Diet And Exercise Plan --

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Why do diet and exercise plans fail?

Have you had trouble losing weight? Diets that don't work? Exercise without results?

BEFORE starting another diet... BEFORE picking an exercise program...

Stop and find an answer to this question:

What are the parts of a diet and exercise plan that you know will work every time?

Predictable results

There must some things that you know you can count on to get results.

You know what I mean -- the things that work for sure. That work every time. That you can always count on. Right?

Whatever it is -- when you decide it's time to lose some weight you turn to it again.

Maybe it's the grapefruit diet. Or Atkins. Or cabbage soup. Or whatever. It worked before. So you do it again.

Still overweight?

I had a woman in my office the other day. She had recently developed diabetes.

She was concerned about her high blood pressure. And her cholesterol. And her weight.

She weighs 265 pounds (120 kg), and she is only 5 feet 2 inches (160 cm) tall.

And do you know what she told me? She said, "I don't have any trouble losing weight."

No trouble losing weight

She told me that she can always lose weight. That she doesn't have any trouble losing weight. That she can always take weight off very fast.

This poor woman:

• is twice her ideal weight,
• and now has diabetes
• and high blood pressure
• high cholesterol
• and sadly enough is at risk for worsening health and early death.

Lost and blind

They call it "the elephant in the room." It's the thing that is there but you can't see it. And until you see it and figure out what to do about it, you're at risk.

She's physically falling apart. She's going to get much worse if something doesn't change. And she's convinced that she can lose weight easily.

Why? Because a diet worked in the past. She lost weight.

And now she thinks that she knows what works. She's sure that she knows what diet and exercise plan will work.

Never ending diet

She thinks all she needs to do is do the same diet she used last time...

Which is the same diet that she used to take off 45 pounds the year before...

And the one that worked so well the year before that.

When the solution becomes the problem

Now, you could just say, "Well, her diet just didn't work." But it's worse than that.

This is closer to the truth: Whatever she's doing to lose weight is actually making her gain weight.

The more she tries her "diet", the heavier she gets.

What's the evidence?

• If you gain weight after a diet, was the diet effective?
• If you have diabetes from being overweight, is your diet working?
• If your weight causes high blood pressure, did your diet and exercise plan do what it should?
• If your cholesterol shoots through the roof, are you eating the right things?

Fresh eyes

There is a way out of that trap, the trap of doing "what worked before."

It requires taking a fresh look at what you're going to do to lose weight. Don't accept anything at face value. Require some proof.

Whatever it is -- whether a favorite diet or an exercise routine -- make it prove itself this time.

Escape from the treadmill

Ask yourself, "Why am I doing what I'm doing?"

Don't just keep plugging away on the treadmill -- week after hopeless week -- in the "fat burning zone."

Don't just do the "miracle diet" again this year.

Search. Investigate. Experiment. Settle only for what helps you lose weight -- achieving your goal weight -- and keeps you stable and healthy.

In other words, expect results. And don't settle for anything less.

When you're ready for results...

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