Years ago, when I posted on a popular website that losing
weight was possible without exercise and that losing weight fast was good, it
was treated as heresy. I was advised to read other posts before posting.
Another
person posted that I did not know what I was talking about. A person with over 3000
posts in her profile suggested that my post should be ignored because I was trying
to create a buzz. Even though I posted what I believed in, and more important, what
worked for me, my message was not well received.
I understand that advocating losing weight without
high-priced diet products, personal trainers and expensive gym memberships was
not welcomed at that site. Many weight loss gurus like to emphasize long,
steady weight loss. While they were coaching you through this weight loss, they are also likely draining your bank account in a long, slow fashion, too.
Widely popular assumption that in order to lose weight
you must exercise has been the foundation of many weight-loss programs. The
advice to exercise more to lose weight is simply not realistic. Some find it
hard to accept but exercise isn't necessarily helping us lose weight. Even if
you exercised every day, in order to achieve any noticeable weight reduction,
you would have to do it for hours each day. Exercise is great for our physical
health and state of mind, but it has a disappointingly small effect on weight
loss.
While most weight loss "experts" still claim that losing
weight quickly is not sustainable, study after study show that shedding
weight fast leads to a greater weight loss and longer-term success of keeping
it off.
