| > | | | | Weight ForWho are you really trying to please or |
| America's tragic 96% weight loss failure rate is due | | | | impress by losing weight? The only acceptable person |
| to widespread misunderstanding about what works, | | | | to lose weight for is you. If your goal is to please or |
| what doesn't, and why. This is also why we gain | | | | impress anyone else, you are already in trouble. |
| back a heartbreaking 95% of the pounds we | | | | Getting to your healthiest weight is one thing in life |
| manage to lose. Here are 10 guidelines to get your | | | | that really should be "all about you. |
| weight loss program on the right track! A major new | | | | "Commandment #6. Get Your Whole Being |
| clinical research study, involving more than 14,000 | | | | Involved"Body-only" or "food-oriented" weight loss |
| people and spanning some 16 years, has allowed us | | | | approaches are doomed from the start. For lasting |
| to identify what does--and what definitely does | | | | weight loss, you must involve your "whole" being -- |
| not--lead to safe, struggle-free, lasting weight loss. As | | | | your body, mind, and spirit. See weight loss success |
| a result, we now know "The 10 Commandments Of | | | | as a 3-legged stool. If even one leg is missing, the |
| Weight Loss Success. | | | | stool will collapse--no matter how sturdy the other |
| "Commandment #1: Get The Facts Before You | | | | two legs are. To succeed, you must involve and align |
| Act!Be certain that whatever you do is based on real | | | | all three aspects of yourself toward your weight loss |
| data, not on hype and wild claims. Recent research | | | | goals. |
| has revealed a wealth of new insights into what | | | | Commandment #7. Be Very Careful What You Put In |
| works--and what doesn't. Some prime examples: | | | | Your MouthDiet drugs, pills, and "metabolizers" are, at |
| - An astonishing 96% of weight loss attempts fail. | | | | best short-term fixes. At worst, they can be deadly. |
| - We gain back a tragic 95% of all the pounds we | | | | Weight loss pills not only breed dependency, but the |
| lose. | | | | minute you stop, you "Yo-Yo" back to your original |
| - Dieting is worse than useless. It's counterproductive. | | | | weight--or higher. |
| - Relying on will power often leads to weight gain. | | | | And just because something is "natural" doesn't mean |
| - Most of the reasons we're overweight have nothing | | | | it's healthy. Nature is full of things that can kill humans |
| to do with food or diet. | | | | and other animals. (Amazon tribes count on |
| - But, not being aware of these simple truths, people | | | | it!)Commandment #8. Have A Realistic Time |
| turn to food-based approaches like dieting--and fail by | | | | FrameTrying to lose more than 1-2 pounds per week |
| the millions. | | | | sets you up to get sick, to fail, to be miserable, and |
| Commandment #2. Set Realistic Weight Loss Goals. | | | | probably all of the above. "Losing 10 pounds in 2 |
| Your "target weight" must be based in reality, not | | | | days" is very unlikely and very unhealthy. You didn't |
| fantasy. If you're trying to look like Barbie or Ken (or | | | | put on your unwanted pounds in a hurry. Don't try to |
| Pamela Anderson or "Arnold,") you are in | | | | take them off that way. |
| Fantasyland--and in danger as well. Make your goal to | | | | Commandment #9. You MUST "Tune Up" Your Colon |
| be healthy...not "perfect. | | | | For Long-Term HealthPoor colon function is epidemic, |
| "Commandment #3. Beware Diet Industry "Solutions. | | | | dangerous, and is a primary factor in excess weight. |
| "Failed diets cause tremendous amounts of | | | | Too little exercise, too much protein, fat, sugar, salt, |
| unnecessary suffering. Yet we still turn to dieting and | | | | alcohol, nicotine, and not much fiber adds up to lousy |
| other heavily-promoted "solutions" because the Diet | | | | colon function--causing discomfort, sluggish digestion, |
| Industry still pushes them relentlessly. Climbing out | | | | poor nutrient assimilation, heartburn, gas, allergies, |
| from under their avalanche of misinformation is | | | | even cancer. |
| "Weight Loss Job #1. | | | | Fortunately, colon function is easy, inexpensive (and |
| "Commandment #4. Understand That Weight Loss | | | | very rewarding) to correct. (For more details about |
| Success Is NOT About FoodBeing overweight is | | | | the crucial importance of colon health, please read |
| actually not "the problem," but a physical symptom of | | | | the article here, or send an e mail to )Commandment |
| a non-physical problem. In other words, the excess | | | | #10. See Effort and Struggle As "Red Flags"Fact: |
| weight you can see is only a symptom of a problem | | | | Nearly everyone who stays at their target weight |
| you can't see. We fail because we can't solve | | | | year after year uses a proven "success recipe" that |
| problems by attacking symptoms, but only by dealing | | | | makes success struggle-free and virtually effortless. |
| with the real, root causes of obesity. | | | | Only a few researchers are aware of this. And you |
| Commandment #5. Know Who You Are Losing | | | | can be sure you won't hear it from the Diet Industry. |