ival setting. This causes your body to store fat, because your body thinks food won't be coming very often, so it needs to store whatever it gets. Another added effect of a diet is that your body's metabEach and every day it seems like a new diet pops up. For the most part, they are fads, although some diet plans last longer than others. But what happens with nearly every diet is that people realize, in the long run, that the diet simply doesn't work.

Sure, you can lose a few pounds at first with these diets. But what happens a few months down the road? More often than not, you gain back all of the weight (or you even gain back more than you lost originally). It's something of a yo-yo effect. The cause of it is often that diets force you to deprive yourself of something. In the short term, that works. But in the long run, it is counter-productive.

Your body does not react well to the typical diet, which usually involves some form of starvation. When you starve your body, it goes into a survival setting. This causes your body to store fat, because your body thinks food won't be coming very often, so it needs to store whatever it gets. Another added effect of a diet is that your body's metabo

the long run, that the diet simply doesn't work.

Sure, you can lose a few pounds at first with these diets. But what happens a few months down the road? More often than not, you gain back all of the weight (or you even gain back more than you lost originally). It's something of a yo-yo effect. The cause of it is often that diets force you to deprive yourself of something. In the short term, that works. But in the long run, it is counter-productive.

Your body does not react well to the typical diet, which usually involves some form of starvation. When you starve your body, it goes into a survival setting. This causes your body to store fat, because your body thinks food won't be coming very often, so it needs to store whatever it gets. Another added effect of a diet is that your body's metab

e weight (or you even gain back more than you lost originally). It's something of a yo-yo effect. The cause of it is often that diets force you to deprive yourself of something. In the short term, that works. But in the long run, it is counter-productive.

Your body does not react well to the typical diet, which usually involves some form of starvation. When you starve your body, it goes into a survival setting. This causes your body to store fat, because your body thinks food won't be coming very often, so it needs to store whatever it gets. Another added effect of a diet is that your body's metab

orks. But in the long run, it is counter-productive.

Your body does not react well to the typical diet, which usually involves some form of starvation. When you starve your body, it goes into a survival setting. This causes your body to store fat, because your body thinks food won't be coming very often, so it needs to store whatever it gets. Another added effect of a diet is that your body's metab

ival setting. This causes your body to store fat, because your body thinks food won't be coming very often, so it needs to store whatever it gets. Another added effect of a diet is that your body's metabolism slows down, making it that much harder for you to burn calories (and that fat that you are building up). Diets also starve your muscle, which causes you to lose any toned look you have and also causes your body to burn fewer calories (having muscle causes your body to burn calories).

So what's the solution?

Well, the answer itself is simple. But it is not an answer that most people like. The solution involves two things: one eating healthy foods and exercising regularly. You don't have to starve yourself or eat foods without flavor. And you don't have to train like an Olympic athlete.

Eat natural foods and get some exercise. If you sit on the couch and watch television each night, mixing in some sit ups during commercial breaks might be a good start. Better yet wo