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Thursday, 16 April 2009 03:20

Diet plans have all stalled. After years of low carb, high protein, low fat, counting calories, carbs, fats or points it turns out they are all the same. Three major studies released earlier this year show that by 6 months, almost all dieters have returned to the foods they like--you simply cannot expect people to eat foods they don't like, have trouble making, are too expensive or hard to get for more than a few months at the most. Counting anything is no better.

What the world does not need is another "diet plan" requiring the dieter to give up a certain food, or weigh, measure or count anything. We have all seen enough failed plans and should know that they don't work. People trying to lose weight are caught up in information overload. They are literally paralyzed because there is so much "noise" out there. No one knows how to get started. When they find a new plan, they try it, only to fail and regain the weight.

How should the average person solve the problem?
The answer is simpler than you think. Read the most recent reports from the best experts in the field. I have referred to three extensive, long term weight loss studies, two from this country and one from Israel. The most important one was from  the Harvard-Pennington Group reported in the January 26, 2009  issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The authors  found no difference in weight loss in people following any of the 3 diet plans: low fat, low carb or low calorie. No only was there no difference in weight loss among all of the dieters, almost the identical weight loss results were found in all three studies--quite amazing since they were done worlds apart by very different methods.

Successful Dieters Find Their Own Plan
All of the authors summarized  their studies with almost the same conclusions: dieters attempting to drastically alter their underlying food preferences cannot change even with almost one-to-one supervision. People sooner or latter (usually within 6 months or less), even with the best of care, will return to their old foods habits.

If the world's most experienced and knowledgeable experts cannot get people to lose weight and keep it off what should you do?


Recognize Your Mistakes:
What they did find is very encouraging if you can see through all of the distractions. Despite returning to their old eating habits, most individuals going through  the diet process recognized  a few mistakes they were making and made almost unconscious simple changes that they were able to continue for the long term.


For example, the dieters on the Atkins-South Beach like plans stopped the regular sodas the  fruit juices, and the french fries, even after they gave up most of the "rules" of these plans.The Mediterranean dieters did the same and may have stopped frying the foods found fresh vegetables and fruits and found some better sweets. The calorie or "point" counters learned to recognize the very high calorie foods and found some better choices.


These might sound like minor changes, however, over the long term cutting out 300 or 400 calories a day is very significant. It can result in a 30 lb. or more weight loss in a year. Instead of the reader going  through trial and error to find his dietary mistakes, the 100 Calorie Secret does it for him. The book ranks the common mistakes people make by which ones contribute the most to weight gain and at the same time are  the easiest to change . 


The "secret" is for every one struggling to lose weight, to find out what are his  most significant, easiest to change mistakes, and just like all of the participants in these studies,  make a few better choices from all of the usual foods.

The 100 Calorie Secret can help you find your secrets, prevent hunger and show you the direction to better choices from foods and beverages that surround you all day.  Sound simple? It is.



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