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Yo-Yo Dieting Doesn’t Work
by Jodie Lynn
Summer will soon be here
and everywhere you look, there are ads for this diet and that diet
pill, regiment or a "lose 10 pounds the first day" plan.
While some of
these may work for a week or so, most results of dieters won’t reach
their primary goal of losing weight and reflecting a healthy and
vibrant status . . . not for long.
The main reason is that most of us who do go with an unsupervised diet
plan usually gain all of the weight back and add a few additional
pounds. Unfortunately, this puts us right back where we started, but
also with more weight and higher risks of diabetes, heart attack and a
good chance of a stroke.
Typically, known as "yo-yo dieting," doctors and scientists find that
the strain and stress, both emotionally and physically, that is
associated with this pattern, actually prove that we might have been
better off by never starting a diet in the first place.
Here are some suggestions you might be able to live with:
* Realize that what might work for someone else might not work for
you.
* Get a complete physical from your doctor and talk with him about the
best plan to lose weight for your individual body type, make-up and
age.
* Go with a plan that can be closely supervised by an individual with
a degree or registered license to supervise your program.
* Calories need to be checked on a daily basis.
* Write down everything you put into your mouth.
* Begin exercising by implementing brief sessions and building from
there.
* Include weight lifting into your daily routine.
* Change your eating pattern.
* Eat healthier by eating smaller meals more frequently.
* Eat more fruit.
* Switch your snacks to healthier ones.
* Program your brain to acknowledge that it might take months to look
and feel the true benefits of a healthy and safe program.
* If you mess up, and fall off the new plan, don’t beat yourself up
with negative thoughts.
* Always have a positive support system where you can network and be
around others who are also trying to lose weight.
Don’t compare your weight loss with others and get down on yourself
when you don’t lose weight as quickly as someone else might.
Sometimes, people actually weigh more during a weight loss program but
are actually healthier than before they started. This is due to muscle
weighing more than fat.
Once you begin your new program, just knowing that you are doing
something good for yourself is priceless.
Remember, losing weight is all about cutting down on calories,
expanding more energy, eating healthier and accepting the truth about
what to expect realistically for your personal body type and age.
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©2006
Jodie Lynn
Jodie Lynn is an award-winning internationally syndicated
family/health columnist and radio personality. Her syndicated column
Parent to Parent (www.ParentToParent.com)
has been successful for over 10 years and appears in newspapers,
magazines, newsletters and throughout the Internet. She is a regular
contributor to several sites including eDiets.com, KeepKidsHealthy.com,
ClubMom.com, BabyUniverse.com, MainStreetMom.com and
MommiesMagazine.com.
Lynn
has written four books and contributed to three others, one
of which was on Oprah and has appeared on NBC in a three month
parenting segment. Her latest books are
Mom CEO (Chief Everything Officer) - Having, Doing and
Surviving It All! (June 2006) and
Syndication Secrets - What No One Will Tell You! (March
2006). Please see our site for details on her new radio talk
show, Inside Parenting Success!
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