Commit to Fit

23. Starting over on my weight-loss journey for about the 20th time. I just want to look toned, fit, and healthy, so the scale doesn't really matter so much.

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THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE DO NOT SKIP OVER THIS.

MOST WEIGHT-LOSS PILLS SUCH AS HYDROXYCUT CAN CAUSE FATAL DAMAGE.  IF YOU STILL WANT TO TAKE PILLS, DESPITE WHAT I’M ABOUT TO SAY, THEN I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND FIND UNBIASED SOURCES.  

MY BROTHER IS CURRENTLY GOING TO SCHOOL TO BECOME A DOCTOR.  SPECIFICALLY, HE IS INTERESTED IN NUTRITION.  THROUGH HIS OWN RESEARCH AND INFORMATION HE HAS LEARNED IN SCHOOL, HE HAS INFORMED ME OF THE FOLLOWING: (IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BELIEVE THIS, FINE.  BUT YOU SHOULD DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH)

1. THE “REAL PEOPLE” SHOWN IN WEIGHT-LOSS COMMERCIALS ARE ACTUALLY ATHLETES WHO HAVE SUFFERED AN INJURY AND GOT OUT OF SHAPE.  THE COMPANIES APPROACH THESE ATHLETES AND ASK THEM TO SPONSOR THEIR WEIGHT-LOSS PRODUCT.  THE ATHLETES TAKE WHATEVER SUPPLEMENT THEY ARE BEING PAID TO ADVERTISE, BUT THEY ARE NATURALLY GOING TO GET BACK INTO SHAPE FASTER AND-AT A PACE THAT IS UNREALISTIC FOR A “NORMAL” PERSON-WITH OR WITHOUT A WEIGHT LOSS SUPPLEMENT

2. HYDROXYCUT CAUSES HEART ATTACKS AND LIVER DAMAGE, BOTH OF WHICH CAN BE FATAL.  MY BROTHER ACTUALLY KNEW A MAN WHO TOOK HYDROXYCUT AS DIRECTED AND IT DAMAGED HIS LIVER.  ONCE THE FDA REALIZES THAT HYDROXYCUT IS A DANGEROUS PRODUCT, IT IS PULLED FROM THE SHELVES.  THE COMPANY WILL THEN TAKE OUT ONE MINOR INGREDIENT OR ADD AN EXTRA INGREDIENT AND INTRODUCE IT AS A “NEW” PRODUCT AND GIVE IT A NEW NAME LIKE HYDROXYCUT 2.  WHEN THE FDA CATCHES ON AGAIN THAT THIS PRODUCT IS HARMING AND KILLING PEOPLE, THE COMPANY REPEATS THE PROCESS.  SO DON’T BE FOOLED BY NEW AND IMPROVED FORMULAS.  

3. CLA DOES NOT WORK.  PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN CLA ARE USUALLY NOT HARMFUL AS HYDROXYCUT, BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO SUPPORT THE HYPE.  CLA ADDS WATER TO YOUR MUSCLES, CAUSING THEM TO SWELL.  THIS SWELL WILL BE VISUALLY NOTICEABLE, BUT IT WILL DO NOTHING FOR YOU.  AND, NATURALLY, ONCE YOU STOP TAKING THE PILL THE SWELLING WILL GO DOWN.  

4. LOSING WEIGHT QUICKLY WITH OR WITHOUT THE HELP OF A SUPPLEMENT WILL MOST LIKELY NOT LAST.  MOST PEOPLE WHO LOSE A DRASTIC AMOUNT OF WEIGHT IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WILL END UP PUTTING THE WEIGHT BACK ON.

THERE ARE TIPS AND TRICKS YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT WILL BOOST YOUR METABOLISM AND WEIGHT-LOSS IN A HEALTHY WAY.  GREEN TEA, COFFEE, SPICY FOODS, EATING DIFFERENT AMOUNTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AND EATING CONSTANTLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY ARE GOOD WAYS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM WITHOUT PUTTING YOUR BODY IN DANGER-YOU’LL ACTUALLY BE HELPING YOUR BODY.  

TAKE YOUR TIME!  THE ABILITY TO LOSE WEIGHT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS.  YES, IT GETS MORE DIFFICULT AS YOU AGE, MOSTLY AS YOU GET INTO YOUR 40S AND UP, BUT IT’S STILL POSSIBLE.  SO WHAT IF IT TAKES A YEAR TO GET THE BODY YOU WANT?  WOULD YOU RATHER REACH YOUR GOAL IN A YEAR AND KEEP THE RESULTS, OR WOULD YOU RATHER LOSE THE WEIGHT IN A MONTH, DAMAGE YOUR BODY IN THE PROCESS, AND GAIN THE WEIGHT BACK?

PLEASE, THE POINT OF THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE HEALTHY AND TO BECOME INFORMED.  

EVERYONE HAS SOME WEIGHT THEY WOULD LIKE TO LOSE, BUT IT’S NOT WORTH KILLING YOURSELF OVER.  

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Before and afters are the best. It’s so real!
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