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• Why Diets Don’t Work

Before you set your cap on following yet another weight loss regime, consider that 90 percent of dieters who lose weight regain all or part of it within five years. Obviously, “dieting” is not the answer to slimming down permanently. Find out why and what the alternative is… [X]

• Diets Don’t Work

At first a diet can give you a sense of control. You may see success as the scale drops. But soon you are fighting cravings for forbidden foods, as well as hunger pangs and a lack of energy from the lower calorie level. Your body reacts to fewer calories by slowing down your metabolism. Eventually you rebel against the diet and return to your old eating habits. We think each time that this time we won’t gain it back, but the statistics show that most of us will. Your first step to improve your health and appearance is to begin daily exercise… [X]

• Why Diets and Exercise Don’t Work Psychologically

Pick an activity you like. If you dont know what you like, take classes in different areas and then stick with it, even if its supposedly not known for weight loss, keep it up. Of course, golfing wont get you anywhere, so dont even bother. Tai Chi, belly dancing, yoga, kickboxing, pilates, swimming, dancing. These are all things to try if you have never done them before, to see if you like it. I truly think a fun activity will keep you coming back for more and noone will have to beg you, train you, or ask you to keep it up, because you will want to naturally… [X]

• Tips for Parents with Overweight Children

If you have a child that is dealing with weight issues and you find yourself nagging him or her to lose weight, then you may not realize that nagging is not the best way to help them lose weight. You can actually run the risk of straining your relationship with your child. Avoid pushing new diets on your child. Rather teach them the basics of good nutrition and exercise, so that he or she has the necessary tools to make the right decisions. Your children are old enough to make the right decisions, and you need to facilitate that rather than simply forcing it on your child. Avoid forcing exercise on your child. Find ways instead to get your child more active without stressing him or her out. There are plenty of ways to exercise that are fun. Get your child involved in a sport or an after school activity. Even games like “Dance Dance Revolution” and “Deca Sports” are excellent for getting your child more active if he or she is sedentary for most of the day. Avoid projecting your feelings onto your child. You may have had body issues as a child, but you do not need to project this onto your child, who is probably already dealing with issues. Let your child develop his or her own self image rather than forcing your self image issues onto him or her… [X]

• Open Letters Friday, Volume 62: The Douchebag Children’s Diet Book Edition

Dear Paul Kramer, your name will be listed on this blog frequently due to this insanity: a children’s book called Maggie Goes On a Diet. It’s aimed at children. CHILDREN. A book about dieting is aimed at children. So basically you’re telling every young girl out there to go step on a scale and proceed to starving herself and exercising like crazy just to meet some ideal and then they can have positive body image?  Wow. There aren’t even words to describe how pissed off this makes me.  As a woman who went through severe body issues as a child and did, in fact, diet way too young, I cannot even begin to tell you how devastating your book will be to the girls who read it… [X]

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