One of my co-workers recently lost some weight, and I wanted to share the story only to prove a point. I DO NOT recommend going about it the way she did, but it does get the point across.
Erika was about 70 lbs overweight when she decided to try an experiment. For 1 month, Erika cut out sugar, fruit juices (which is basically fruit flavored sugar), bread and most other carbs. She was diligent and stuck with this routine for 30 days. During this time, she did not exercise.
Why did this happen?
It's simple. What Erika basically did was go on a "crash" diet (without knowing it). There are a lot of them out there and they usually include eliminating a certain food group from the diet whether it be carbs, fat, or sugar. These diets will almost always cause people to lose weight, and rather quickly at that. So, people get super excited and think they've finally found the answer to their fatness.
There's just one problem.
It is IMPOSSIBLE to stay on that kind of diet for an extended period of time. And it's dangerous! Depriving yourself of anything will almost always cause you develop cravings for that very thing you've eliminated from your diet. Not to mention you end up permanently screwing up your metabolism. The very instant you go back to your "normal" eating habits, you will undoubtedly overindulge because once your brain has developed a craving, you WILL SUCCUMB to it. Once the primitive "old" brain kicks in, you are defenseless against it. Then, you will gain all of your weight back, plus some extra pounds for added insurance in case you experience another "famine".
This is exactly why I DO NOT recommend crash diets ever nor do I recommend trying what Erika did.
However, I did want to share Erika's story simply to prove that if you make changes to your diet, even small ones, you will see a change. You just need to make the RIGHT changes. Remember, if you're going to try to lose weight, you want to KEEP IT OFF, right? Crash diets will definitely not do that for you.
Be smart. Make life choices. Think long term.
1 comment:
I think the most important part of this is that people cannot stick to these type of diets and resume eating those things and wonder why they dont continue to lose. I recently spoke with someone who is on an all liquid diet. She said she lost 13 pound in one month while I have lost 10 pounds in almost 3 months. While it is tempting to say man I wish I lost as much as her, there is no way she will stick to all liquids for the rest of her life and as soon as she starts eating food again I'm sure she will gain it back.
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