THOUGHT ABOUT RESTRICTIVE DIETING
Why I think it's essential that we work on listening to our hunger and fullness cues to decide how much we eat.
A lot of bad information is available about health, wellness, and weight loss.
Studies indicate that diets have an extremely high rate of failure, with many individuals gaining back all, if not more, of the weight they lost while dieting.
Diets that impose physiological and psychological restrictions are difficult, if not impossible, to adhere to
The Minnesota Starvation Experiment illustrates restriction's short-term and long-term effects, including decreased strength and stamina, energy loss, slowed metabolism, preoccupation with food, irritability, anxiety, and depression.
When individuals stop restricting their food intake, it is common to experience overeating, similar to gasping for air after being submerged in water.
Many commercial diets are designed to create lifetime customers
The dieters are not failing the diets. The diets are failing the dieters.
Many of us have repeated the dieting cycle again and again. I think it's time to consciously decide to address the underlying issues that lead to continuous dieting.
http://www.epi.umn.edu/cvdepi/video/the-minnesota-semistarvation-experiment/