| How to Stop Giving Away Your Health For a Doughnut! |  |
©2003 Julie S. Rayburn
As I write this article, 65% of American men and 62% of American
women are overweight. 22% of our children are overweight and 10% of
them are obese. All of this despite the fact that Americans spend an
average $40 billion a year on diet and weight loss related products!
For $40 billion a year, you would think that we would be getting
better results than we obviously are.
I believe that the average American is confused about how to lose
weight, get themselves in good shape and protect themselves from
disease. It is easy to get confused considering all of the
conflicting information out there. In this article, I am going to
tell you how to stop giving away your health for a doughnut. I am
going to explain to you why regular dieting is doomed to fail.
In an effort to make my point, let's look at one way that
dieter's
have been told to lose weight…
All diet veterans know that it takes a deficit of 3500 calories to
lose one pound of weight. So they go about this a couple of
different ways.
First, they start limiting their calorie intake. They begin eating
with an "everything in moderation" attitude. They trim their
portion sizes and turn down some things that they previously would
have eaten, but not anymore, they started a "new diet"! Who
hasn't used that phrase before?
Then they increase their exercise using the charts that tell you how
many calories you can burn if you do a certain amount of exercise.
So now they are counting the amount of calories they are burning with
exercise and also counting the amount of calories they are saving
with their new portion controlled way of eating. I see two immediate
problems with this.
Problem #1: No one can continue to count calorie deficits all their
life. We are too busy living, and plus, it is boring and time
intensive!
Problem #2: Eating smaller portion sizes will only last until the
dieter gets on the scale and does not see a change, or else they feel
so hungry that they just have to have more food!
Now the dieter feels guilty and eventually gives up. This is not the
way to diet anymore! Following this common diet routine will only
end in frustration, hunger and eventually failure. You do not have
to starve yourself to lose weight! You can lose weight quickly,
effortlessly, and without ever being hungry! You don't have to
give away your health for a doughnut!
Did you know that there is a very simple way to lose weight? A way
that will work for anyone? A way that will get results where other
diets have failed? The philosophy is very simple, and here it is:
To achieve perfect health and a perfect (for you) physique, you have
to respect your body, and treat it like the earthen vessel that it
is! You cannot abuse your body every day of your life and expect
that someday you will not have to pay for your crimes. And when we
pay, we pay big! We pay in the form of heart disease, diabetes,
cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis. We pay because that doughnut is
just too important to us.
We teach our children early how to pay, and it has cost us our
children's health. The upcoming generation is predicted to be
the first in history not to outlive the previous generation. Are we
happy with what we have created? We are the reason that they will
not outlive even us.
Well, I promised to tell you how to stop giving away your health for
a doughnut.
You just have to come to an understanding deep inside you that you
are the creator of all the havoc you wreak on your body. You can
choose that doughnut, but know what you are also choosing along with
it. It does not come alone. It brings with it the possibility of
lifestyle related diseases.
Everyone is aware that if you smoke, you will probably die from lung
cancer, emphysema, or other bronchial diseases from inhaling poisons
into your body everyday for an extended period of time. This has
become well known and accepted.
So why do people have such a hard time accepting that colon cancer is
the direct result of taking poisons into your body daily for a long
period of time? Are we that attached to that doughnut? How many
loved ones do we have to lose to various cancers before we get the
fact that there is no magic pill! You can't abuse your body for
years and then when you are diagnosed with cancer or diabetes or
heart disease, expect that a pill given to you by your doctor will
save you.
Prevention is the cure! Forget that doughnut, that pizza, that
cheesecake, until you understand that the choice of whether you live
healthy or die early is in your hands, and in your mouth!
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Julie Rayburn is a lifestyle coach for Vitality Health and Fitness.
She has developed a program that is guaranteed to help you lose
weight, and protect your future from disease. You can read other
articles and learn about ways to lose weight by going to
www.takebackyourhealth.org or email her at
Julie@t...
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