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this is a very defeatist attitude. It is not like lose weight once, and you are set for life. You have to maintain the same eating habits that make you lose wei

• jeandejean 10y ago
  Exactly! You have to change your eating habits to a healthier standard. Fast-paced diets are doomed to failure because of your body response that I explained. Losing weight is all about finding an healthy diet that you won't give up after having lost weight.
  • mercer 10y ago
    Indeed, changing habits in general seems to be a better approach than any 'fast' tricks. That said, Could there be at least some benefit to the fast diet in that you get to experience what it's like to have lost (significant) weight? It seems to be a common experience with addictions of various kinds that merely having had the (recent) experience of 'being clean' can be a great motivator to do it again or try and maintain it, because part of the problem is not remembering what things were like pre-addiction. It's not a magical solution, but it helps. From my own experiences with bouts of depression, simply experiencing joy again, even briefly, would make me remember what it was like pre-depression, and would often be a first step towards 'recovery'.
  • DougBTX 10y ago
    > You have to change your eating habits to a healthier standard. Isn't that exactly what the article is saying? Where is the deception? He even takes a swipe at the "biggest loser" too
• thesimpsons1022 10y ago
  yeah.. that's the part that's tough for me. I'm not fat or anything but a few times I've lost 15-20 pounds and been in excellent shape... every time I eventually lose that drive and gain it back.