Low calorie diets lead to obesity because as this cycle happens over and over again, the person will eventually end up with a higher percentage of body fat then they had in the beginning. If the person had simply maintained his or her original weight then they probably would end up with a lower percentage of body fat. Because low calorie diets actually lead to obesity, maintaining a reasonably healthy weight should be considered a form of successful dieting. A weight reduction program that results in a body weight kept constant for decades may thus represent a certain degree of success. Diets such as The Aspen Diet that are expensive and provide fast results work in the short-term.
Weight control requires long-term behavior change.
The Aspen Diet claims that they include information in their video that teaches participants how to accomplish long-term weight control. However, they do not have any documentation that anyone who has ever been on their program has maintained his or her weight loss for even a day. American society, encouraged by the commercial weight loss industry and advertising media, puts intense pressure for thinness and creates unrealistic expectations about body weight and an environment conducive to eating disorders. Participants in The Aspen Diet may feel great if they loose 10 pounds in a week, but will be even more miserable when they regain the weight. The Aspen Diet does not have any of these three techniques which are recommended for long-term weight control.