Re: Does dieting work?

On Dec 29, 10:23 am, Marilyn Mann <ma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Dec 29, 12:39 pm, J666 <jeaa...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



The key is a change of lifestyle so that your weight levels off for
your food intake and activity level - need a combination of lower
calorie foods and smaller portions with an increase of activity as
much as possibe and this needs to be sustainable over the long term.
Diets by themselves do not work, because when stop dieting, most go
back to their old way of eating and gain the weight back.

Yes, if you can restrict your calories on a permanent basis and
exercise enough, you may be able to keep the weight off. Very few
people are able to do this, however. Therefore, it seems pointless
for doctors to prescribe weight loss for their patients.

Marilyn

The key for me after being overweight to obese for over 20 years, was
to peruse health. I found that an increasing interest in becoming
healthier automatically lead to reduced calorie foods, smaller
portions and more exercise. Trying to lose weight for the sake of
losing weight did indeed prove to be futile.

However when you have progressively bad readings: BMI, blood pressure,
cholesterol (low HDL, high LDL, high trigliserides), blood sugar - in
addition to fatigue, palpitations, backache etc. And you want to
change all that; have good readings and feel good all the time - then
you might be onto something.

My adage is that: When I was living an unhealthy lifestyle and getting
fatter and fatter - getting fat was never a goal, it was a result.
Likewise when I decided to peruse a healthy lifestyle, getting slimmer
and slimmer was not a goal, it was a natural result.
My healthy lifestyle is a natural thing for me now - it is not
something I have to force myself to be rigid about maintaining. It did
take at least a year of unlearning bad habits and slowly adopting good
habits, to get to where I am now.
.

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