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Thursday, 8 September 2016

Reasons To Stop Dieting Now

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By Martha Kennedy


The debate on the benefits of dieting has been re-ignited by variations in results by different participants. This uncertainty has driven experts into discouraging people from taking up such programs. They provide fact based reasons to stop dieting now. Their aim is to save the participants from frustrations after months of anticipation.

No program guarantees long term results. According to available statistics, most people will abandon any diet program by the end of one year. By the second year, an even bigger number has dropped out. This is an indication that most of these programs are not sustainable and never produce the desired results. Because the results are not forthcoming, the person becomes frustrated and takes up an eating disorder leading to more weight gain.

Inability to stick to this program to the end leaves many people weighing more than they did before commencement. The body is on rebound and wants to recover all the fats lost. Since it feels deprived, you end up adding more weight and battling low self esteem. The rebound is frustrating and sometime uncontrollable.

Dieting confuses your body leading to internal conflict. There is a feeling of hunger and decreased metabolism. The human body responds through an adaptive thermo genesis mechanism. It seeks to keep the body fat level constant. Signals sent to the nervous system reduce fat metabolism though you will feel extreme hunger. The body will be working against natural wishes leading to conflict.

Dieting consumes a lot of energy and time. You will be engaged in a full time job where you have to think of the foods you eat, their quantities, calories, etc. This denies you the freedom to experience foods naturally. It takes a lot of willpower, time and energy to accomplish this goal. You will be engaged in a restrictive eating cycle that comes with guilt and conflicts.

Diets are external interventions. To your body, there is an external force insisting that you must lose weight by eating certain foods at a particular time and in specific quantities. You are forced to ignore natural cravings and hunger pangs. There appears to be some disconnect between personal preferences and demands of your program. This explains the resistance and negative results obtained.

There is an element of guilt that arises after a person has failed to adhere to a program. Intrinsically, the value of prohibited foods goes up. The signal sent to the mind is that you are being denied something good. As a result, craving becomes uncontrollable and you eventually give in. Once you indulge for the first time, you are ushered into an eat-repent-eat-repent cycle leading to more frustration and guilt.

Experts advise people to accept their body sizes and find a way of managing them. This culture of acceptance will leave you happy and content with your body size. The body also gives a clue of fullness when eating. Obey these clues and do not allow them to dictate your feeling or activity.




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