Comments on: Why Diets Don’t Work

By: Candida

Candida — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:39:18 +0000

Diets are only half of what weight looses need–they need exercise too! Additionally, if you don’t have muscle, you can’t burn fat! And when you diet, you don’t gain muscle.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:24:16 +0000

I think the best way to get from a diet mentality to a sane relationship with food is to rework your thinking and the way you respond to food. If you work on your thinking before making any sort of action plan, I think you stand a better chance of success. I do think that obese people need to lose weight-but only for health reasons. I think that all people are beautiful, no matter their shape or size. But, I also think that many people who are obese are very sad and use food to self-medicate. It’s such a complex issue with no easy answer. Our society has certainly made a mess of it all!

By: Jessie

Jessie — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:11:40 +0000

I enjoy watching Dr. Oz on Oprah. I thought he had a good suggestion. Rather than focusing on what food you are eating, try reading the ingredient label as a prescription. I thought that was an interesting concept. But, it may very well feed right into that diet mentality. Being overweight certainly is an odd phenomenon in the history of the world. In some times in history and in some cultures, it’s prized as being a sign of wealth. Unfortunately, we happen to live in a time and place where those who are overweight are ostracized and criticized.

By: Niels

Niels — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:00:17 +0000

I also wonder the same thing as well as something else: what about people who are severely overweight? Don’t they need to take some steps to get themselves healthy? What about people who are diagnosed with something like diabetes. They really have to watch what they eat-a sugar addict with diabetes can’t continue to eat sugar the way they have. Otherwise, they’ll end up in a diabetic coma. What is that sort of person to do?

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:58:20 +0000

I totally agree with everything in this blog entry. But, my large and looming question is this: how do you get from the binge/purge cycle to being able to have your favorite food in the house for weeks without touching it? I have always been amazed by people who have that sort of will power.I’m one of the ones who eats it as soon as it crosses the threshold!

By: Ronald

Ronald — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:30:17 +0000

Diet plan definitely help in reducing over weight. If you eat too many “wrong” calories then you’ll get fat. This is why many obese people remain overweight.