No Gimmicks, No Cleanses - Your Brain Knows Weight Loss Better Than Your Beliefs Do

Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 15:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Other than wasting away due to illness, there is no shortcut to weight loss.   You can, of course, simply not eat at all and that will work but if you resume your old habits you would gain the weight back and the drastic changes to your body might do harm.Some people are motivated to lose weight - as long as it can happen right now.  And any number of gimmicks and diet programs will help, if you just buy the book or the meals.    But the failure rate is far greater than the success rate because, ordinarily, if people had the discipline to stick to a weight loss plan, they wouldn't be obese.    read more

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