A common perception among people is that a healthy lifestyle is something which is difficult to follow and it requires a lot of patience and self control. For most people dieting involves counting calories and having a check on each bite you take irrelevant of personal likes and dislikes. It is a closed short term process for rapid weight loss which is utterly unrealistic and cannot be enjoyed on a long term basis. This is half the reason why people quit dieting so easily. Lack of flexibility, dissatisfaction, feeling of deprivation and strict rules make it difficult for people to actually put it to practice.
Very few diets talk about success in the bigger picture. You will find few diet which focus on health rather than diet, offering shopping tips for effective weightless, emphasizing natural weight loss to starvation, dining strategies, different alternatives to add flavor to food in a health conscious manner, etc. Some diets are unrealistic to the extent of being unsafe and a risk to health. They don’t talk about how to handle or deal with our cravings and hunger in an effective manner. Instead they promote shunning away from these natural feelings. Ultimately people lose their confidence and quit the whole regime.
Each time you deprive yourselves in the name of diet, weight loss becomes strenuous and more difficult. This leads to frustration and discouragement. You end up giving in to temptation, unable to handle the pressure, and eat more. You get caught in a vicious circle which does nothing to help you. In fact you might just end up harming yourself or even develop an eating disorder. Deliberate deprivation only leads to unhealthy lifestyle and you end up defeating the cause for your diet.
Diets cause people to listen to body signals and eat according to their system’s requirement. You ignore signs of appetite and hunger and the need to be satisfied. Hence your body becomes deprived resulting in feelings of low self esteem. And when you quit, you suffer from guilt and defeat and thus once again you go back to dieting. You body is not a switch to easily adapt to this on and off dieting patterns. The body becomes weak without proper nutrition and energy and a balanced exercising regime.
Surveys show that only 5% of the people who diet are successful. This proves that dieting is neither a sure shot nor the right and the effective way to reduce weight or lead a healthy life. Diet slows down your metabolism, so when you stop your diet, your body is inefficient in metabolizing normal food quantities and hence you put in more weight. This is the reason why 95% of diets fail. It is impossible to live on the diet mode for life depriving oneself of delicious food and starving. So instead of suffering from frustrations, hunger, deprivation and guilt, try to inculcate healthy food habits which will work out on a long term basis. This will prove to be a realistic and an achievable target.
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MY QUESTION AFTER YOU READ EVERYTHING: DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I SAID? AND AFTER TODAY?S CONVERSATION CAN DOREEN ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HER MOM ALWAYS THOUGHT DOREEN WAS THINUPDATE TWO WEEKS LATER:Doreen: ?Can I ask you something?Mom: ?What?Doreen: ?You always thought I was thin?Mom: ?YES I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE THINPART ONE:: OK yesterday Doreen?s mom (in her 80?s) and Doreen (in her 50?s) went to a movie.. Any way as the movie started all of a sudden Doreen got very hot and extremely dizzy. Mom: ?What is wrong?Doreen: ?I feel dizzy?The dizziness stopped but Doreen was nervous a little bit throughout the movie. When the movie ended:Mom: ?Just wait until we get into the car I want to talk to you?Doreen: ?Well if we are going to have a fight I don?t want to hear it?Mom: ?Then take the bus?But Doreen got into the carMom: ?You have to stop drinking coffee?Doreen: ?I know I am going to stop?(And Doreen thought that would be the end of the conversation - wrong)Mom: ?I know you drink coffee for weight loss. You don?t need to lose any more weight?Doreen: ?But I was always skinny?Mom: ?Yes but now you are even skinnier?This got Doreen mad and they had some fight. When they came home her mom said nasty things to Doreen and Doreen said nasty things back to her mom. Mom: ?You need to gain weight?Doreen: ?No I don?t?Mom: ?It isn?t just the coffee but the way you eat? Doreen: ?I like salads?Mom: ?But when you order a salad they give you mostly lettuce and six strips of chicken you leave over two.?PART TWO; (THE NEXT DAY); Doreen: ?Mom do you want to know why I got mad yesterday it is because you made it sound like I wasn?t always thin?Mom: ?That is how you hear it?Then about five minutes later they had a terrible fight because her mom started to rant and rave.Doreen: ?All I wanted was for you to answer that one question?Mom: ?OK yes you were fat before - how?s that? - her mom said this in a tone to get Doreen mad and upset.UPDATE (TWO DAYS LATER):Doreen: "Mom you always thought I was thin"Mom: "Yes"Doreen: "What about when we had another fight at home after the fight in the car and you said that I get mad if people call me fat"Mom: "Who would ever call you fat. I only said that because I was mad"THEN DOREEN CALLED ME AND I TOLD HER THAT ?HER MOM ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS THIN. HER MOM JUST MEANT YOU WERE ALWAYS THIN BUT NOT YOU ARE EVEN SKINNIER? MY QUESTION: DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I SAID?
