Do Extreme Weight Loss Diets Work?

There are many diets on the market today. Some are tried and true (Mediterranean diet, South Beach diet and Fit for Life) and some are fads (Lemonade diet, Tapeworm diet, Cabbage soup diet). Some deliver desired results and some set the dieter up for his/her next failure.
Diet is undoubtedly the first place most people begin their extreme weight loss experience. It is an easy place to start but tough place to stay abreast of. This is a proven fact and one of the main reasons many diets never make it while diet plans such as Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and the 6Week Body Makeover do. There are definitely more dieters who cannot make it alone than can.
Most dieters can make good progress when they are dieting with a partner, or have a councilor, or have a sponsor they can call when they feel they cannot make it through the meal with just one helping or the night without a snack. It has also been proven that they do better when someone they can identify has paved the way before them (favorite sports hero, celebrity favorite, etc.).
This is also true with exercise programs, machines that offer resistance or help to tone the muscles. For those who have experienced extreme weight loss exercise is important. If you have ever met a person with sagging arm skin or belly fat you will understand the significance of exercise while dieting. Resistance training, weightlifting and/or machines tone the body—particularly the parts that are normally exercised the least, while aerobic exercises burn fat.
Resistance exercise works because as the dieter trains small amounts of damage occur to the muscle fibers. As the body sets about to repair itself it uses large amounts of energy over the next few days. When you burn calories during a vascular exercise workout that is being coupled with a good diet emphasizing fruits and vegetables as its foundation weight falls off at a quick rate.
Add to the diet whole grains, low fat poultry and fish choices, nuts and seeds in order for the colon to function properly and the progress will be remarkable. With this type of extreme weight loss you have a better chance of keeping the weight off as well as it has involved a lifestyle change—a commitment to health that just happens to involve weight loss as a side effect.
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