Have you had a go around with one of the latest diet crazes that tell you to eat certan things and avoid
others in the attempt to shed the pounds?
We've all seen these diets that tell us to eat nothing but cabbage soup for days on end, or replace
our regular meals with shakes. We try our hardest, exercise our willpower to the fullest potential, and follow through with
these instructions. Sure enough, we lose weight, but after more struggle with these diets, we find ourselves gaining the weight
back as fast as we lost it.
Well, what happened? Did we not try hard enough?
What happened is the diet failed. Not because we didn't give it our hardest but just because the diet itself
doesn't work. If you look at the Canadian Food Guide, we need 4-7 servings of every food group to give our bodies the valued
nutrients they need to function at its best. Having a few shakes or a menial soup for supper just doesn't cut it. The end
result is we can end up binging on anything and everything to satisfy the starvation these products gave us. Since the body
is denied the proper food to provide it with the necessary fuel it needs to operate efficiently, it breaks down. This break
down is found in a loss of water and muscle which causes the weight loss.
So don't lose heart if you tried a diet and it didn't work. You didn't fail the diet; the diet failed you.
The best diet to be on is one that doesn't restrict any healthy foods you eat.
