Saturday, February 9, 2008

The Weight Loss Trap

The Weight Loss Trap
It is a well known fact that any type of market is based on
one premise, and that is the formula of supply and demand.
When people want something, rest assured that there will be
someone out there more than ready to provide that
something. Never has this been truer than in the weight
loss industry. It is an industry that is like a carnivorous
animal that feeds on people's desperation to lose weight
and to live healthy lives.

For each worthwhile and helpful solution that this industry
provides, there is someone who in equal measure will offer
a solution that provides answers which promise success but
in reality the results are often the opposite. The aim of
the creators of certain products is to make as much money
as possible, and as quickly as possible. That money comes
from you. You pay your money because you are manipulated
into believing the pictures that they paint for you.
Admittedly the pictures they paint can be very convincing,
however you must remember that they have to be convincing.

There are so many products promising to help you lose
weight, this is done by planting a vision in your head.
This vision will come from what they make you see, what
they make you read, and endorsements from people in their
pay. However many of the products on offer have at best a
minimal effect, and at worst are completely useless, or
even dangerous.

People who want a quick and easy way of losing weight fall
foul of the clever advertising and the hope that this may
well be the product that is going to get them to shed the
pounds. The funny thing is that at a deep level, the people
who buy these products already know that they will not
work. It is incredulous that sane intelligent people keep
falling into the same trap over and over again. Yet they
keep buying in the minuscule hope that perhaps this new
product will work for them.

Let us look at some of the products that have been touted
as being the next best thing that is going to change your
life by giving you the body that you crave:

Diet Pills:

The market is awash with hundreds of dieting pills. Each
one making claims on how wonderful they are, and all of
them claiming how much better they are compared to their
competitors. There are pills that are meant to suppress
your appetite. There are pills that claim to stop your body
from absorbing the fat that you eat. There are pills that
will apparently work on sections of your brain to prevent
cravings. The thing to remember is that anything that you
put into your body will have some sort of effect. This
effect can be positive or it can be negative. Anything that
claims to change the natural physiology of your body must
be treated with caution and researched prior to consumption.

Also keep in mind that if you have spent years of living an
unhealthy lifestyle and are overweight because of it, the
chances of regaining any health by popping a few pills for
a couple of months are pretty poor to say the least. Pills
are not going to make you toned or give you a six pack.
Only exercise is going to do that. Finally be very cautious
of pills that claim to come from a natural source. You know
what I mean; we have all seen the descriptions of how
certain pills have been extracted from some rare plant
which is only found on some remote mountain in Peru. If
this plant is so rare how can a company manage to produce
millions of pills? Remember that cocaine, marijuana, and
various poisons come from natural sources. That does not
make them safe or an effective aid to weight loss.

Slimming Creams:

There were and possibly still are certain creams that were
marketed as weight loss aids. The idea was that by rubbing
this cream on certain areas of your body would enable you
to reduce fat. This has to be one of the biggest frauds
seen anywhere in any industry. It is farcical to think that
anyone can lose weight by such a product, but people still
paid good money for such products. Weight loss occurs when
you are burning more calories than you are consuming, it is
that simple. Of course you would lose a couple of calories
by the very movement of your hand as you rub the cream on,
but calorie reduction at that rate would be equal to losing
one pound in around 3 years. Clearly not the most effective
aid to weight loss.

Slimming Suits/Pants:

These products are not even weight loss products but still
sell in their thousands. This product is just false
perception that fools other people into thinking that you
may be slimmer than you are. This doesn't solve a thing;
all it does is to hide the problem temporarily. These
products may also be dangerous and uncomfortable, they do
not let your skin breathe, and can lead to overheating and
dizziness. The only way to get rid of a problem is to deal
with it and not to try and cover it up.

If you want to lose weight you need to think of real
solutions, and you already know what they are. The problem
is that most people who want to lose weight do not want it
to have an impact on their lifestyles. However it is
probably those lifestyles that have caused the problem in
the first place. Change can be difficult, our bodies and
minds do not like change, and we are safe in our comfort
zones and our habits. The reality is that change only lasts
for a short time, because whenever we start doing something
different, it is only a matter of time before that becomes
normality for us, and that becomes our habit and comfort
zone. The hardest part of any change is making the decision
to do something and sticking to it. If you want to
seriously lose weight then it is time to get serious about
doing so, or you can carry on doing what you have been
doing, ending up with the same results that you have always
had.


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