STUDY: Weight Loss, Fitness Industry – Report Card Thru 2012 = F FAIL + Ice Cream Strategy

The weight loss and fitness industry has been encouraging obese people for 30+ years now with the message:

You can do it!    Just ramp up your willpower and discipline, eat healthy, cut your portions, exercise regularly and you can reach your weight loss and fitness goals.

And those are the nicer “experts”  

There’s also a dangerous and ever growing number of finatics routinely screaming “You GOTTA stop eating this or that” other, or “you gotta exercise for an hour every day” (this was a conclusion from a Harvard study!!)   if you ever hope to become a “healthy” person with a chance to escape the clutches of obesity.

Now, courtesy of a recent comprehensive study of obesity in the US, the results of the multi billion dollar, highly profitable industry’s “state of the art” efforts are in and the message is crystal clear:

FAIL  

Here are some highlights of just how well their plans are working:

The weight loss and fitness industry wants to blame YOU for these stats (click to enlarge).  Obese people have tried  the industry’s most “proven” plans of deprivation and restrictions:  Studies (and I mean 1000′s of studies, not just this one)  are overwhelmingly clear NO ONE can stay with them long term (2-5+years) — who’s fault is that?

Source:  
http://www.rwjf.org/en/research-publications/find-rwjf-research/2012/09/f-as-in-fat–how-obesity-threatens-america-s-future-2012.html

And it’s not just me who has noticed the utter failure.  Leading obesity experts have been crystal clear about this as well:

So,  with this overwhelming evidence screaming failure of the weight loss and fitness industry, how can it be that every person with a weight loss goal out there is either on their latest restrictive diet, and /or painful exercise program or they are gearing up to start one as soon as they have the motivation?   Maybe some new strategies can end this nightmare. 

The latest installment in EET’s new video series will help you understand how long term weight loss can be achieved by ENDING deprivation and restriction.  We start with Ice Cream .

I on the other hand abandoned EVERY SINGLE concept related to deprivation, restrictions and rigid exercise requirements in my diet OVER  5 YEARS AGO, and my results?

Still BELOW my original goal weight and in excellent health.

I started EET Fitness 3 years ago with a passionate desire to teach all  who will listen how to free your mind from the completely failed and very harmful (both physically and psychologically) model of the current weight loss and fitness industry.  Many EETers have seen great results, but even many EET Hall of Famers don’t grasp just how far away you must go from conventional dieting if you hope to see true LONG TERM weight loss and fitness (and even then there’s no guarantee, but at least you avoid the guaranteed weight GAIN of conventional dieting over 2-5 years).

Unlike the industry that claims they have your answers, and you are just not trying hard enough, I know EET needs to do a better job to help you build plans you WANT to follow that can work for the long haul.  Tomorrow, in the latest installment of our new video series,  you can see my personal strategy for eating Ice Cream in my diet for weight loss, fitness and quality of life.  Yes, you read that right, I eat ice cream routinely as part of my plan for weight loss, fitness and quality of life. A LOT of ice cream in fact.

 Most of you reading this believe ice cream is something you eat when you go OFF your diet.  Result of that thought:  Yo-yo dieting and endless frustration.  Take another look at the stats above for confirmation of how well trying to deprive yourself of ice cream works.

For me ice cream is an almost daily STAPLE of a well thought out plan that has allowed me to successfully manage my weight below my goals for over 5 years, while staying fit and healthy as well.

EET has not been able to convince many folks of the incredible futility and misery of deprivation and restriction, and for that we apologize, but we will keep trying!  But, unlike other plans that are proven failures, EET can offer you a living example of a successful long term weight loss strategy, and hopefully this can help you build yours.

Invites for the short video?    eetfit@gmail.com

(EET does NOT recommend you try ANY foods we review or strategies we discuss in our blog or other materials. We strongly recommend any and all eating, exercise and activity decisions should be thoroughly reviewed by your medical professional(s) before making any changes. Please read disclaimer below):

Truth About Jered and Subway, No Healthier Than McDonalds UCLA STUDY – EET Explains More

A recent UCLA Study confirms the truth about Subway as a “Healthy” Alternative.  Click on pic to enlarge–link to study below.

EET Fitness has tried to explain to you the truth about Subway here:

The Truth About Subway Turkey and Granola Trail Mix – ULTIMATE DIET KILLERS!

