Comments on: Diet or Lifestyle? http://blog.workout-x.com/fit-bits/diet-or-lifestyle/ Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Michael Greeves http://blog.workout-x.com/fit-bits/diet-or-lifestyle/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Michael Greeves Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:43:12 +0000 http://blog.workout-x.com/?p=1324#comment-177 I think "experts" want to have answers so they always have a diet they're promoting. An easy answer when people ask "what should I eat" is "follow this____diet". For years it was the south beach diet or the zone diet. Paleo seems to be in fashion at the moment. Healthy food choices need to be a lifestyle. I think for the most part the world is fatter, not better fed. Selecting healthy foods is a choice every time we eat. Making good choices over time add up to results. I think “experts” want to have answers so they always have a diet they’re promoting. An easy answer when people ask “what should I eat” is “follow this____diet”. For years it was the south beach diet or the zone diet. Paleo seems to be in fashion at the moment. Healthy food choices need to be a lifestyle. I think for the most part the world is fatter, not better fed. Selecting healthy foods is a choice every time we eat. Making good choices over time add up to results.

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]]> By: Lauren Miller http://blog.workout-x.com/fit-bits/diet-or-lifestyle/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Lauren Miller Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:50:21 +0000 http://blog.workout-x.com/?p=1324#comment-171 I agree! Most people are not patient enough when they cannot see the effect of small changes right away. But as you and I know, small changes over time create the desired weight loss... for a life time. If people continue to feel successful because they lose weight on a "diet" even if it is temporary weight loss, they will think that "diets" work. They will also think that when they regain the weight once the diet stops, that it is their fault and feel failure. They will blame themselves for their failure and even continue to yo-yo. The fault is usually that the diet is over restrictive and impossible to maintain in the long term. Unless you get to the root cause of why someone over eats in the first place all the tools, nutrition and training plans, are not likely to help in the long term. I agree! Most people are not patient enough when they cannot see the effect of small changes right away. But as you and I know, small changes over time create the desired weight loss… for a life time.

If people continue to feel successful because they lose weight on a “diet” even if it is temporary weight loss, they will think that “diets” work. They will also think that when they regain the weight once the diet stops, that it is their fault and feel failure.

They will blame themselves for their failure and even continue to yo-yo. The fault is usually that the diet is over restrictive and impossible to maintain in the long term.

Unless you get to the root cause of why someone over eats in the first place all the tools, nutrition and training plans, are not likely to help in the long term.

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