Title: Why do diets fail? | Psychology of Weight Loss - Sharecare
Headings: Why do diets fail?
Why do diets fail?
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Margaret Floyd
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Joel H. Fuhrman, MD
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Content: And this can become a vicious cycle because we often tell our selfs, "next time I will try harder" or "next time I am going to do better" But ultimately it is not us, it's the diet. There is no one size fits all diet, we need to adopt lifestyle changes we can do today and 20 years from today. Here's an example: A diet might say you can only drink skim milk and you like whole milk. That is a pretty drastic change, that might only last a week and then we return to our old habits. A lifestyle style change might be a smaller step like trying 2% milk that you might be more likely to stick to longer and once that change becomes a habit, you might even be willing to try 1% The idea is that even though it is not skim milk some change is better than no change. Kelly Currier
Nutrition & Dietetics
The problem with dieting is that it is usually unrealistic to maintain diet restrictions long term. Many people are successful temporarily, but then realize that they do not want to follow this "diet" for the rest of their lives. It is much more effective, even though the results are not seen as quickly, to make small, lifestyle changes that you can stick with for life. Remember, the weight did not come on over night and will not leave that quickly either.