Weight lose diets – a million ways to get skinny, or that’s the way it seems when we have a look at the internet, TV, magazines and any other expression of the media. Wherever you turn on the internet for instance you will see an ad that promises you you’ll be skinny as a stick in no time, by way of surgery, diet pills, exercise, shakes, fiber pills, only consuming 10 calories a day (I’m exaggerating of course) and what not.

Personally I sometimes get really tired of being lied to so much. And when you really think about it, whose well being to you think the inventors and authors of all of these programs and wonder methods have in mind? Well of course their own, and that of their wallets to be precise. They don’t care if you actually make yourself sick with their product or program, as long as it gets quick and visible results (that may not last at all).

Do you know the kind of stuff you’re putting into your body to lose weight? I know of some herbal weight loss teas (sounds all natural and healthy right and is all natural too) that have the potential to give you heart problems (and I know people that had to be hospitalized for consuming such things). Some people even have gone as far as to actually having acquired a tape worm or it’s larvae to keep slim, and yes that’ll get you skinny, and very malnourished, not to mention: ewhh! Other products use chemicals (have you ever read the ingredient label on diet foods? Do you even know what some of that stuff is that’s in there? Sure it has few calories, but is it actually better for you than regulated amounts of the real thing?)

You can be sure that none of the fad-diet gurus are going to tell you that weight loss of several pounds in a couple of days will mostly be water. You also won’t hear that the miraculously reduced waistline in a day or so will be product of a good and healthy bowel movement.

One pound of body fat equals 3,500 calories. In order to lose some pounds you have two choices: or you eat fewer calories than your body uses on a daily basis (500 less a day to rid yourself of a pound a week to be exact) or you burn it off exercising. One hour on the elliptical machine evaporates around 600 calories; an hour of swimming will do pretty much the same. So adding up the numbers you’ll figure out quickly that 10,000 calories don’t just disappear in a couple of days.

Truth is, when the product or method tells you you’re going to lose three pounds in the first two days, they are telling you a bed-time story (sounds as good as one too). Your scale might actually cooperate with them and also tell you, you lost weight, at least for the first week or so, but really what kinds of pounds were those you lost? I can assure you it wasn’t body fat. Fast loss of weight in very few days usually means you lost water and bowel contents.

So, we’ve figured out what doesn’t work. Great! Now, what actually does help me to slim down? If you were looking for an easy no-effort way to get it done, I will disappoint you. Real and long-term weight loss, the kind you will be able to maintain, comes with a change in your eating habits and activity levels. Sure, to use a good and healthy program of nutrient combination (using real food) to give you the necessary impulse is a good idea, but to make it last you will have to decide what kinds of food to eat and how much of it you need to keep and maintain a healthy body.

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