If you’ve reached this page, you’re probably sick of dieting.
You’re probably sick of the restrictions, the rules, the constant stress about what to eat and when.
But in our culture, diets and weight loss are sold as an answer to everything. Want to date more? Go on a diet. Tendency to binge? Go on a diet. Family history of diabetes? Go on a diet.
But here are a few facts about dieting that will blow your mind:
- In 95% of cases, people who lose weight gain all of the weight back in 3-5 years (and 83% gain back more weight than they lost.
- Americans spent 60.9 billion dollars on diets and diet products last year. (That’s over $200 for each and every person living here.)
- Weight loss is not a cure for any disease.
Getting Started: How To Heal Your Relationship With Food & Your Body By Letting Go Of Dieting For Good!
- How To Breakup With Dieting — Breaking up is always hard to do, but I try to make it a little easier with this post.
- How Does Health At Every Size Compare To Dieting? (Breaking Down The Desire To Be Thinner — If you only read one post, this one should be it. Learn here how dieting stacks up against the Health At Every Size approach. (You may be shocked by what you read.)
- Are Diets And Disordered Eating Behaviors Really So Different? — Disordered eating in fatter folks is often praised, even if dangerously restrictive. Check it out and see what you think.
- Diet School Dropout — Trust me, you’ve been learning how to diet in diet school long enough. Here’s why dropping out of this kind of school is a great idea.
- Losing Weight To Fit In — Is It Worth It? — Sometimes it may seem like it would be so nice to be thin so you could fit in better. But is trying to lose weight to fit in really worth it? Learn how you can “fit out” and feel great in this post.
- The “I Did It, So You Can Too!” Phenomenon! — Every day, celebs and diet gurus tell us that they lost weight, so we can too! Check out this post if you want to hear the really important stuff that they’re not saying.
- One of my favorite resources on stopping dieting is my book, Stop Dieting Now: 25 Reasons To Stop, 25 Ways To Heal (also available for Kindle and Nook).
All of this may be hard to hear, and even harder to take in. I totally get that. But now that you know the truth, you can start to unravel some of the emotional and physical damage that dieting has caused you.
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If diets don’t work and weight loss is illusory 95% of the time, what do you do?
This is where I can help.
What you’re in need of is a big fat paradigm shift.
There is a wonderful, healing alternative to dieting, and it’s called Health At Every Size. In studies comparing it to typical weight loss methods, participants who used Health At Every Size principles had better overall health (better blood pressure, cholesterol and triglyceride numbers), less stress, and a more positive body image than dieters.
So I want to share with you something that I do in my practice every day — how you can apply Health At Every Size principles to your life so that you can be healthier, less stressed out, and feel great in your body.
Here are 7 of my favorite resources for learning to let go of dieting forever!
Source:- http://www.bodylovewellness.com/free/stop-dieting-101/
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