How To Love Your Body

Ep 127 - Diets don't work but the statistics don't change anything ...

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Synopsis

On today’s episode we are going to be talking about the stats behind why people say diets don’t work but also go into the emotional side of dieting - because even with these groundbreaking stats proving that diets don’t work (and they are actually harmful) - dieting is still a multi billion dollar industry with lifelong returning customers.  Facts don’t sway people; emotions and beliefs do.  We, as a culture, believe that thinness is better and should always be the goal, that weight loss is about health and to think otherwise is promoting an unhealthy lifestyle and body size. NO amount of statistics showing this isn't true changes anything. Our beliefs and emotions around weight prevent us from taking statistics seriously. Let's dive in and show you what we mean.   STAT: 95% of diets fail and most will regain their lost weight in 1-5 years Emotion: Some things that might prevent a person from accepting this fact and using it to decide what to do next (quit dieting), are the time and money already inve