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"This Is NOT Your Mother's Weight Loss Program!"
2002 by Dr. Frank B. Smoot, MA, DD
If you've read either of my free e books, you already know that I am radically opposed to conventional "Diet Industry" weight loss methods. The simple fact that they fail an appalling 96% percent of the time, and people who use them gain back a tragic 95% of what they lose, are reasons enough for us to dump them entirely.
But even though none of the Diet Industry's weight loss methods are effective, they've been the only game in town -- until now.
Not any more! Now we have a much better alternative. We are told, in John 8:32, that the truth will set us free. So let's learn the truth about weight loss, and find out how to become free of our unwanted pounds!
The first major truth I want you to grasp is this: The primary reason you are overweight -- perhaps the only reason -- is that you have adopted some bad information. That's why we're going to leave Diet Industry thinking behind forever and begin to operate on something totally different: facts.
But before we get into detail about what does work, it's vitally important understand what doesn't work, and why. As we begin to un-brainwash ourselves, just keep in mind that what you're about to learn may seem like alien thinking to anyone who's been exposed to decades of misinformation.
Also be aware that your current notions about weight loss -- however inaccurate they may be -- aren't going to give up without a fight. In fact, you will probably find yourself resisting the very truth that could set you free. So try to keep your mind as open as you can.
Uncovering The Secrets Of Safe and Lasting Weight Loss
By the time you've finished reading a dozen of my articles, you'll know things about weight loss that most healthcare professionals don't know -- and may never know. So don't be surprised if your own healthcare practitioners don't have a clue what you're doing. You'll soon be learning things that few of them know about.
Why don't they know? Because they still subscribe to the outmoded and painfully ineffective "diet / exercise" approach. And why is that? Because they simply haven't taken the time to review the most recent research discoveries.
As we go, you may begin to identify your own personal weight loss roadblocks -- which is the first step toward getting rid of them. But again, be prepared to have your current ways of thinking challenged. And be ready to feel your own internal resistance to new information, because...
"When you're used to doing what's wrong, doing what's right will feel wrong." Now it's time to see...
Why Diet Industry Methods Fail 96% Of The Time
Let's take a closer look at those Diet Industry "solutions" and why they don't work. The fundamental problem with weight loss methods like drugs, diets, metabolizer pills, calorie counting, relying on will power, exercise machines, and self-starvation is that they are only aimed at altering what appears to be the problem -- your unwanted pounds.
But in reality, your unwanted pounds are only physical manifestations -- symptoms -- of problems that exist on non-physical levels. In other words, the problem you can see (your unwanted pounds) is merely a symptom of a problem you can't see.
This simple concept is extremely important to understand. In fact, it's the key to life-long weight control success. That's because...
There's Much More To The Weight-Loss Puzzle Than Meets The Eye
As we just saw, what appears to be the problem really isn't. And what really is the problem isn't apparent. The result of this double-blindness is that we end up lost and clueless about what to do.
This same blindness is the reason Diet Industry approaches don't look beyond physical factors. As a result, their approaches only end up attacking symptoms, leaving the real, root causes of your problem completely unchanged.
So how could they help but fail?
I'm not saying that food, your body, exercise, and other physical factors are unimportant. But as you will soon understand, the real causes of your unwanted pounds have almost zero to do with physical things. And when you focus on those physical factors first, you're simply heading down the wrong trail.
Trying to get rid of excess weight by dieting, drugs, self-starvation, calorie counting, fasting, will power, etc. is like trying to get rid of dandelions with a lawn mower. Oh, you may get some temporary results. But until you eliminate the problem at the root, you know it will be back -- and bigger than before!
By the same token, only after the underlying causes of excess weight are dealt with can we start to make any useful or lasting changes involving physical factors like diet and exercise.
The "Logical" Mistake That Keeps Us Overweight
When someone decides it's time to lose weight, the first place they typically turn is to food -- to dieting. And why not? It seems like the obvious thing to do. If we weigh too much, it must be because we eat too much. Which means that food must be the problem, right? So we need to go on a diet. It's the only logical solution, right?
No! Dieting is exactly the wrong place to start. If you're serious about success, you need to know that...
...dieting is the last "solution" you should be considering, not the first!
Then why is everybody so focused on dieting? Simply because it's our "knee-jerk" response to being overweight, resulting from the avalanche of weight loss misinformation that has had us snowed under for our entire lives.
Isn't it about time we dug ourselves out from that avalanche?
Yours in total health,
Dr. Frank
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