Then, after months of deprivation, you decide to treat yourself and loosen up those rigid diet rules. Pretty soon your appetite gets the better of you and you're loosening your belt. Your friends no longer mention how great you look. Physician and author Dean Ornish, M.D., reports that 88 percent of dieters regain all their weight within one year, and 97 percent gain it back within five years. But staying fat isn't the answer.
Obesity affects far more than just appearance.
In addition, obese people are more likely to face complications in surgery that their leaner counterparts. And childbirth poses more risks for an obese mother and her baby. When you are cutting calories, you run the risk of cutting nutrients. That is not only hard on your health, but hard on your weight-loss program. In fact, nutritionist and author Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., R.D., C.N.S., claims that the key to taming the appetite is by correcting nutritional imbalances.