From the article on some reasons why it's not working:
Experts cite many reasons for weight regain, including:
• Relying on fad or crash diets that often make people feel deprived.
• Practicing bad habits, such as skipping meals, that lead to overeating.
• Setting unrealistic weight-loss goals.
• Not having enough support.
Completely agree with those. Especially the one about setting unrealistic goals. I do think it's a good thing to have an overall goal of what you want your weight to be and what you want to look like. That's a good long term goal. But, you need to also take it in steps. You need to realize that it's going to take some time and you are going to hit some frustrating plateaus. But, you have to keep pushing forward.
Not enough social support. That's another big one. When you decide that you're going to lose weight and stick with it, have a talk with your family and friends and let them know what you're doing. A lot of times family and friends think it's great that you're trying to lose weight. But then want you to continue to do the same things that you've always done, whether it be go out to dinner and/or drinks every weekend, have parties at your house, etc. They need to know that this is a big change, and for at least for an initial time period in order to get your self control in line, those types of things are going to have to stop.
The rest of the article gives some talk about whether yo-yo dieting is healthy or not and gets into the issues that Oprah Winfrey has had with it.
Eat right, stay on a good efficient workout program that changes things up every month or so, get your social support network in line, and be patient. I know, easier said than done but, if it's something that you really want, then it'll be worth it to you in the end.
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