October 15
Why your diets have never worked before!
Have you ever tried a diet? Has is not worked, been too hard or worked for a short period of time only for you to put the weight back on? There is fundamental reason why 99% of attempted diets never work and I am going to tell you what this reason is and the real secret to losing weight and keeping it off.
Its not your body it’s your mind.
That’s the reason why so many fail to lose weight successfully. Your mind is not set up or equipped to lose weight so even if you go on the water & cabbage diet (which I strongly urge you never to try), and lose those unwanted pounds you will pile that weight straight back on as soon as you go off that diet. I use the term "diet" loosely there because as you read on the word diet is half the problem.
So lets begin by redefining (or correctly defining) a "diet" for everyone out there. A diet is a term used to reflect what a person consumes to survive. It is not something you go on to lose weight, it is not particular foods, it is not the removal or addition of certain elements of food (like carbohydrates) it is (as I will repeat) a term used to reflect what a person consumes to survive.
My point is when we speak of wild animals we will speak of their diets consisting of this and that. For example a Koala Bear’s Diet consist of mainly eucalyptus leaves. You will never hear a wildlife expert exclaiming "Crikey, what a marvelous snake specimen, it keeps it shape and athleticism by removing carbs from its diet and allowing one off day a week to help it keep on track". That would be ridiculous. But somehow our psyche has been transformed into thinking of diets in this way and that’s why understanding the definition is so important.
So lets continue to break this down. We eat and drink to survive, this is a predominant need of all animals on this planet. Doing so provides the fuel we need to grow, heal, move, function, think, basically anything we do requires a certain level of fuel. So if you want a diet to lose weight, the key is to change your frame of mind from thinking of a diet as a temporary measure to lose weight, and to start thinking of a diet as merely a means to an end, that is fueling your body for your daily activities.
If you can think of your diet in this way you have won the battle of the bulge. You will lose weight, become healthy and stay this way forever. And if you ever successfully reach this state of "enlightenment" you will need to know exactly what fuel your body requires. I will write up a comprehensive post very soon on what is the optimal food and drink to fuel your body.
That being said we must live life to the fullest and some food and drink can be seen as a very enjoyable part of your life. The key is to think of it for exactly what it is high in bad fats, high calories, bad for your liver etc. You can still enjoy life but will be less inclined to over-indulge in what your body does not need.
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I agree you have to have the will power and motivation or no diet and exercise program is going to work.
Some good points there. Mindset is everything. Because you lose weight it don’t mean you should stop dieting.