Now there is a study to back up our claims.  The study focused on adolescents and shows that Subway’s “healthy menu” is not chosen very often.  The food the young folks choose at Subway adds up to be just like McDonalds.   Big surprise eh?  To some who buy the hype, it is!!  To those folks we politely say WAKE UP!!  We’ll add that we firmly believe the results of this study are even more true for adults.

We didn’t need a study to prove any of this, but for those who insist on scientific proof, there you go.  Will that help you in your weight loss and fitness efforts?  Probably not.  Well, maybe if you stop believing Subway is a good alternative for weight loss and fitness efforts.

EET’s version of how Subway is WORSE than McDonalds might be of more value to those who insist on depriving themselves.  It goes something like this:  Say you’re about to eat lunch and you choose Subway.  You’re going because you’re trying to eat “healthy”.  Big mistake.  When you order a 6 inch Turkey sub on their most sawdust like bread with no toppings other than vegetables, and no chips, cookies or soda  in an effort to deprive yourself of the foods and treats you really want, then you are going to GAIN weight.

That’s right,  sooner or later weight gain is guaranteed, and we’ll bet on sooner.    Why?  Because you will leave Subway completely unsatisfied.  You will also justify other more decadent eating earlier or later in the day because you “ate healthy” at lunch.  How do we know this?  Well we’ve worked with about 1000 people and studied 1000′s of studies for starters, but more than that we trust what the New England Journal of Medicine has taught us:  Weight Loss is a BEHAVIORAL science problem, not a metabolic or biological science problem!!

On the other hand, if you go to Subway for Lunch and order what will truly satisfy you, say a loaded footlong steak and cheese with all the fixins, some chips and 3 cookies (they’re 3 for a dollar for a reason!) and a coke, you will be eating more calories, carbs and fat than almost any McDonalds meal.  (NOTE: We are also ignoring the fact McDonalds offers some “healthy menu” items because no one wants those either).

At least if you leave Subway or McDonald’s satisfied, you might not eat that pizza or popcorn later on that night since you “splurged” at lunch, and you might actually have a chance to lose weight and keep it off if you play your cards right!

CHECKLISTS FOR WEIGHT LOSS FITNESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE

EET believes weekly reminders like the above checklist (click to enlarge) can remind you of why you are even bothering to try to use a plan for weight loss and fitness while helping you focus on ways to make it more likely you’ll WANT to follow your plan.  We’ve got more to share on Wednesday night at 6:30 PM at EET’s Webinar.

We’ll review a couple of checklists that will be part of our soon to be released app that we hope can remind you of why you are trying to lose weight in the first place: For a better quality of life (which weight loss and improved fitness does not guarantee, by the way).

 
Invites? eetfit@gmail.com

(EET does NOT recommend you try ANY foods we review or strategies we discuss in our blog or other materials. We strongly recommend any and all eating, exercise and activity decisions should be thoroughly reviewed by your medical professional(s) before making any changes. Please read disclaimer below):

Spurs, Tim Duncan Cancel EET Webinar for Tonight. Better Weight Loss Message Anyhow?

Mr. EET’s prized possession from many years back.  Duncan’s Wake Forest College Jersey.  Autographed! And check out the inscription! (see below)

Since 1997, I have had only one true favorite athlete and one true favorite team:

Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs.

Boring, Mr. Fundamental no flash Duncan??  The San Antonio Spurs?  I’m from  St. Louis and now live in the Bay Area.  What about the Cardinals, the Giants, the 49ers?

Well, I am a Giant fan, and still root for the Cardinals (my son is a Cardinal finatic in fact), and thanks to my love of Jim Harbaugh when he coached at Stanford, I am now a full fledged 49er fan.  I’m more fair weather than devoted for these teams.  Lately that’s been a lot of fun .

But, for me, it’s Duncan and the Spurs, ever since his rookie season in 1997.

Why?  I just had a feeling when he came out he was gonna do amazing things.  As many who know me will tell you during the 1997-98 season I predicted:

Tim Duncan will be the GREATEST PLAYER in NBA History.

I even bought the Duncan Wake Forest game jersey (pic above), had him autograph it, framed it and added this:

Big Duncan Fan in case you didn’t notice.  I also dropped everything and flew down to the Finals in San Antonio in 2007 to see the Spurs destroy the Cavs.  

Friends and hoops finatics have laughed at me for the last 16 years.  No one is laughing now.  Except me that is.  Okay, even after 4 rings and multiple MVP’s I have to admit that  Duncan is not THE GREATEST player in NBA history — he is definitely among the chosen few.  And, starting tonight in the NBA Finals against Lebron and the Heat, maybe Duncan will have something to add to his legacy?  

