Mega dittos to Rush Limbaugh...lost 82 pounds in over 5 months!
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I give kudos to someone who makes it a lifelong commitment rather than as a quick fix so this looks like a quick fix to me but wait and see. When I was younger, I followed all the fad diets only to fail because celebrities promoted them so ever since then, I have always been skeptical of any programs promising drastic weight loss in such a short time.
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....no kudos?
I know you hate Rush but this is ridiculously a politically biased but evasive response.
Say no more. I know where you stand.
No kudos for Rush for losing weight while eating three healthy and nutritious meals a day, monitored and supervised, over the last 5 months or so and he managed to lose 82lbs so far.
Fine.
Just don't justify your response the next time in avoiding any semblance of kudos for Rush's moving away from his once obese bodyweight. Intellectual dishonesty leaves a bad taste.
I know you hate Rush but this is ridiculously a politically biased but evasive response.
Say no more. I know where you stand.
No kudos for Rush for losing weight while eating three healthy and nutritious meals a day, monitored and supervised, over the last 5 months or so and he managed to lose 82lbs so far.
Fine.
Just don't justify your response the next time in avoiding any semblance of kudos for Rush's moving away from his once obese bodyweight. Intellectual dishonesty leaves a bad taste.
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I dont know the validity of this website but I have been told similiar facts by my doctors about my failure to keep the weight off in the past.
Weight Loss Failure is Just Around the Corner With These 3 Mistakes
It should be easy, just begin a new diet, stick to the rules and everything will work out-right?
Well it might seem logical but if it were that easy a lot more people would do it and would be able to stick with it long term.
If you get down to reality, most people try one thing after the other. What ever the newest thing is draws the attention of everyone. People bounce from diet to diet and in the end they are right back where they started, eating whatever they want and doing far too little exercise. As a result, people blame themselves for failing, when in reality the plan they set out with is what failed them. Here are some reasons people fall short when it comes to weight loss programs and the ability to stick it out long term.
Information overload, too many rules and unrealistic goals
Most of the diet programs and books offer big promises but come with an extensive set of rules and complicated methodology. They offer the promise of great success and even offer real stories of people who have succeeded with the program. The problem is that it isn't easy to do a complete lifestyle overhaul in an 8 chapter book. People become quickly over-burdened by the complexities of the program and give up. Coupled with a very restrictive and low calorie eating plan that involves setting very fast and often unrealistic goals makes most of these programs unsustainable for any amount of time.
Deprive yourself and eventually you will break down
Most people that are looking to drop weight and drop it quickly will buy into just about anything. As a result, many opt in for very restrictive diet plans. Many of these diets even restrict foods that our bodies need. As a result the dieter eventually gets into a psychology of deprivation. Eventually a break down occurs with a corresponding binge session! The reason behind this is that diets that tend to restrict often leave people energy and nutrient deficient to such a degree that eventually the person has to cave in to supply the body with what it craves for survival. Self condemnation follows with a heavy, guilty and hopeless view of reality.
Each failure builds on the next
People on diets tend to feel the need to be perfect. They can't eat anything off of the given plan, they have to exercise X number of times per week etc. While consistency is important, condemnation for lapses is not necessary. The real downward spiral happens when one mistake in diet or 2 days without exercise leads to persistent non-compliance with the program. Eventually the person will decide that they have messed it up so badly that they might as well just quit! So they give up and walk away from another program feeling hopeless and condemned to a life of unhappiness with themselves.
The truth is that a successful weight loss and diet program should include realistic guidelines for long term adherence and lifestyle changes. The best programs should encourage a mindset of consistency over the long term and not just an all out sprint that will surely fizzle in short order.
Weight Loss Failure is Just Around the Corner With These 3 Mistakes
It should be easy, just begin a new diet, stick to the rules and everything will work out-right?
Well it might seem logical but if it were that easy a lot more people would do it and would be able to stick with it long term.
If you get down to reality, most people try one thing after the other. What ever the newest thing is draws the attention of everyone. People bounce from diet to diet and in the end they are right back where they started, eating whatever they want and doing far too little exercise. As a result, people blame themselves for failing, when in reality the plan they set out with is what failed them. Here are some reasons people fall short when it comes to weight loss programs and the ability to stick it out long term.