Can Doreen accept her mom always thought she was thin
By: voterperson | 30-08-2008
MY QUESTION AFTER YOU READ EVERYTHING: Do you agree with what I said? AND AFTER TODAY?S CONVERSATION CAN DOREEN ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HER MOM ALWAYS THOUGHT DOREEN WAS THIN
UPDATE TWO WEEKS LATER:
Doreen: ?Can I ask you something?
Mom: ?What?
Doreen: ?You always thought I was thin?
Mom: ?YES I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE THIN
PART ONE
:: OK yesterday Doreen?s mom (in her 80?s) and Doreen (in her 50?s) went to a movie.. Any way as the movie started all of a sudden Doreen got very hot and extremely dizzy.
Mom: ?What is wrong?
Doreen: ?I feel dizzy?
The dizziness stopped but Doreen was nervous a little bit throughout the movie. When the movie ended:
Mom: ?Just wait until we get into the car I want to talk to you?
Doreen: ?Well if we are going to have a fight I don?t want to hear it?
Mom: ?Then take the bus?
But Doreen got into the car
Mom: ?You have to stop drinking coffee?
Doreen: ?I know I am going to stop?
(And Doreen thought that would be the end of the conversation - wrong)
Mom: ?I know you drink coffee for weight loss. You don?t need to lose any more weight?
Doreen: ?But I was always skinny?
Mom: ?Yes but now you are even skinnier?
This got Doreen mad and they had some fight. When they came home her mom said nasty things to Doreen and Doreen said nasty things back to her mom.
Mom: ?You need to gain weight?
Doreen: ?No I don?t?
Mom: ?It isn?t just the coffee but the way you eat?
Doreen: ?I like salads?
Mom: ?But when you order a salad they give you mostly lettuce and six strips of chicken you leave over two.?
PART TWO; (THE NEXT DAY);
Doreen: ?Mom do you want to know why I got mad yesterday it is because you made it sound like I wasn?t always thin?
Mom: ?That is how you hear it?
UPDATE (TWO DAYS LATER):
Doreen: "Mom you always thought I was thin"
Mom: "Yes"
Doreen: "What about when we had another fight at home after the fight in the car and you said that I get mad if people call me fat"
Mom: "Who would ever call you fat. I only said that because I was mad"
Then Doreen called me and I told her that ?her mom always thought she was thin. Her mom just meant you were always thin but noW you are even skinnier? MY QUESTION: Do you agree with what I said?
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By: sweetie294 | 28-08-2008
Hii.. well, my weight is 62 kg and my height is 167cm.. and i need to lose 6 more kilos to reach my goal weight, but i dont know why the last few pounds takes forever to be dropped.. my food intake is 1200 to 1400 and ido exercises (4-5 times per week) but it took me like 3 monthes just to lose 2.5 kilos 64.5 to 62, plus i do not starve my self or anything but i do cheat sometimes in some occasions.. i really need an advise.. i would appreciate it.. thanx
I am a 47 year old, female shut-in.(I haven't left ...
By: sadmom | 28-08-2008
I am a 47 year old, female shut-in.(I haven't left my home more than 3 times in over 4 years, as I suffer from paranoia and anxiety.) I am 110 lbs. over weight, and have tried countless diets over 31 years only to lose the weight and gain it back plus some. I have only my children for support, as I have lost all my friends. I have joint pain, shortness of breath, and I am tired all the time. I do not exercise, and do not seem to have the energy or desire to do much of anything. I am also a smoker(heavy) and a moderate to heavy drinker. I live on a fixed income, and do not have the money to invest in a package food program. Does anyone out there have any suggestions other than suicide?
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