I know one thing.  I’ll be watching.   

Which means no EET Webinar tonight  

WHAT’S THIS GOT TO DO WITH WEIGHT LOSS AND FITNESS?

 

This EET Webinar is from 2011.  We’ve changed the “dieting” to Weight Loss, Fitness and QUALITY OF LIFE since then because that’s what EET teaches.

Everything in my opinion.  It’s amazing the level of effort people will go to to support their favorite teams.  Spend huge amounts of money, wait in endless lines, rearrange their entire lives just to make sure they are part of the latest big event (hell, I’m actually thinking about running down to San Antionio for a game) .  Stadiums are packed every single weekend, it doesn’t even have to be a championship game.  And, before you non sports fans judge too harshly, you do the same thing with new movies, shows, concerts, your upcoming vacation or whatever you connect with.

What if we could make our weight loss and fitness efforts this high of a priority?  Happily go through endless hassles and expense to get the results we seek?    Everyone says weight loss and fitness is a huge priority in their lives, is it possible your recreational interests are actually more important to you?

Yep.  And there are many many reasons why, all of which EET covered at length in our “EET’s Case for Fun” in Weight Loss and Fitness webinar,and we continue to work on helping you understand how to make this fact work for you to this day.  If you’re not a hoops fan, maybe you could check it out the “Case for Fun” webinar recording tonight.

 

 

 

EET 5 Minute Meals App: FAST, HUGE Variety of Foods for Weight Loss, Fitness, Quality of Life

EET Fitness is coming down the home stretch of our 5 Minute Meal Mobile Device App.  Thursday Night at EET’s Webinar we’ll show you a  working demo of how it can work for you.

The smell of the Dominos Pizza your kids just had delivered wafts around the family room smelling delicious and ever so tempting.  You’re starving, but of course you’re on a diet (again) and you really don’t want to eat anything, much less high calorie, high fat, high carb pizza.   You try to focus on the TV and not think about it, but it’s not working.

You love pizza, and the hunger you’re feeling is beginning to drive you nuts.  So you love the thought of eating some pizza, and hate the thought of eating some pizza, all at the same time.  You gotta lose the weight, right?  But you can’t spend the rest of your life avoiding pizza (you can try but you know you’ll just end up caving in, going “off your plan” and/or binging)  How do you cope?

You seriously think about heading back to bed.  It’s 7:15 PM.   Is that about to become your new bedtime?  Good luck with that.  You think about munching on some celery.  Yeah, right.  

What if, within 5 minutes or so,  you could have a generous portion of a great tasting, satisfying pizza with healthy fresh  ingredients you love that had 1/4 the fat, calorie and carbs and more importantly, NONE OF THE GUILT of the Dominos that is currently destroying your sanity?

This nutritionally sound flatbread pizza takes 5 minutes or so to have ready to eat, and offers a guilt free alternative any time you would prefer not to hate the guilt that comes from eating your favorite restaurant pizza.  EET’s 5 Minute meal app offers enjoyable nutritionally sound  ”swaps” like this for all kinds of meals, desserts, treats and more, right at your fingertips.

BOTTOM LINE:  For long term weight loss, fitness and quality of life, there should be TIMES to eat a real Domino’s Pizza (Ice Cream, Cake, Pasta, etc) and enjoy it guilt free, and other times for other satisfying foods.  Managing these times will keep you happily on your diet.

5 Minute Meals is a great solution for all those other times.

 

On Thursday Night at 6:30 PM (We have a schedule conflict Wednesday night, so note we’ll be meeting THURSDAY night), we’ll show you a working demo of our soon to be released mobile device app and we’ll walk through some examples of  how the endless variety of foods out there can be your solution to your quest for weight loss, fitness and the highest quality of life possible.

