Why Diets Fail - and What to Do About It

Diets make me angry...it's all about deprivation, starvation, and doing without. If you're a fad follower, as I have been in the past, you remember the "cabbage diet" the "popcorn and grapes diet" (Madonna did that one), or the Atkins diet. I'm sorry, all of you low carb diet lovers out there, the Atkins diet is not my idea of a healthy diet or lifestyle!

Consider also the effects of a super-low starvation diet, say one that promotes less than 1000 calories a day. Sure, you'll drop weight in the beginning week or two, but you'll soon find your body feeling cold, your energy zapped, and your mood taking a nosedive. No one wants to live like that for more than they have to (maybe only if someone has a gun to their head)! Guess what's happening to you? Your metabolism is shutting down and going into starvation mode so that you don't die...that is NOT healthy!

Next, what about those diets that promise that if you eat the "right foods" then you'll see "extraordinary weight loss results"? Let's take a closer look at that...your body needs a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and quality proteins to be nourished; anything less will not do. Even if you lose weight in the beginning of the diet, your body will not be receiving the proper levels of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, fiber, and fatty acids that it needs to function on optimal levels. Cabbage soup diet and popcorn and grape diet lovers everywhere..."stop the insanity"! Does anyone else remember Susan Powter and miss her short hair and screaming? No? Ok, I guess I'm alone on this one then :-)

The bottom line is that before you decide to start any diet program, take a look at what's inside the hype. If they recommend a restricted diet, unreasonably low calories, or anything that would deprive your body of its essential needs, RUN! Seriously, get out there and run...even if you still ate a doughnut or a bowl of ice cream every so often, you'd still be burning enough calories to come out on the good side of the calorie count by the end of the day! And isn't that what it all really boils down to? Fewer calories taken in than burned and you'll start dropping pounds at a steady and healthy rate.

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To happy and healthy dieting! Cheers!