysfunction, chronic fatigue and depression, and other disease and common chronic problems.
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SO... what should I do if I want to lose weight?!? There is a better way!! You need to start rethinking the concept of “weight loss” and think in terms of LOSING FAT as a positive side effect of BEING HEALTHY!
Put the PUFAs Down and Stop Gulping that Fish Oil, http://bit.ly/2sriGNc
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“Reading medical journals and following the mass media, it’s easy to get the idea that fish oil is something any sensible person should use. It’s rare to see anything suggesting that it could be dangerous.
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Fish oil has been used for hundreds of years as varnish or for fuel in lamps, and the fatty fish have been used as fertilizer and animal feed, and later the hydrogenated solid form of the oil, which is more stable, has been used in Europe as a food substitute for people. When whale hunting was reduced around 1950, fish oil was substituted for whale oil in margarine production. Like the seed oils, such as linseed oil, the fish oils were mostly replaced by petroleum derivatives in the paint industry after the 1960s.
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Although by 1980 many animal diseases were known to be caused by eating oily fish, and the unsaturated oils were known to accelerate the formation of the “age pigment,” lipofuscin, many “beneficial effects” of dietary fish oil started appearing in research journals around that time, and the mass media, responding to the industry’s public relations campaign, began ignoring studies that showed harmful effects from eating fish oil.” Raymond Peat, PhD, The Great Fish Oil Experiment “Unsaturated Fats Are Essentially Involved In Heart Damage: The toxicity of unsaturated oils for the heart is well established, [24, 25, 26] though not well known by the public...
Treat this like a four year degree and you will be much happier and this will be sustainable!
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Get clear (write down) about what you want out of this program and out of yourself.
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1. Do you want to be healthy for a lifetime?
2. Do you want to be "in shape" for that wedding coming up or do you want to be in shape for a lifetime?
3. Do you want to have a certain level of body fat but still feel like shit? or do you want to look great and feel great forever but being okay about the fact that it will probably take 12-18 months for it to be sustainable and not temporary?
4. Are you doing everything you can be doing or are you cutting corners? Eating out every other day? Drinking every other night? Skipping your workouts? Not making yourself a priority?
5. Are you constantly coming up with bullshit excuses? or are you owning your shit? Regardless if it is good or bad?
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Why do you even care about living a healthy lifestyle, being in great shape and feeling amazing?
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Why is this important to you? Why must this be a priority for you?
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If i said to you I want you to be really good at playing the piano or learning how to play the flute but you only had 6-8 weeks, do you really think you would be great by then?
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NO
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So why do you think you will be where you want to be for your health and fitness goals in that same time frame? Think of how long you have been living your life. Think of how long you have had habits that will take time to break and then think of how long it will take to create new habits that will sustain a healthy life and body that you love. It takes time, hard work, and consistency...and a lot of fuck ups along the way.
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Play the long game. Look at this as a four year degree. Don't rush this process, take your time, learn and don't let little bumps in the road bring
you down, they happen for a reason to help guide us. They are insignificant in the grand scheme of things if you have the mindset that you are in this for the long haul and not that wedding coming up or that beach body you must have for the summer.
“You are never defeated unless you quit trying.” Bohdi Sanders, Modern Bushido: Living a Life of Excellence
