12 Powerful Diet Myths & Diet Cons
that will change your life
Having researched diet myths and the diet cons of weight loss industry for the past 20 years, I can say with confidence that it's diet lies that keep us trapped in the clutches of diets and spending our hard-earned dollars on fad and bad diet products.
Diet lies abound but the one diet myth that leads to most others is this one:
broccoli + gym = thin = health.
What it should read is:
Body-wise eating + exercise fun + light thoughts + rest = FEELING VIBRANT, HAPPY AND HEALTHYWhen it comes to diet myths, here's what I know for sure: EVERY regulated diet that has 'weight loss' as its only goal, is just another fad diet! Gasp! Shock! Horror! Yes :) I know that's quite a claim to make...but read on dear reader and you'll discover information that will make you look at diets through completely new eyes.
Weight loss myths
what you want to know.... It's difficult to know where to start discussing diet myths perpetuated by a deceitful weight loss industry because there are so many. Health myths that are sadly often bought into and perpetuated by much of the medical profession. Some of the least healthy diets have been created by medical doctors for heaven's sake! Diet cons are also supported by the fashion industry (they have a lot to gain when we weight cycle between our fats and thins). You know....those closets that are bulging with your 'thin,' 'medium' and 'fat' clothes. Diet lies are also pushed by the beauty industry. It has big bucks invested in us having a low self esteem - the lower our self-esteem, the more products we buy. The more we think we can cover up our perceived blemishes.
We have been terrorized by diet myths into believing that thinness is the be-all and the end-all. It isn't. Thiness doesn't automatically = beauty, health and happiness. I know that because when I was a gorgeous 23-year old goddess (I can see that now) I was desperately unhappy and felt ugly. Why do we diet? But um....! Isn't being skinny the whole point? Isn't that what will make me desirable, sexy and healthy? Well that's sure what diet myths would have us believe. I can just hear that loud howl of protest in your head. If a diet only promises weight loss (especially dieting fads) don't do it, even if it's free. Read these 10 absolutely no negotiable points a diet has to pass in order to qualify as a 'diet that works.' And yes, I know that may sound pretty extreme but don't stop reading just yet - this is going to get good. These 12 powerful health lies are going to give you really great reasons to question the weight loss industry and finally to ditch diets and live light. Every person on diet is either doing it for 'health' or 'body beautiful' ('self-esteem help') reasons. The con is that thinness is apparently 'how to be happy.' I used to believe this too. Now though, I know better. But I was so easily conned by all those wonderfully alluring and oh-so-gee-whizz-fantastically-easy-sounding diet adverts. Most of advertisers claims are easily refutable with just a little bit of logic. But then whoever said there was ever anything logical about my desire to be thin and beautiful...I already was! I just had such a distorted body image that I couldn't see it.
Weight loss lie #1: The goal is weight loss Go to Weight Loss Advice: to find out why the goad HAS to be health gain and not weight loss.
Health myth #2: Thin is healthy - fat is bad Go to Obesity Research: to see why thin isn't always healthy - fat isn't always bad.
Diet myth #3: The goal is to change your body Go to Mind Makeover: to see why the focus has to be changing your mind rather than changing your body.
Weight loss lie #4: All you need is diet motivation Go to Diet Motivation: to see your lack of willpower isn't responsible for in the repeated failure of diets.
Diet lie #5: Focus on your body Go to High Self-Esteem: to see why making your body the point of focus isn't the way to do.
Weight loss industry con #6: Weight loss 'success' stories. To go Weight Loss Photos: to see why this is one of my favorite weight loss industry diet cons of all times.
Diet lie #7: Dieting reduces obesity. Got to Diets dont Work: to see how we are dieting ourselves fatter, not thinner! Yes...honestly!
Diet myth #8: Body composition. Got to Lose Weight Quick: to see how those lose weight quick diets change our body composition and slow down our metabolism.
Diet con #9: Attaining that 'ideal' body. Go to Ideal Body Weight: to see what qualifies as the ideal body - you may be surprised.
Diet lie #10: One size fits all. Go to One Size Fits All: to see why the one plan fits all approach doesn't and can't ever work.
Diet food myth #11: Fat-free, sugar-free products help weight loss. Go to Diet Foods to see how all those diet products keep us fat.
Health myth #12: 'Thin' is the major determiner of your health. Go to Thought Power: to see why I personally think this is probably the most dangerous diet con of all.... (this is fascinating!).
Living lightly in a joy-filled body is about stopping dieting, It's about freeing yourself from the diet mentality that insists dieting gets us a happy healthy body. It doesn't. It never has and it never will. Curious then about why there are diet ads on my site? Good!
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