Take this diet pill. Try this new diet I heard about from my hairdresser… golf pro… dentist… you name it. Fad diets and weightloss hucksters abound, but what really works when it comes to finding a simple weightloss program?
Notice, by the way, that the title of this article is “A Simple Weight Loss Program”, NOT “An EASY Weight Loss Program”.
There’s an old saying to the effect that anything worth having is worth working for. However, in today’s society, it sometimes seems as if the emphasis is, if not “something for nothing”, then at least “a lot for a little”. People are seeking pills, potions, fad diets, whatever they think it will take to create permanent healthy weight loss so that they can live happily ever after.
The truth is, that while the facts of effective, healthy, permanent weight loss are well known, and have been well known for many years, there are many, many people who have not gotten the word, or who heard it and didn’t believe it. To make matters worse, the pill pushers and fad diet spinners know that many people who don’t really know the process, or are not willing to make the effort required by a valid, effective weight loss program, will be easy prey for their pseudo-scientific, or just plain bogus, claims.
Confusing the issue is that many of these claims are based, at least in some small degree, on actual data. Other touted methods for “easy weight loss” often are actually simple weightloss helps or aids that need to be incorporated into an effective weightloss program before they really do much good.
A recent example of this is the diet pill, Alli. It is expensive, has some possible side affects that would convince me not to take it, and, if you read the fine print, really doesn’t offer THAT much in the way of weight loss. Taken by itself, it CAN help someone lose weight in small amounts, but it is really only effective if used in conjunction with the simple weightloss program I am going to talk about in a moment.
One drawback to all of these weightloss nostrums and incantations is that the weight loss is only going to occur while the person continues to take the pill or eat the special diet. Another is that the weight loss is not necessarily “healthy” weight loss.
Yes! It is possible to lose weight (which is supposed to be good for you) and actually negatively affect your health at the same time!
Just to play the Devil’s advocate for a moment, what I am about to propose must also become a lifelong weightloss, or rather, weight management, issue or else the weight will also return. However, under the weightloss system below, the weight loss will be healthy in nature, and the side effects will include such weird things as increased energy, a better emotional outlook, the ability to participate in more fun activities, and the opportunity to live longer and live well during those additional years.
