The Seven-Day Shakeup
There's no shortage of articles containing weight-loss tips, but the premise of this article intrigued me.
"Forget dieting. A new study reveals that just changing one old habit a day can help you shift pounds effortlessly. Best of all, this proven weight-loss method involves no calorie counting. Instead, you have to do something different each day. Whether it's tuning into a different radio station or giving up a favourite drink, you'll stop living on auto-pilot."
And they don't mean changing one food habit, either. One suggestion is to say something you'd normally keep to yourself. One is to go to a different supermarket, and leave your list at home. Unorthodox, but interesting.
"Forget dieting. A new study reveals that just changing one old habit a day can help you shift pounds effortlessly. Best of all, this proven weight-loss method involves no calorie counting. Instead, you have to do something different each day. Whether it's tuning into a different radio station or giving up a favourite drink, you'll stop living on auto-pilot."
And they don't mean changing one food habit, either. One suggestion is to say something you'd normally keep to yourself. One is to go to a different supermarket, and leave your list at home. Unorthodox, but interesting.
posted by mo pie at 10:29 AM
6 Comments:
It is an interesting article, and I like the examples of different things to do and why they might be beneficial, but overall I'm skeptical. Naturally thin people always think that whatever they happen to do is what causes them to be thin. If she ate six mint leaves a day, she'd say that's what caused it. If she hopped on one foot while chanting the tax tables, she'd say that caused it. So... I don't want to be too cynical because it's good to get new ideas, so I'll just say I'm not quite buying it. I want to see a study where she DOESN'T do those things and see if she GAINS weight.
I've seen this approach advocated on this side of the pond by Dr. James Hill of America On The Move and The National Weight Control Registry. It is very easy to dismiss the Mirror article out of hand as a thin person claiming that whatever they're doing is what keeps them thin, but Dr. Hill has lots of evidence (both emprical and anecdotal) to back up what that woman claims. No, we won't all be model thin by avoiding cream sauces and passing up that extra latte. It is true, however, that lots of seemingly insignificant changes can have big results over time. That's the thing, though--it's over time. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator won't result in dramatic weight loss, but over the years, choosing little bits of physical activity and even slightly healthier foods will make a difference. Go to pbs.org and watch the Frontline episode "Diet Wars" for more on Dr. Hill's ideas about small changes. It's pretty interesting stuff.
I'm happy to see the U.K. model quoted as size 10...she would be "too big" in the U.S.!
James Hill and Diet Wars aren't mentioned in the Mirror article. What they're saying may or may not be true, but they're not _proving_ it. It's bad journalism, and we have no way of knowing whether it's bad science. Someone called Professor Ben Fletcher is mentioned, but there are no links to his research. Why should we believe anecdotal stories like this?
UK sizes are smaller than American—a UK 10 is an American 6-8.
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