Do you remember all those obese people on the good spaceship Axiom in the movie WALL . E? Is that what we are going to look like in the future? Wow, that's a scary thought, but even more scary when the National Institute of Health reports that 65% of Americans are overweight or obese! Even more depressing when we learn that well over 90% of people who go on a diet never achieve permanent weight loss. "Houston...we have a problem!"
Everywhere people are trying to find an answer to one of the nation's most pressing problems, and so far there is not much on the horizon - or is there?
Maybe it's time to try another diet...it at least shows that you're making an effort. All that calorie deprivation makes you feel that you've got control of the situation. The depression that follows failure is not far off. It's a cruel return for so much effort.
Drugs, are they the answer? When people get desperate they turn to anything. Doctors have been under increasing pressure to prescribe weight loss drugs to overweight and obese people.
Doctors are usually very careful indeed about what they prescribe to obese people, but they are under increasing pressure because people are either unwilling or not prepared to make the personal commitment that long-term weight loss requires.
All drugs have side-effects and weight loss drugs are no exception. For those that have to take them, they can be an added burden - not to be recommended.
Weight gain accumulates over time and yet there is the demand that any weight loss should be instant. Fast weight loss unfortunately leads to fast weight gain. Pills and drugs are not a quick fix.
Personal change is the only sure-fire way to achieve permanent weight loss. Recognizing bad behaviour is the first step followed by learning new habits, slim habits, if you like, which you 'hotwire' onto your brain through repetition and practice. It takes resolve and commitment, but so does anything that has any lasting value. - 15343
Everywhere people are trying to find an answer to one of the nation's most pressing problems, and so far there is not much on the horizon - or is there?
Maybe it's time to try another diet...it at least shows that you're making an effort. All that calorie deprivation makes you feel that you've got control of the situation. The depression that follows failure is not far off. It's a cruel return for so much effort.
Drugs, are they the answer? When people get desperate they turn to anything. Doctors have been under increasing pressure to prescribe weight loss drugs to overweight and obese people.
Doctors are usually very careful indeed about what they prescribe to obese people, but they are under increasing pressure because people are either unwilling or not prepared to make the personal commitment that long-term weight loss requires.
All drugs have side-effects and weight loss drugs are no exception. For those that have to take them, they can be an added burden - not to be recommended.
Weight gain accumulates over time and yet there is the demand that any weight loss should be instant. Fast weight loss unfortunately leads to fast weight gain. Pills and drugs are not a quick fix.
Personal change is the only sure-fire way to achieve permanent weight loss. Recognizing bad behaviour is the first step followed by learning new habits, slim habits, if you like, which you 'hotwire' onto your brain through repetition and practice. It takes resolve and commitment, but so does anything that has any lasting value. - 15343
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