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We Don't Fail Diets; They Fail Us!
When your diet fails to keep the weight off, you may say to yourself, "If I could just exercise more often...If I just had more will power." The problem is not personal weakness or lack of will power. Only 5 percent of people who go on diets are successful. Please understand that we are not failing diets; diets are failing us.
The reason 95 percent of all traditional diets fail is simple. When you go on a low-calorie diet, your body thinks you are starving; it actually becomes more efficient at storing fat by slowing down your metabolism. When you stop this unrealistic eating plan, your metabolism is still slow and inefficient, and you gain the weight back even faster, even though you may still be eating less than you were before you went on the diet.
Losing the Low-Cal Battle
Low-calorie diets cause you to lose both muscle and fat in equal amounts. The common theory is that if you eat fewer calories than you burn, you will lose weight. But when you eat fewer calories than your body needs to maintain its life-sustaining activities, your body breaks down its own muscles to provide the needed energy for survival.
However, when you eventually gain back the weight, it is all fat and not muscle, causing your metabolism to slow down even more. Now you have extra weight, a less healthy body composition, and a less attractive physique.
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