Reply #398: 95% of "diets" fail. That is correct. Lifestyle changes are much more successful. [View All]

[dustbunnie]

For the most part, diets fail for the reasons I gave you. People always have and always will, have trouble sticking to outlandish dietary restrictions. Eventually they will explode. At the same time, people will always look for a quick fix and will continue to go on stupid diet plans. Of those 95% percent that fail, many of them are less than 1000 cals per day plans, or the grapefruit diet, or whatever idiocy people are currently embarking on.

The successes you don't hear about are those where people quietly and intelligently just modify their eating habits for the long term. These are not "diets," they're lifetime eating plans.

People all over the world, even where the food is locally grown and not doused with HFCS, get fat. Mexico uses sugar in its foods and the obesity level is deplorable. And all over the world, people change their eating habits and lose weight.

And thanks, my English comprehension is just fine. You can skip the personal insults.