Have you ever wondered why diets don’t work, or rather why weight loss diets don’t work in the long term ?
The results that are much advertised, even by testimonials that we consider authoritative, vanish in a short time.
By the way, the situation usually gets worse over time. In reality, the issue, in my opinion, is very simple, I want to explain it to you!
Index
- What is a diet?
- Why Diets Don’t Work
- The business of diets
- The eating style
- The diet that works is not a diet
What is a diet?
First of all, do you know what the term diet means?
This word, in my opinion, is misused and inappropriately and over the years has taken on a negative value, moreover it is always associated with weight loss, that is, diet equals slimming diet. Consequently it has acquired a negative connotation because it immediately brings to mind the concept of restriction. All this cannot be further from the truth!
The etymology of this word, which comes from ancient Greek medicine, means “a set of rules of life aimed at maintaining a state of health” , with rules we mean various activities, such as: healthy eating , movement , rest, work activities, etc.
Here’s the rub!
Why Diets Don’t Work
And this is why diets don’t work and fail: if I have to think that my lifestyle is a set of deprivations , with the sole purpose of losing weight, sooner or later I will return to the habits and style that are more familiar to me (alas, also regaining the lost pounds). What is not sustainable in the long term, will eventually be abandoned.
The business of diets
Know that the diets proposed by most have as their sole purpose business and not the well-being of people! Let me explain better: if I propose a diet that makes you lose weight quickly, everyone will turn to me; if the pounds come back, people will do the same and will turn to me again. Let’s clarify this issue.
The eating style
The diets I’m talking about are nothing more than high-protein diets followed for weeks or even months. When you eat only proteins (in addition to following other precautions) and exclude important foods such as carbohydrates and legumes, the body quickly loses a lot of water .
The result will be that you will have lost many kilos of water and that these kilos will return just as quickly as you start eating some carbohydrates again. In fact, not having lost fat mass, the result will actually be ephemeral.
The diet that works is not a diet
But what do you need to do to lose weight permanently and feel fit?
In the meantime, arm yourself with patience and know that some small effort will have to be made, but the goal will not be to lock yourself into increasingly rigid and limiting patterns.
On the contrary, the goal will be to find the right balance between healthy eating habits, eating with taste, consciously and indulging in what we like most !