Invites? eetfit@gmail.com

(EET does NOT recommend you try ANY foods we review or strategies we discuss in our blog or other materials. We strongly recommend any and all eating, exercise and activity decisions should be thoroughly reviewed by your medical professional(s) before making any changes. Please read disclaimer below):

Karen Gets Nowhere w Diabetes Medication, Diet Restrictions, EET Results by REDUCING STRESS

EET Fitness has helped a lot of diabetics eliminate medications, lose weight and improve all of their health readings without asking them to give up a single food they love,  count a single calorie,  or requiring them to engage in endless exercise they cannot stand and will not stay with.  Our approach is very simple and has three main points:

1) TIMING of your eating and exercise (especially your carbs)

2) Find an EET Plan that they WANT to follow (not feel they must follow–cuz that doesn’t work), and

3)  Find as many ways as possible to reduce stress in your life.   This is especially true in the case of diabetics where stress (NOT junk food if properly timed, or being overweight) consistently raises their blood sugar.  See this post for some clinical research that’s starting to catch up with EET 

Nowhere has EET’s approach been proven more accurate than in the case of Karen.   Recently, we were trying to explain the effects of stress on weight loss, fitness and quality of life to another stressed out EETer and thought it might benefit all of EET’s Blog readers:

Karen is an EETer who has been told for years she is basically a diabetic 

 She’s barely overweight and has had no symptoms of diabetes whatsoever, except her blood sugar readings are consistently at pre diabetic levels.  She used EET timing and brought those readings down a bit but not consistently enough for Dr’s to take her off her meds or to stop telling her she’s diabetic and it’s just a matter of time.

 

HOWEVER — EET has consistently worked with Karen to reduce her high stress lifestyle (stressful job) — we’ve pointed out repeatedly that

 

she spends a month overseas each year and her blood sugar readings consistently have been lower during that time.

 

and more recently

 

her daughter, who lives across the country had a baby and she’s travelled to stay with her for a month.

 

She hasn’t been able to exercise as much as she normally does — her timing has not been perfect, and yet her readings are now at the lowest they have been for nearly 2 years — below prediabetic and actually heading towards ideal range.

 

It’s all about STRESS — she is not a diabetic imho and she never was one–but the medical community and other gurus she has tried to follow keep trying to get her to take meds and eat certain “super foods” and all that crap when the answers are much more basic to how your body interprets the messages you send it.  When she gets control of her stress by changing environment, her readings come down,  when shes in the environments she associates with stress, they go up.

 

Nothing to do with metabolism, her eating or exercise preferences, fasting, nutrition or anything else — just a function of STRESS. (not saying those things don’t matter, just saying they are not nearly as big of an impact vs stress)

 

It’s likely she will now lose more weight more easily if she can keep her BS levels consistently lower as well.

 

Moral of story? Focus on improving your stress levels — how bout a yoga class?

When I asked Karen if it was okay to share this she added:

Ithink that sounds great, it is funny because my daughter and I were just talking about that this morning, we went to Savannah and I ate fried scallops (which had a light breading) and even a small amount of potatoes for dinner and the morning BS was just 99. Now I am not saying I can eat anything but it sure does seem that stress is the factor more. 

EET Webinars Return!!

Have you forgotten EET NutriFUN and it’s 3 keys to your long term success?  How about EET’s Deal?  EET’s Golden Rule?  Every one of those concepts has created a LOT of weight loss, fitness and quality of life for many successful EETers (including YOU when you used them!)

TONIGHT at 6:30 PM PST (sorry for the short notice!!), we’re gonna “reset” our thinking with a short and sweet webinar reviewing EET’s Key Concepts — just quick reminders of how EET’s guidelines can work for you to keep you very happy while you pursue your long term weight loss and fitness goals!

Invites?

eetfit@gmail.com

Yet Another Study Supports EET: RELAX (BE NICE TO YOURSELF) Helps Health, Metabolism, Weight Loss

All you gotta do is GET SERIOUS, stop eating so much and suffer through exercise to achieve weight loss, fitness and health, right? WRONG.  If you want long term results, all you gotta do is BE NICE TO YOURSELF.

The evidence just keeps piling up.  What evidence?

1.  That the current system of forced “lifestyle changes” requiring eating less, exercising more, and any rules requiring elimination of food groups is a catastrophic failure for long term weight loss, fitness and quality of life.

and 

2.  That The EET Fitness Plan is based on sound principles that can increasingly be called “scientifically backed” and “clinically proven” for long term weight loss, fitness and quality of life.

We’ll let the studies do the talking — here’s the latest “new” finding that EET has been preaching for 5 years:

Single Session Of Relaxation Response Practice Alters Gene Expression Involved In Inflammation, Energy Metabolism, Insulin Secretion

Note:  EET’s BE NICE TO YOURSELF guideline is now proven in a study.  How many people are gonna read this study and FORCE themselves to start doing yoga?  They simply don’t get it!

