Weight Loss and Money

Weight Loss and Money
Weight loss doesn't have to be expensive but combined many
of us spend a fortune each year in our quest to lose
weight. The reason we do this is quite simple. We are
always on the lookout for the next sure thing that is going
to act as a shortcut towards losing weight. The fact
remains that there are no real shortcuts towards weight
loss.

It takes time to lose weight, just as it took time to gain
weight. Nobody has ever gone to bed thin and woke up
overweight the next morning. It takes months or years for
people to become overweight but many of those people expect
to lose weight in a matter of weeks, and when this doesn't
happen they feel disappointed and give up trying.

Many industries that have sprung up around the issue of
weight loss, produce and try to sell products that are
claimed to be the holy grail of weight loss. The truth is
that no one product is going to achieve what it promises.
Successful weight loss is based on a combination of actions
which will include:

Eating smaller meals more frequently, replacing unhealthy
foods with healthy foods, being more active in your life,
having a varied exercise plan, changing the way that you
think of yourself.

Unfortunately people hang on to the small hope that the
next miracle product will help them to lose weight. They
buy it then when they realise that it is not working for
them,then what do they do? They wait for the next product
to appear, and they continue to follow the same process
again and again.

Deep down most people will know what they have to do to
lose weight, but on the whole they tend to ignore this
knowledge, and while they keep doing this, they will keep
failing. If there was one particular product that could
guarantee the results it promised, then everyone would use
it and weight issues would not be a problem. However there
is no such thing as a miracle weight loss product that is
going to work for the majority of people.

Let us look at 2 types of products which are basically
money making machines for the people that produce and sell
them.

Fitness DVDs

The industry of fitness DVDs is huge. Celebrities release
or endorse them with promises of helping you to get the
type of body that you have always dreamed of. They tell you
that a certain method of exercising has helped them to get
the bodies that they have, and now you too can get the same
body by buying their DVDs. Admittedly many of the exercises
on these types of products can be beneficial, but that is
not the whole story.

Don't fall into the trap of thinking that these people look
the way that they do because of the product that they are
trying to sell you, because they don't.

Remember that they can afford to hire the best personal
trainers to help them achieve their goals.

Remember that they can afford to buy the healthiest foods.

Remember that they can afford to have their homes equipped
with professional gym equipment.

Remember that the main reason that they initially became
celebrities was because they already were beautiful and had
great bodies. Not all of us are fortunate enough to have
great genetics.

Remember that if all else fails, they have the money to pay
for all their fat to be sucked out of them through medical
procedures.

Buying some celebrity's DVD is not going to guarantee to
give you the body that they have unless you fall into the
majority of the above.

Another thing to keep in mind is why do celebrities make
and endorse these types of products?

Do they really want to help people who are desperate to
lose weight? Did they suddenly get this selfless thought
during an expensive facial? Do they really want to make
life better for you? Do they know you? Do they care about
you?

My guess is that most of these celebrities make these
products to make life even better for themselves by
persuading you to give them your money. Perhaps I am being
too cynical; perhaps they do genuinely care about your
welfare. I know! after purchasing one of their products try
contacting them personally. Ask for some advice on exercise
or weight loss. I'm sure they would be more than happy to
help you; after all they do want to help you. They tell you
as much on their DVD.

Exercise products

More people waste money on exercise gadgets than anything
else. People see the adverts, the persuasive hard sell, and
the selfless endorsements. Before you know what's happened,
you have swiped out your credit card and placed your order.
You wait religiously for 28 days for your product to
arrive. You have visions about how great you are going to
look after using this product.

The reality is very different to your visions. The reality
is that you will use the product a few times, realise that
it's harder than you thought, and you will hide it away in
some dark corner so you don't have to be reminded of how
much money you have wasted.

Have you ever noticed how well muscled and toned the people
in the adverts are? Did these people really get 18in arms
by pulling a few cables 5 minutes a day? Did these people
really get toned and tanned bodies just from the product
that they are using?

Of course there are other people on these advertisements
who used to be overweight and are now slim. They imply that
their results came directly from the product. Did they
achieve what they did without changing their diets and
lifestyles? Why would these people say that they owed their
success to a particular product?

If you had lost a lot of weight and someone told you that
they would give you a couple of thousand bucks if you said
your weight loss was a result of their product, would you
refuse? I know that I wouldn't.

The fact is that people can be persuaded to buy anything
through clever advertising. The most important thing that
you have to keep in mind is no product is going to make you
lose weight, only you can do that. Any product is only
going to be a part of a weight loss plan. The most
important parts of any weight loss plan are going to be
motivation, commitment, determination, and perseverance.
Focus on these 4 factors and you will lose weight. Without
these 4 factors you will not.

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