"Why is it so hard to keep the weight off after I lose it?"  This is probably the most frequent question I have been asked over the past 17 years.  And, I have an answer.
Most people lose weight by going on a calorie restrictive diet.  They lose a few pounds, go off the diet and all of a sudden the weight comes back, along with a few extra pounds for good measure.  Sound familiar?
Diets do not work.  If they did we would all be thin.  All most diets do is screw up your metabolism by restricting...
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Those who have worked with me know that I absolutely believe you must “use it or lose it.”  Daily exercise is important.  But I have also been saying for years that there is no amount of exercise that can make up for a poor diet.

The American diet is the worst diet it the entire world.  We know this.  There is data that proves this.  When other countries adopt an American diet, they start to have the same problems we have here:  obesity, heart disease, type II diabetes, ...

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