The New Year has begun and many of you have made New Year’s resolutions to lose weight. That is commendable because making a resolution is the first step. However, accomplishing your goals is the hard part.
As you search for a weight loss plan to help you accomplish your goals, you will encounter many people and companies who will claim to have the answers to your weight loss prayers. There is no perfect weight loss method, but one of the plans being marketed to you may actually work for you.
I don’t know anything about you, so I cannot tell you which plan would work best for you. However, I can tell which programs to stay away from. These programs either do not work, or do not work permanently.
Programs to Stay Away From
Bad weight loss programs will:
- Claim to help you lose weight quickly
- Claim to help you lose weight easily
- Guarantee your weight loss
- Try to convince you that you have to spend a large amount of money to lose weight
- Try to convince you that you don’t need to eat fewer calories
Quick Weight Loss
Quick weight loss is rarely permanent, because it is very difficult to maintain the habits that helped you lose the weight. Then once you change your habits, you regain the weight.
Large temporary lifestyle changes lead to fast temporary weight loss. Small permanent lifestyle changes lead to slow permanent weight loss.
Easy Weight Loss
Weight loss is simple. All you must do to lose weight is burn more calories than you consume. Simple! Weight loss is a simple concept, but it is not easy to execute. Trying to eliminate bad habits requires hard work.
Weight Loss Guarantees
There is no weight loss program that works for everyone. Only plans trying to mislead you will try to convince you that their plan is guaranteed to work.
Expensive Weight Loss
Having more money can make most tasks easier. That includes losing weight. That is why rich actors and actresses, with their personal chefs, personal trainers, and hours of free time, can lose weight with apparent ease. While having money can make weight loss easier, it is not a necessity. If your resources are limited, you can lose weight with inexpensive weight loss strategies. Check out my Don’t Go Broke Diet.
Eating Fewer Calories
You must create a calorie deficit in order to lose fat. You must consume fewer calories than you burn. There is no other way to permanently lose weight. Do no trust plans that try to convince you that you can eat as much as you like and still lose fat.
Claims
That was a list of the main claims used by weight loss scams to market their products or services. Evaluate any plan you are presented with before you start it, because you do not want to waste your money or time on a plan that will not work permanently.
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Hi Dr. Kal,
Great post! Its so easy to fall for quick fixes – I’ve bought into more than I’d like to admit!
In the past, when I tried a ‘quick weight loss’ plan, sometimes it would work, really well, for a few weeks or a month, but as soon as I went off the diet, I’d gain all the weight back that I lost, plus more.
So I’ve finally decided to stop falling for the quick fixes and I’ve made a solid promise to myself to strive for the long-term approach of permanently changing my habits and losing weight in a natural, slow, but permanent way.
And that switch in attitude has made the biggest difference in my life.
Thanks so much for your great blog!
~ Gina
Touche!
As a nutrition and weight loss expert (and client…) I gained and lost 35# in 4 years the right way. Lifestyle.
I first started out in fitness as a trainer, gym manager, and instructor. I taught 13 classes a week, but my partying, fast-food, big-portion lifestyle could not support it and I ballooned.
Too much alcohol, too much saturated fat, too much sugar… and not enough whole foods.
I am not sure why it is so hard to accept “balance” in one’s life. I also don’t know why some of our closest friends and family members can be the biggest saboteurs.
I’m always trying to warn people about weight scams, especially with supplements. If you have any reviews of supplements, links, or if you would like to do a guest blog let me know! I’m adding ya to my blogroll.
Rebecca at Balanced Health and Nutrition…
http://www.rebeccascritchfield.wordpress.com
Touche!
As a nutrition and weight loss expert (and client…) I gained and lost 35# in 4 years the right way. Lifestyle.
I first started out in fitness as a trainer, gym manager, and instructor. I taught 13 classes a week, but my partying, fast-food, big-portion lifestyle could not support it and I ballooned.
Too much alcohol, too much saturated fat, too much sugar… and not enough whole foods.
I am not sure why it is so hard to accept “balance” in one’s life. I also don’t know why some of our closest friends and family members can be the biggest saboteurs.
I’m always trying to warn people about weight scams, especially with supplements. If you have any reviews of supplements, links, or if you would like to do a guest blog let me know! I’m adding ya to my blogroll.
Rebecca at Balanced Health and Nutrition…
http://www.rebeccascritchfield.wordpress.com
You certainly have to create a calorie deficit, but I want to distinguish between this concept and actually going hungry. Some people think they’re not dieting unless their stomach is growling. That’s simply not true, and in fact, if you’re hungry often, you’ll be more likely to gain weight as your metabolism slows….
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Hey, this helps so much, I was seriously considering going bulimic until I read this article.
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Great article with much common sense. Your ‘Don’t go broke diet’ seems refreshing. I will have to recommend it to patients in the future.
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Weight loss scams… their extravagent promises have duped even the best of us. Finally, after years of struggling with weight loss, I’ve found that simplicity is key. Weight loss comes naturally with a healthy diet, good eating habits, and daily excercise.
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