Does the Hollywood Diet work?
Friday, September 26th, 2008Well, it depends on what your definition of “work” is. As most of us already know, the ONLY way to lose weight is to create a calorie deficit. We have to use up more calories than we consume.
That leaves us with two choices: Diet and weight loss products that “work” by helping with creating a calorie deficit- and those that will never work because they don’t do anything. Let’s get started with diet pills, then move on to popular diet plans. So do diet pills work? Again, it depends. Some are powerful stimulants that will artificially boost your metabolism and suppress your appetite. Others are nothing more than a mix of fiber or useless herbs, these are the ones that don’t do anything- except lighten you wallet. However, an appetite suppressant wil help you create a calorie deficit, if it’s powerful enough.
So bottom line, do diet drugs really work for weight loss? Only if you like the idea of being constantly filled with powerful stimulants for weeks or months. I would encourage you to research some of the side effects of powerful stimulants. Then you have to ask yourself this question: If I did not keep the weight off before I went on that stimulant pill, why would I be able to keep weight off after I stopped using it? Something to honestly think about.
Next, does ANY popular diet or weight loss plan really work- permanently?
For example, does the South Beach Diet REALLY work? If it creates a calorie deficit for you, yes it can work. You will loose weight.
However…
Extensive research from UCLA has shown that people on popular did lose weight, but within 2 years 83% had gained back more weight than lost. Their research determined people who did not go on a diet, were better off from a health standpoint than those who did.
If you need more proof, just look at the facts: Nearly two out of three Americans are overweight or obese while spending 40 billion dollars annually on fat loss products. Think about that, if any advertised diet plan worked permanently- would so many people still be overweight?
So rather than ask yourself: Does the South Beach Diet really work? Does the Hollywood Diet work? Does any fad diet really work? Or do crash diets really work? Ask yourself: How can I permanently lose weight?
If you answered “I need to create a small daily calorie deficit,” you’ve taken the first step towards becoming a weight loss success story. Burning off more calories than consumed can only happen one way: You have to change your past weight gain habits over to better weight loss habits.
If you can do that totally on your own, that’s awesome. If you can’t, there are books that can help. I failed at losing weight for 30 years. Over those 30 years, I lost and gained back over 300 pounds. I tried a fews diet shortcuts. And yes, I wondered; do weight loss pills or fad diets really work? I was temped to see if there was a shortcut to burn off fat.
In the end, the only weight loss “system” that worked for me was the one I put together myself with the help of an e-manual called New Body New Life. It taught me how to recognize my weight gain habits, and most importantly, it taught me how to change them over to weight loss habits.
As I said, if you can recognize and change your habits on your own, that’s all you need to do for permanent weight loss. The amount of time and money you’ll save by avoiding diet pills will be tremendous.
On a VERY interesting side point, when you change those habits, it will give you the self discipline to do whatever else you put your mind to. So even if some diet pill like Alli really did work- it can’t give you what changing your habits does:
A whole new level of self respect, confidence, and discipline. And most important the knowledge of how to keep weight off for the rest of your life.