Information overload, too many rules and unrealistic goals
Most of the diet programs and books offer big promises but come with an extensive set of rules and complicated methodology. They offer the promise of great success and even offer real stories of people who have succeeded with the program. The problem is that it isn't easy to do a complete lifestyle overhaul in an 8 chapter book. People become quickly over-burdened by the complexities of the program and give up. Coupled with a very restrictive and low calorie eating plan that involves setting very fast and often unrealistic goals makes most of these programs unsustainable for any amount of time.
Deprive yourself and eventually you will break down
Most people that are looking to drop weight and drop it quickly will buy into just about anything. As a result, many opt in for very restrictive diet plans. Many of these diets even restrict foods that our bodies need. As a result the dieter eventually gets into a psychology of deprivation. Eventually a break down occurs with a corresponding binge session! The reason behind this is that diets that tend to restrict often leave people energy and nutrient deficient to such a degree that eventually the person has to cave in to supply the body with what it craves for survival. Self condemnation follows with a heavy, guilty and hopeless view of reality.
Each failure builds on the next
People on diets tend to feel the need to be perfect. They can't eat anything off of the given plan, they have to exercise X number of times per week etc. While consistency is important, condemnation for lapses is not necessary. The real downward spiral happens when one mistake in diet or 2 days without exercise leads to persistent non-compliance with the program. Eventually the person will decide that they have messed it up so badly that they might as well just quit! So they give up and walk away from another program feeling hopeless and condemned to a life of unhappiness with themselves.
The truth is that a successful weight loss and diet program should include realistic guidelines for long term adherence and lifestyle changes. The best programs should encourage a mindset of consistency over the long term and not just an all out sprint that will surely fizzle in short order.
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This is not about Rush..this is about a celebritity promoting quick weight loss. Geez, stop making it about something else it is not. :roll:
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Please, do not justify your response. You made clear you won't give a simple kudos for a guy who followed a well planned diet (not starvation diet) by nutrionists and chefs who serve his daily meals, and for him to lose an astounding 82lbs in 5 months.
I said, fine if you don't want to say "kudos" to Rush. I...understand.
I said, fine if you don't want to say "kudos" to Rush. I...understand.
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Limbaugh has professed ignorance as to how his diet works, despite numerous queries since he announced his weight loss plans in March.
"Folks, it's not that I won't tell you, it's just I can't," he said in June. "It's too complicated. I mean putting the menu together is a jigsaw puzzle every day. It would take me 45 minutes every day to tell you what the diet plan is and answer all your questions about why it works."
(Is it possible that he won’t tell because his contract for providing advertising says he can’t tell? That way people are forced to pay their fees to get the information.)
Quick Weight Loss Centers’ Web site notes that the diet is “supplemented with proprietary weight loss aids.” The supplements most likely contain artificial ingredients, and can affect the body in a negative way, says certified nutritionist Christine Avanti, author of “Skinny Chicks Don’t Eat Salad.”
Avanti says taking appetite suppressants and carb blockers is not a healthy strategy for those trying to lose weight.
“It’s okay if you want to trick your body, but you need to ask yourself, are you a person who needs to buy these supplements every six weeks for the rest of your life, or do you want to heal your metabolism naturally by eating balanced meals and exercising?” she says.
And the supplements can get very costly over time, notes Dr. Daisy Merey, author of “Beyond Diet and Exercise.”
"You can spend several thousand dollars on supplements,” Merey says. “So over time it becomes very expensive.”
Also, over time, a very low calorie diet like the one Limbaugh’s on can actually backfire, Zanecosky says. Though results can be dramatic (on his Web site, Limbaugh writes about losing seven pounds in five days), the longterm bad news is that the metabolism slows to a crawl with calorie deprivation.
Think of the body as a furnace that burns calories at a certain rate,” Zanecosky says. “When you restrict calories, your body just resets itself and burns at a lower speed, so you can get by on fewer calories.” One way to stoke that metabolism is by exercise, she says.
Another side effect of a quick fix diet? Old fashioned hunger pangs. Says Zanecosky: “When you’re eating 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day, your hunger level is off the charts.”
