Weight Management Secrets That My Mother Never Told Me

There have been endless numbers of fad diets over the years, each one promising to free you from the bulge. You see numerous infomercials on the next so called proven weight loss strategy such as diet programs, supplements, and fitness equipment. In fact, there are certain companies that claim their product will just strip fat off of you simply by taking their supplement and going to sleep.

I must say that I have seen some pretty absurd claims by companies over the years. There have even been many authors who have written about weight loss that preach their strategy is the only true solution to weight loss and permanent weight management. Most of you are aware of the weight loss networks that lure you into believing that by following their diet regimens, you will be free of your weight management issues forever.

There are also those fancy gadgets that claim fat will just burn away simply by using them minutes a day. Well, I must say again, that although these claims all sound very promising, they hold little or no true validity. I am aware that some of these products, supplements, and regimens may have worked for some people, however, I have yet to see or hear of a high number of consumers who experienced permanent weight loss.

In fact, if any of these so-called weight loss solutions worked permanently and on a grand scale, then we would not have the high percentage of overweight people in this country that we do. A point worth noting is that the United States has the highest percentage of overweight people among the industrialized nations. Things that make you go hmmm?

The topic of fat has gotten much scrutiny over the last decade. A few years back I could remember seeing many commercials all marketing their products as fat free and very low fat. I also remember walking down the isles in grocery stores and seeing the vast number of products flashing Fat Free and Low Fat bold prints on their package. It seemed that people would buy these products in large quantities because they wouldn't feel as guilty eating them compared to the regular food product.

If you have taken notice in the past few years, you no longer see the mass marketing of these products. Do you want to know why? It is because people have used these products extensively in the hopes that they wouldn't put on the weight and yet they still did. These people thought if the label says fat-free, then they could eat a fair portion and not have to worry about weight gain. This is a misconception and a total lack of truth that has been distributed by the government and the media. Even though these fat- free products contain no fat in them, they still have calories, sugar, carbohydrates, which an excess of any of these can cause weight gain.

However, all things aside, the real issue behind obesity and weight gain has only an indirect link to food, calories, and fat. Fat is not the enemy of your weight issues. You have been programmed to believe that fat is the cause of your weight gain over and over. This is simply not true for everyone.

Your body needs fat for survival and fat is also a good source of energy contrary to what most doctors and nutritionists would tell you. In fact, fat is very important to your overall health. The main issue is not fat in and of itself, but rather the types of fat that most people ingest on a regular basis. My point being that just because a food item has a lot of fat in it does not mean that you will gain weight if you eat it.

Have you ever wondered why diets, pills and any other weight loss strategies never offer a permanent solution to weight management? Why is there no true answer at tackling the weight issue in this country? Is being overweight just a matter of circumstance or genetics?

What if I told you that there is a permanent weight management solution for people who are obese or unable to lose weight easily? What if I also told you that the real cause of your weight gain is not food directly? Excess body weight is only a signal of deeper underlying factors.

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