Low Fat Pills Don't Work
Greetings!
There was a report on last night's local TV news stating that several supplement/nutrition companies who distribute alternative weight-loss pills refused to submit their products to a test to see if they really work. Only 4 companies accepted the challenge.
Of the 4 products tested, none of them made any significant difference on individuals who took them.
When I finished watching the report, I thought to myself "well, we've known that for a long time!". It wasn't a new fact or discovery. It was just plain common sense.
But one thing that I found alarming was that the report concluded saying that "there is no magic bullet to lose weight. You just have to eat less and exercise more."
What an innacurate statement!
At best, it can be regarded as an oversimplified statement, which should be qualified with many "buts", "unless", and "in addition to".
It is not just a matter of eating less. Rather, the right approach is "eat smart".
If you just "eat less", your body enters into "emergency" mode, shuts down the fat burning switches, and you get double-screwed by restricting your food intake and not losing weight anyway!
Eat less what? Less food? Less fat? Less Carbs?
No, my friends! It is not "eating less".
My way of losing weight is by using the Weight Watchers Points system (TM). That is a very smart way of keeping track of calories and fat without complicating things too much. The benefit of this approach is that you get a balanced diet, you don't go hungry, you eat well (and delicious food), and you don't risk secondary effects.
As for exercise, I just walk. I love walking. I'll be incorporating other types of exercise this year.
You may want to exercise in different ways (by way of a sport, or other activities.... Heck! even vigorous sex counts!). ;-)
Yours in Health,
Skinny Jeff
There was a report on last night's local TV news stating that several supplement/nutrition companies who distribute alternative weight-loss pills refused to submit their products to a test to see if they really work. Only 4 companies accepted the challenge.
Of the 4 products tested, none of them made any significant difference on individuals who took them.
When I finished watching the report, I thought to myself "well, we've known that for a long time!". It wasn't a new fact or discovery. It was just plain common sense.
But one thing that I found alarming was that the report concluded saying that "there is no magic bullet to lose weight. You just have to eat less and exercise more."
What an innacurate statement!
At best, it can be regarded as an oversimplified statement, which should be qualified with many "buts", "unless", and "in addition to".
It is not just a matter of eating less. Rather, the right approach is "eat smart".
If you just "eat less", your body enters into "emergency" mode, shuts down the fat burning switches, and you get double-screwed by restricting your food intake and not losing weight anyway!
Eat less what? Less food? Less fat? Less Carbs?
No, my friends! It is not "eating less".
My way of losing weight is by using the Weight Watchers Points system (TM). That is a very smart way of keeping track of calories and fat without complicating things too much. The benefit of this approach is that you get a balanced diet, you don't go hungry, you eat well (and delicious food), and you don't risk secondary effects.
As for exercise, I just walk. I love walking. I'll be incorporating other types of exercise this year.
You may want to exercise in different ways (by way of a sport, or other activities.... Heck! even vigorous sex counts!). ;-)
Yours in Health,
Skinny Jeff
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