Read more: Rush Limbaugh's diet plan from Quick Weight Loss Centers probably won't work long-term, experts say
Losing 7 lbs in 5 days?
"Folks, it's not that I won't tell you, it's just I can't," he said in June. "It's too complicated. I mean putting the menu together is a jigsaw puzzle every day. It would take me 45 minutes every day to tell you what the diet plan is and answer all your questions about why it works."
(Is it possible that he won’t tell because his contract for providing advertising says he can’t tell? That way people are forced to pay their fees to get the information.)
Quick Weight Loss Centers’ Web site notes that the diet is “supplemented with proprietary weight loss aids.” The supplements most likely contain artificial ingredients, and can affect the body in a negative way, says certified nutritionist Christine Avanti, author of “Skinny Chicks Don’t Eat Salad.”
Avanti says taking appetite suppressants and carb blockers is not a healthy strategy for those trying to lose weight.
“It’s okay if you want to trick your body, but you need to ask yourself, are you a person who needs to buy these supplements every six weeks for the rest of your life, or do you want to heal your metabolism naturally by eating balanced meals and exercising?” she says.
And the supplements can get very costly over time, notes Dr. Daisy Merey, author of “Beyond Diet and Exercise.”
"You can spend several thousand dollars on supplements,” Merey says. “So over time it becomes very expensive.”
Also, over time, a very low calorie diet like the one Limbaugh’s on can actually backfire, Zanecosky says. Though results can be dramatic (on his Web site, Limbaugh writes about losing seven pounds in five days), the longterm bad news is that the metabolism slows to a crawl with calorie deprivation.
Think of the body as a furnace that burns calories at a certain rate,” Zanecosky says. “When you restrict calories, your body just resets itself and burns at a lower speed, so you can get by on fewer calories.” One way to stoke that metabolism is by exercise, she says.
Another side effect of a quick fix diet? Old fashioned hunger pangs. Says Zanecosky: “When you’re eating 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day, your hunger level is off the charts.”
Read more: Rush Limbaugh's diet plan from Quick Weight Loss Centers probably won't work long-term, experts say
Losing 7 lbs in 5 days?
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Please do not tell me what I can or cant do. Understand?
And you do not understand where I am coming from..someone who has gone through an eating disorder before.
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You're justifying a reason to get out of a response.
Rush did explain what he ate. I listened to what he said on Friday. Sounds delicious....and healthy.
So, again. No kudos for Rush for political reasons.
tsk..
Again with the bossing around and lack of respect that I have my own opinion and whether you believe it or not, it is not politically related. U keep bringing that up. Maybe you are the one who wants to make it politically related?
Rush did explain what he ate. I listened to what he said on Friday. Sounds delicious....and healthy.
So, again. No kudos for Rush for political reasons.
tsk..
Again with the bossing around and lack of respect that I have my own opinion and whether you believe it or not, it is not politically related. U keep bringing that up. Maybe you are the one who wants to make it politically related?
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Eating disorder or not, it can be a problem for some. Who said Rush didn't have an eating disorder, too? He was like the Pillsbury Dough Boy not too long ago.
Rush lost 82lbs with a well planned and monitored diet plan over a span of 5.2 months. That alone deserve kudos and recognizance for his effort. But I undestand why people continue to attack him and look past his successful weight lost but that shouldn't be an excuse.
I already said my piece.
Truly am disappointed here.
Rush lost 82lbs with a well planned and monitored diet plan over a span of 5.2 months. That alone deserve kudos and recognizance for his effort. But I undestand why people continue to attack him and look past his successful weight lost but that shouldn't be an excuse.
I already said my piece.
Truly am disappointed here.
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Do you have a link providing what Rush describes what he eats because everything else points to him only saying that he was following The Quick Weight Loss Center's plan and that he couldnt explain his diet.
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Binge eating disorder also known as compulsive over eating IS an eating disorder. Lots of people are plagued by it. There is also a high rate of cross- conversion from one eating disorder to another. By promoting quick or unhealthy weight loss in this way, its directly contributing to the development of eating disorders.
http://www.something-fishy.org/