Yo-yo dieting is a term that describes someone who is
constantly going on and off various diets. They lose some weight, return to
normal eating and then go another diet and start the roller coaster all over
again. This is just what the diet
industry hopes for because one of the main stays of their success is the yo-yo
dieter.
The truth is, diets and the entire diet industry is flawed,
because diets don't work, they are a temporary solution, a band aid that rarely
addresses the core issues. Ultimately, the goal should be to focus on a weight
loss plan that encourages permanent lifestyle changes that will result in a fit
and healthy body forever.
Terms like “I'm going on a diet” or “I can't wait to get off
my diet to eat that cake” and others support the fact that diets are just
temporary states for people who might lose some weight, but in the end will
just go back to “regular” eating, regain the weight and then some and then look
for an all new diet that “will work this time.”
Fascinating Diet Statistics
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68% of adult Americans are overweight
or obese.
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Americans spend $60 billion on various
weight loss programs each year.
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$95 Billion is the annual revenue of
the U.S. weight-loss industry, this includes, weight loss surgeries, diet books,
diet programs and diet drugs.
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108 million people are on diets every
day.
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On average most people try 4 to 5 diets
per year.
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The #1 New Year’s resolution for the
past 4 years is to lose weight.
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1 hour is spent on daily exercise by
those who lost at least 30 pounds and were able to keep it off for more than 5
years.
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220,000 people who were morbidly obese
had bariatric surgery for weight loss in 2011.
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Celebrities make anywhere from 500,000
to $3 Million for endorsements of weight loss programs.
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Celebrities earn an average $33,000 for
every pound lost in the program they endorse.
ñ 1/4 of
all US men are on a diet.
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1/3 of all US women are on a diet.
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About 90% of all dieters will regain
the weight and even more than what they started with when their diet ends.
Side
Note:The more one yo-yo diets the more the body goes into hyper
defense mode and begins to store fat in the anticipation of starvation, so in
the long run and over a lifetime people weigh more than when they started in
the first place.
Side
Note:People consume an average of 150 pounds of sugar per year.
Sugar causes chaos in the body, it spikes blood sugar levels causing out of
control cravings, it has no nutritional value and it causes a cocaine life
effect in the brain that creates a tangible high that is addictive.
Sources: Center For
Disease Control Diet Statistics; National Weight Control Registry; Jo Piazza,
author of "Celebrity Inc.: How Famous People Make Money; American Society
for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery."
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