Surely more than once you’ve asked yourself: why don’t diets work? Even when you follow everything to the letter and the scale doesn’t move. However, there are several factors that might be working against you, which is why I suggest you read this article.
It has been shown that about 70% of women and 30% of men have gone on a diet at some point in their lives, doing everything possible to lose weight. It works for some, but for most, the results don’t show or only last a short time—and then they gain back even more weight than before. So why don’t diets work?
Reasons why diets don’t work
Diets are difficult to follow. It’s very likely that we have to give up many of our eating habits when on one. This drastic change is supposedly key to success, yet no one can stay away from the foods they love for long. This radical change creates stress, which is a negative factor in weight loss. For someone who is unhappy and stressed, it’s nearly impossible to lose weight. Another threat to good nutrition is the social environment. When dieting, it’s very difficult to go out with friends or family and not feel tempted by alcohol or dessert that everyone else is enjoying. Avoiding social outings doesn’t seem like a good long-term solution either.
No matter how strong your willpower is, it’s likely that at a weak moment you’ll give in and lose that internal battle to stay on the diet. Another reason why diets fail is that after losing a few kilos, we feel less motivated to continue the difficult and restrictive journey, forgetting our commitment to long-term behavioral change.
Dieting doesn’t solve the problem of emotional eating. In fact, it can worsen it—causing depression and becoming another reason for overeating.
Because of all the reasons mentioned above, diets don’t work. What we really need is a “non-diet” diet. That is, a diet that doesn’t radically change our eating habits, but instead allows us to continue eating what we’re used to with small, gradual adjustments that we barely notice.
An example might be switching from whole milk to skim milk, drinking diet sodas, baking instead of frying, or swapping white bread for whole grain. These small changes can be more beneficial than we think—and we won’t instantly feel like we’re “on a diet.”
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