Weight Loss Deception

[dixiechick]

TweetWeight Loss Deception
By Karen Sessions NSCA-CPT
MsFit

Lose 30 pounds in a month with only 12 minutes of exercise a day! Delicious Low-Carb Cookies! Rid belly fat in just 30 days! And last but certainly not least. Snickers® has come out with their version of a "health bar."

Miracle in a Bottle

Fat loss creams, amazing diet pills, weight loss patches, and body wrap ads plague the community today. If such magical formulas actually worked, why are so many still trying to lose weight? Why is obesity still on the rise? Perhaps this magic that's being dazzled before your eyes is just an illusion. Little seeds they are planting into your subconscious in hopes that you will believe and buy into. I'm blowing the whistle on all this nonsense. I know how the trick works and I'm telling!

So why are so many people willing to dish out dollar after dollar to the latest "breakthrough miracle" that drops body fat faster than you can change the channel? It's Simple. It's what you want to hear. They are feeding into your hopes, dreams, and desires. WAKE UP! You already know what I am about to tell you, so I'm just rehashing my latest preaching. You cannot safely or effectively lose weight as fast as these bogus ads and advertisements claim. If so, I am sure the government would have their hand in it, or worse, it would be prescribed.

It really saddens me to see an overweight person in Wal-Mart buying cases of "diet shakes" laden with sugar. But does it really matter if their shopping cart is filled with carb-free cookies, boxed pasta, pre-packaged processed meat? It's an all or nothing process. Either give it 100% or wait until you can.

Weight loss is about a committed lifestyle of healthy eating and physical activity. Misleading ads promising cheap and fast cures with outrageous claims on supplements, devices, and drugs will leave you disappointed with no fat loss.

Things that should bring up a red flag are:

o Lose 10 pounds in a week
o No diet or exercise required
o Rapid weight loss
o Eat all you want and still lose weight
o Two-day diet
o Immediate weight loss
o Clinically Tested
o Doctor Approved
o Doctor Endorsed
o Clinically Respected
o Clinically Recommended

Deception does not address the weight problem, nor does it accomplish anything. I think all the weight loss fraud has made the nation's health worse as a whole, as well as being out of shape. Misleading ads are steering people from proven methods to quick fix tactics.

True weight loss is a reduction in body fat and muscle retention or building. Get the facts on nutrition and exercise, and learn how to take weight off and keep it off, the right way.


Start a Journal to Chart Your Success!

One way to help ensure weight loss control and success is to journal your nutrition and exercise daily. Get support on an online support group, such as a fitness forum.

[Dzone]

TweetIts criminal giving false hope to people who are struggling and discouraged. Expoliting obese people for financial gain

[TheChosen1]

TweetYou mentioned Snickers in your thread. Funny thing, I began noticing the new packages on the Payday bars that say "4 grams of protein". It fails to mention the sugar, carbs, and loads of fats.

The greatest deception that pisses me off is McDonald's. Notice that everything that they come out with that's healthy, they have to add something fattening to it. Fruit-n-Yogurt parfait w/granola on top. All white chicken McNuggets, which has the same amount of fats and calories as the original ones.

What's up with that?

[dixiechick]

TweetYour right TC1 Snickers isn't the only one pulling that crap. 3 Musketeer bar are trying to promote themselves as "lighter" or less fat. The yogurt industry is really miss leading people. Yogurt isn't unhealthly... great source of calcium, yes... but as a weight loss product, please! It's full of simple sugars!

[Dzone]

TweetEverybody wants the easy way. I had a lady here who said she is going on a cruise this spring and asked me how she can lose 20 pounds in a month. Then she commenced to telling me she already had an appointment for liposuction...I was tempted to tell her she was going to have saggy skin that will look worse than fat. Oh well,.,aint fat a beeeitch

[Michelle Hayden]

TweetIf you shop the regular grocier, go outer and that is where most of the unprocessed foods are. The more inward you go the more processed the food items. I heard this along time ago, and its true. Best to really read the ingredients.