Why Dieting Doesn’t Work

Being overweight and overeating are symptoms of the real problem, which is usually some sort of deeper feeling of frustration, sadness, loneliness, or pain. Most rapid weight loss products and methods only temporarily address the weight issue, and leave the underlying causes of overeating unadressed. Hence, you see the yo yo syndrome of losing and gaining the same 10 pounds over and over again.

Each diet has a list of “allowed” foods and the ones that aren’t allowed. Depending on the diet, some seemingly normal foods, including some fruits and vegetables, may or may not be allowed. Along with this, some of a dieter’s favorite foods may also not be allowed. Besides that, a deprived body brings about high-sugar, high-carb, and high-fat cravings and soon or later dieters succumb to them and binge. The human body craves what is forbidden which makes following this course in the long term very difficult.

This in itself, proves that dieting is just a temporary solution. There are more proofs left and right. A lot of people do not have a problem with the temporary aspect of diets because they mistakenly believe that once they lose the weight, that will be the end of it. Unfortunately, with little or no guidance on how to modify their eating habits for life, most dieters quickly gain their original weight back, and then some.

That is why the Best Life Diet program from Bob Greene is a breath of fresh air. It is coined a “diet” but is hardly just that - it is a whole system designed to improving your lifestyle and losing weight along with it. Natural weight, health, and beauty will come naturally as we tune into our own bodies and minds and start living life in harmony with ourselves, rather than creating internal conflicts. Only through a genuine relationship with ourselves and food can we achieve a healthy body, a healthy life, happiness, energy, and peace with food.

Bob Greene tries to achieve just that with the Best Life Diet program. It is a fitness and nutrition program that takes you through a 3 phase program. The phased approach helps with gradually adjusting your mindset and habits. The first phase focuses on developing good habits like eating 3 meals a day, increasing exercise activity, and taking vitamins. The second phase guides you towards making healthier food choices, dealing with hunger, and losing weight more aggressively than the first phase. The last phase of the Best Life Diet is called the lifestyle phase and provides eating and exercising ideas that you can continue on for the rest of your life. Bob Greene tries to solve the problems that exist with conventional diets and present them in an easy to apply way.