Sunday, April 09, 2006
Weight Loss Shortcut
Did you really think it was going to work? Read on.
http://exercise.about.com/od/weightloss/a/shortcuts.htm- In women who dieted, BMR was lowered up to 20%, even more in very low-calorie diets
- There was an average weight gain of 0-5 kg (0-11 lbs)
- The women in these studies experienced a rebound effect after going off the diets, gaining much of the weight back
In weight loss as in other areas of life, shortcuts almost always end up adding even more distance between you and your goal. Think of the hiker who, exhausted, looks up at the mountain and thinks-why am I wasting all my time on these switchbacks when I could just go straight up and get there faster? Now, think of that same hiker, halfway up the mountain only to realize that the trail is nowhere to be found and the peak is unreachable by the path he's chosen. How much time will he spend backtracking and starting all over? Or maybe he's so lost, he can't find the trail now and will have to sit and wait for someone to find him. Or, maybe he won't even make it to the top now because it's getting dark.
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