And here’s some prior research that hopefully will open a few eyes of yo-yo dieters, “health” food junkies and fitness finatics that continue to believe they just need to try a little harder this time and the results will be different:

2 NEW LARGE Clinical Studies: Sugar, Dessert TIMING HEALTHY …

EET Redemption: CLINICAL STUDIES = TIMING More Important than calories

Clinical Studies: Calories Exercise Motivation PROVEN Failures for Weight Loss, Fitness

CLINICAL AND OTHER WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS RESEARCH

LATEST EET WEBINAR RECORDINGS ADDED:

All of EET’s Webinars can now be found HERE any time you feel like hearing specific ways to be NICE TO YOURSELF.  This is the true pathway to long term weight loss, fitness and quality of life.

 We’re off for 2 weeks but will be back with more new ideas and all new webinars soon.  While we’re taking a short break from our webinars, we’re still available for direct communication at all times!

 

5 Minute Recipe: French Toast, Bacon, Fixings for 250 Calories 24 Carbs (vs 1400 at Restaurant!)

 Nothing wrong with Shari’s Restaurant French Toast – tastes great, and meals like that fit right into my plan every week.  But,  my 5 Minute recipe also tastes great and is a BETTER option the rest of the time!  Check out the recipe below.

It’s 9 PM — Diet killing time!  Do you know where you’re cravings are?

I sure do — get them all the time (yes, even after 5 successful years on my plan).   Sometimes, I need something NOW.   Those times I never, EVER struggle or suffer — I want to love my diet and be happy — so you know what I do?  Chew some celery?  Uh, no.  Nibble on a single chocolate square. Nope.  I want to be satisfied and those little nibbles are the pathway to binging which is anything but satisfying.   Instead,  I EAT a delicious  MEAL that includes foods to satisfy my cravings  ASAP – usually within 5 minutes.  French Toast on real bread is a good example.

Wait.  Can you really eat a satisfying serving of French Toast made with REAL BREAD plus other food like Bacon for that actually tastes good, and has fewer calories than most salads and fewer carbs than an apple?

Yep.  And you can have it ready to eat within 5 minutes too — But you gotta have just the right foods to make it work.  Here’s how I do it:

5 Minute French Toast 

• 2 Slices Sara Lee Delightful Whole Wheat Bread (90 Calories 19 carbs 5 g fiber for 2 SLICES)
• 2 Egg Whites
• Splash of Milk
• 2-3 thin slices Safeway Select Lean Ham (60 Calories 20 from fat for 2 ounces)
• Reddi Whip Whip Cream (or cool whip)
• 1/4 cup Maple Grove Farm Maple Flavored Syrup (this stuff is AWESOME.  My kid had no idea it was sugar free!)

Instructions:

SKILLET (SEE NOTE 1  BELOW to make entire meal in microwave):

Preheat skillet to med-med high with cooking oil spray (Pam)

Mix egg whites and milk in bowl.  Dunk bread in bowl to cover both sides and cook in skillet for 2-3 minutes or until egg mixture is firmly cooked onto the bread.

MICROWAVE

Roll up the slices of ham (not too firm) — microwave on high for 1-2 minutes (times will vary).  Ham will come up browned on the edges and crispy throughout. (see note 3. below if you want REAL BACON instead of crispy ham)

Put toast on plate.  Add a tablespoon of Reddi Whip to each slice while warm so it will melt and easily spread like butter.  Then add the maple syrup over the top of each slice.  1/4 cup is a lot of syrup so you can pour a little on the side for dipping (more syrup = more satisfaction!)

EAT and ENJOY a meal that rivals a restaurant meal but has 1000+ fewer calories and 100+ fewer carbs not to mention a whole lot less fat–plus you’ll find some decent nutrition in there too – if that sort of thing is important to you

NOTES:

1) MICROWAVE OPTION: Toast the bread first then dunk in the eggwhite wash. Microwaving on high about 90 seconds.  This is what is pictured above as I test all 5 minute meals in the microwave so I can eat them anywhere any time!   Microwave doesn’t look as good as the skillet but tasted delicious!

2)  Calories and carbs for the orange in the pic are not included in the above numbers.  Add about 75 calories and 15 net carbs.    A lower carb option would be to go with 1 cup sliced strawberries which are about 50 calories and 10 net carbs.

3)  I get that “crispy ham” is not bacon.  But it’s a really really good substitute with a FRACTION of the calories and fat.  If I’m dying for bacon I’ll go with 2 slices center cut and the #’s are still solid (can also be made in the microwave).

