Archive for October 24th, 2007

Fighting Obesity / Why Dieting Sometimes Doesn’t Work?

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Losing weight is an enormous problem. It’s a gargantuan task to overcome. Obesity goes perennial and you see obese people in every walks of life. It’s mystifying that even in developing countries are not spared. Is there anything in finding it difficult to lose weight? Aside from a self imposed will in losing weight, what other factors contribute to lose weight failure? Hence, let’s examine some of them:

1) Over Compensation- A diet expert has observed that dieters tend to compensate after a weight loss regimen after most of them experienced a sensation of intense hunger and responded to it by eating at least as much before the diet has started. As a rule, any diet that has resulted in a loss of couple of pounds in the first week or two will result in the gain of the same amount a few months later after the diet has ended.

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