Thursday, September 22, 2011

Weight loss, dieting and exercise

Yes, back to the same topic.

It is hard to figure out why diets fail. I am not an expert at this but know at least a handful of people who are on diets right now. Many of them started off enthusiastically and have stuck to it for several months now. The weight loss has more or less plateaued. They all keep dieting, eating and exercising the same way, except on cheat days which is one day of the week.

Some of them want to lose a few more pounds but have not been able to do so. Others have started to gain the weight bit by bit. On the other hand, there are friends who were pretty obese but have lost several pounds. They are at the weight they want to be and have followed the same regimen for several months. Does this mean our bodies can lose only so much unless it is completely starved of calories? Why do some bodies react differently than others?

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