On Healthy Living

Today diet programs and plans run abundant on the Internet and on television, but the reality is diets don’t work - not for the long term anyway. There are tons of diet plans out there and each one touts itself as the best and the “healthy” way to lose weight but the reality is most people gain all of the weight back after the diet is over.

Many diets are okay for the time period that you need to lose weight. But what do you do after you have lost all of your weight? For many people, following a healthy eating plan after their diet is over can lead to weight gain also.

With diet programs like Jenny Craig and Nutri-System, what do you do AFTER you have lost the weight? These diet programs are not cheap to participate in and how many people can afford to eat these food programs forever? I saw over the weekend the Nutri-System program on QVC and for a ONE MONTH supply of food it was almost $250.00. That is for one person and there are people that feed their whole families for that amount each month.

Then there were diet programs like L.A. Weight Loss, who ended up shutting their doors to over 400 locations last year. I was a part of this program and felt ripped off and felt that the staff was not educated enough to know how to work with someone who had multiple health issues that affect metabolism.

So what are we supposed to do? The key is eating in moderation. Cutting back portion sizes, along with exercise and incorporating the five food groups daily is key to losing weight and maintaining weight for the long term.

ff wrote this on April 14th, 2008 and filed it under Healthy Living, Diet & Exercise, Diet Products |