 What Are Successful Weight Loss People Doing?
Around the world people are making the necessary changes and they're losing weight and this is how they're doing it: By obeying the natural laws of health. These successful weight loss people have learned what science has been telling us for quite some time - successful weight loss comes from adopting healthy lifestyle habits.
If there's one thing that's certain, it's that unhealthy weight loss using stimulants, extreme diets, or with low calorie but nutrient-deficient processed foods (such as with Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers) will ultimately produce an unhealthy person as a result. Yes, the person may weigh less (for a while maybe), but they're not a healthy person.
These successful weight loss people have also learned that there are no quick fixes when it comes to weight loss. When something is labeled a 'weight loss diet', it's deceiving - there's only healthy lifestyles, healthy choices, and healthy eating habits. There are no magic pills, magic machines, or magic food; actually, there is one group of foods that could be called magical - see Key #5 in Healthy Weight Loss - 10 Keys to Success, a 30 page free report detailing evidence-based lifestyle implementation strategies (it's on the right side of this page).
You are now one of those people starting today. It's simple and it makes perfect sense - I know you can do it! If you're excited, you should be - you've taken the most important first step to your commitment by making up your mind - congratulations!
Think First About Getting Healthy
It's important to understand that being overweight is a sign of being unhealthy. When someone is overweight, it doesn't mean they are bad or wrong; but it does mean they are unhealthy. That fact is undeniable. It is so important to understand that being overweight is a major threat to your health - it leads directly to cardiovascular disease (atherosclerosis, hypertension, heart attacks and strokes), cancer, diabetes, senile dementia diseases (Alzheimer's and Parkinson's), autoimmune diseases, arthritis and inflammatory diseases. Sadly, most people don't (or won't, because of denial) make the association of being overweight with being unhealthy.
The Consequences of Being Overweight
I'm very happy that you are now on the path toward your desired goal. If you don't take this seriously it will have catastrophic consequences (not can or might – it will). That's because being overweight is sure sign of being unhealthy and always leads to disease. The risk for all diseases is higher for people who are overweight; actually, research shows that being overweight is the main cause of chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and senile dementia. As such, these are all lifestyle diseases.
• 60% of American adults and 35% of children are obese
• 1 out of every 2 people will die from heart disease
• 1 out of every 3 people will die from cancer
• 1 out of every four Americans will develop diabetes
• 80% of diabetes is related to obesity
• The incidence of hypertension (high blood pressure) is 90% for Americans
Start With The Right Question
If we don’t ask the right question, we won’t get the right answers. Going back to the original concept that being overweight is a symptom of being unhealthy, the first question you must start with when addressing being overweight must be: Why am I unhealthy? (not, 'Why am I overweight?') Another way to phrase this would be: What lifestyle behaviors am I currently engaging in that are causing me to be unhealthy (and overweight)?
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