Today, I read a diet article from Traci Mann, a psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. He made a research about diet and sustained weight loss. The diet research shows although dieters can lose significant amounts 5% to 10% of weight in the first few months, most will return to their starting weight within five years. So Traci Mann, the psychologist concludes that diet isn’t a good weight loss, because diet do not lead to sustained weight loss for the majority of people.
I disagree with him about the diet conclusion. The problem isn’t weight loss method but people’s confidence and purpose. Although his research shows that many dieters return to their starting weight within five years, but what do the dieters do? when they reach their diet goal. In his articles show that dieters go back to their previous lifestyle. This means dieters continue eat fast food, high cholesterol food, high fat food and other bad food after they think obesity isn’t a problem. If dieters cannot insist on their weight loss plan, he will always failure in weight loss.
Obesity is a long struggle. You must insist on eating diet food and exercise for a long time.