I Left Out The Unnecessarily Obtuse Moby-Dick Analogy
[Note: all blog problems were fixed; there was a new file path and I had to change my settings. Both posts and comments should be back to normal.]
Anyway, here's a link! Weight Watchers is the only weight-loss program that this study found to be effective over the long term. Not that it sounds all that effective to lose five percent of your body weight and then keep half of it off for two years. These articles always make me feel depressed.
But it is a new year! Instead of feeling depressed, I will go back to charting out my Fitness Goals for the year and other ancillary resolutions. Such as: post more!
Anyway, here's a link! Weight Watchers is the only weight-loss program that this study found to be effective over the long term. Not that it sounds all that effective to lose five percent of your body weight and then keep half of it off for two years. These articles always make me feel depressed.
But it is a new year! Instead of feeling depressed, I will go back to charting out my Fitness Goals for the year and other ancillary resolutions. Such as: post more!
posted by mo pie at 4:10 PM
3 Comments:
I hate these articles too. But it does serve to prove one thing, that "diets" really don't work. LOTS of people have lost weight and kept it off for a long time. Where are the articles about these people?
~Lisa
There are more articles about people who fail at dieting because most people do. But there are articles out there about the success stories, too:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0846/is_7_21/ai_82823099
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/23/earlyshow/health/shapeup/main631421.shtml
I see your point that articles about diets not working can discourage people. But when going into a difficult endeavor I think it can be beneficial to be aware of the extent of the challenge.
-La Wade
I always wish those studies would actually show a distribution, histogram of weight loss or similar :( I suspect the "average" weight loss doesn't tell very much, as it could be so skewed by a few big gainers (or losers). A pretty graph could show so much more...
Anyone know studies giving some percentage of people able to maintain a decent weightloss (whatever that might be) is? That might be less depressing than seeing this average.
beth (UK)
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