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Originally Posted by jvernacchio
Ms Anderson said that most of the women in her study who had made an effort to exercise more took up walking and those who had tried to eat more healthily had mainly cut down on fat.
"But going for a stroll and not having butter on your bread won't have you lose 30kg. Women need specific education and support to be successful in improving their health and losing weight."
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I see this a lot on the diet board I hang out on. Women (like myself) with a significant amount of weight to lose who think cutting out pop and having a daily stroll should just start the weight pouring off. There's so much conflicting information out there that it's hard to really know what to do. I had a doctor tell me that I had to make changes, but no real guidance on what to change. (with 5 hours sleep, eating <1400 cals, and 5hrs hard cardio a week - and a job I was on my feet all day with - no surprise I was making myself ill) The only suggestion he made when taking out the chest tube was that I might want in on a drug study he was running. Ummm... no thanks (I looked at the side effects).
I see a lot of women who change their eating habits drastically, to the point they feel... deprived. They add a small amount of what I would call very light exercise, but are surprised when they don't lose 5 pounds every week. ie. most will see that in the first week, but obviously it doesn't continue.
And with so many books, articles, diets, training systems... how does the average woman choose one? I mean, on Amazon.ca today I see two categories:
* Diets & Weight Loss (16,656)
* Exercise & Fitness (23,452)
I know that some books will be in both, and it likely includes recipe books as well, but really - where do you start?
FWIW - the NROL4W is on page one of Exercise & Fitness, and page two of Diets & Weight loss... but boy is there a lot of The Biggest Loser stuff there as well. Not knocking their stuff (haven't read it) but I think they contribute a lot to this 'only 1 or 2 pound' disappointment I see among dieters.