Why Diets Don't Work

We all have seen the diet fads come and go but do they really work?  In a sense they usually do what they intend to do, make you lose weight, but will the weight stay off? Or is the diet even healthy?  Typically most diets are low carb this, low calorie this, low fat this, or even the look at how 'X' celebrity lost their weight.

Let's look at some of the top reasons why you should avoid these fad diets,

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1. Too Few Calories - These diets pull back your daily calorie intake way too much and in doing so you will end up in near starvation mode.  What happens when you are starving?  Your hunger gets out of control and you are more likely to gorge yourself with a large unhealthy meal.  Then you fail over and over with your diet till you are fed up with it and ditch it like the rest of them.
2. Poor Food Selection - The allowed foods on these diets are very restricted and in turn can make you very depressed after a while.  What's the point of a diet if you can't enjoy good tasting food?  You go from solving your weight problem to gaining a new problem called depression.
3. Doesn't Fit Your Schedule - Some of these fad diets are high maintenance and extremely time consuming.  We all don't have hours to commit to cooking and preparing meals.
4. Low Carb Diets - Restricts your diet where you will be deficient of many vitamins and nutrients that your body needs.  Most foods required for these diets are high in saturated fat which only leads to clogging of arteries.
5. Weight Watchers - Just a flat out pain in the ass.  Who has time to deal with the math involved and keep track of all the points.  Plus depending on what you eat during the day to keep within a points total you may be lacking nutrients your body needs.

The biggest issue with any diet is that they all are temporary solutions.  So what, you lost 20 pounds, is it really going to matter in two to three months when you gain it all back?  You know what's going to happen, you will end the diet because you reached your goal and go right back to your old habits.  You will put that weight right back on because NOTHING has changed.

The only way you can control your weight is by changing your lifestyle, eating healthy foods and staying active.  Whether you work out a few times a week or stay active with sports, these are the important factors that will help you control your weight.  Plus you will feel better; more energized, and have a better mood when you are able to balance your diet and body.  Stay away from the Hollywood fads and change your lifestyle for the better.

7 "fatty" foods for a flat stomach