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"Ignoramus6554" <ignoramus6554@NOSPAM.6554.invalid> wrote in message
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> Exactly. They want to lose weight and not work at it. Or, they refuse
> to think rationally. We have a couple of people here in
> alt.support.diet who refuse to acknowledge that they have a high
> chance of regaining weight. Believe it or not. One woman was a 300
> pounder a little while ago, lost 51.5% of her weight by drinking
> special diet shakes (good job), and who now gets irate if she is
> reminded that weight maintenance is a struggle and that chances are
> high that she will regain weight if she is not vigilant.

Most people can get past the acknowledgement part, admitting they do have a
problem.  The hardest part, then come, is sacrificing.  The want to go on
diet but they don't want to be devoided of the joy of food.  They want to
work out but they don't work to sweat.  That's why all these fad diets and
excercise methods like the Pilates have a lifespan of three months.  Soon
another effotless diet and excercise method will come to town and people
will go gaga about them.

Case in point, I have seen a lot of people in my gym riding an excericse
bike or working on the treadmill with a headphone on, reading a magazine,
barely breaking a sweat.  That's real cute, maybe the gym should start
serving Pina Colada to them becasue they are really enjoying themselves on
the bikes.  Don't kid yourself, they are not getting anything in return
except an excuse to console their guilty conscience that they did work out
to combat their problems.

It all goes back to the old saying of no pain no gains.  A marathon runner
does not run a marathon race becasue he enjoys it and Lance Armstrong
doesn't have a enjoyable training routine.

When it comes to weigth loss, it's easier than you though but you need
perseverance and will power.  Watch you diet and run the hard miles.  You
need to push yourself to your threshold and then some.  If you are panting
hard at the end of a run, if your body is sore the next day that it feel,
you've done yourself some good.  Otherwise, you're just fooling yourself.