4)  The Reddi Whip is really low cal and carb but has fat to replace butter and  sweetness to replace powdered sugar.  Believe me, I love BOTH and don’t miss them one bit.

 

EET Webinar Wednesday May 1, 2013  6:30 PM

Tonight, EET Fitness will  review 5 more examples of EET’s 5 Minute Meals and how they compare to the choices dieter’s (and most others) make when they decide they can no longer control their cravings or their hunger.  You’ll see there are some great options out there that you can eat any time you like that will keep you very happy until your next Restaurant or Fun Meal (which I also enjoy several times weekly as part of my diet that’s allowed me to stay below my goal weight for 5 years).

Invites? eetfit@gmail.com

(EET does NOT recommend you try ANY foods we review or strategies we discuss in our blog or other materials.  We strongly recommend any and all eating, exercise and activity decisions should be thoroughly reviewed by your medical professional(s) before making any changes.    Please read disclaimer below):

CDC Data: Severely Obese Weight Increasing Faster Than Others – THANK YOU DIET INDUSTRY

Whatever happened to “set point” theory?  Apparently it doesn’t apply to severely obese people because they are way overweight but are gaining weight faster than all other groups — here’s why. (click to enlarge pics).

 

What follows is merely my opinion, based on years of research and experience working with many severely obese individuals.

No one wants to become severely obese, and it doesn’t happen overnight.  The additional weight comes after years of yo-yo dieting efforts.  It’s not laziness or lack of motivation that’s causing this group’s catastrophic rise in weight and deteriorating health.  It’s the guilt and feelings of failure provided on a daily basis courtesy of the diet industry.  Profit driven companies have sold dieters a deprivation and restriction based model for  short term weight loss that virtually guarantees failure over 2-5 years (the focus on short term results is likely because they are well aware that the long term failure is statistically proven beyond any doubt).   But diligent dieters keep on trying what experts recommend and what seems to work (for a while anyhow).  When they fail at weight loss, they are accused of not trying hard enough, not caring enough about themselves or their families or of simply being lazy and getting what they deserve.

It’s worth noting that some of the heaviest people I work with are some of the hardest working and most devoted parents and friends I know — certainly not lazy.   Most are perfectionists who are used to “getting the job done”.  After being assured endlessly that “they can do it”, they yo-yo diet for years unwilling to accept that they cannot deprive and restrict themselves forever to get the dreadful weight off their bodies.  So they try.  Fail.  Gain weight.  Try again.  Fail. Gain weight.  Try again, Fail. Gain weight.  Frustration evolves into desperation as the distance to “goal weight” becomes further and further.  

Ultimately the shame of their feelings about their overweight appearance and the thought of yet another failed weight loss effort becomes too great, and they give up  (the pain and guilt become unbearable).    They are convinced they are at the mercy of their food “addictions” and THIS is when the significant weight gain really begins.   This connection is clearly supported by the increasing rate of weight gain for severely obese people over the last 10 years as referenced in the CDC data above.   

EET Fitness desperately wants to make severely obese people see the cycle of failure is not their fault.  They have been taught methods that have produced the exact results they have achieved.  In any other endeavor achieving expected results is worthy of praise, yet in the bizzaro world of dieting, the dieters who are trying the hardest are blamed for these plans actually working as designed (short term weight loss, longer term weight gain).  

If  the severely obese (okay, all obese) could be taught to think differently, to learn that their instincts about food are RIGHT — that loving food is amazing and a quality to be admired and cherished, they could stop feeling like slaves to food and regretting every bite they eat.  Far more imporantly, they could stop feeling miserable about themselves.

But, severely obese people are hard to reach.  They have shut themselves off from help.  Not because they don’t want help but because they are tired of being judged by those who claim they can help them.    It doesn’t help that the diet industry keeps insisting obese people can reach  weight loss goals and keep the weight off by parading out highly paid of glamorous stars and expensive glitzy commercials.  But, despite all the hype, there’s not a single shred of scientific evidence to back their claims.  Worse, to the severely obese these ads creates more guilt and shame because Charles Barkley and Jennifer Hudson can lose weight while they fail over and over.  As usual, the diet industries’ efforts to sell people who love food on the “lifestyle change” of learning to hate eating food (or at least eating a lot of it) is doing far more harm than good.

If you’re a person who wants to lose weight, be very careful how you approach it.  You may be on the road to severe obesity in just a few years even as you get closer and closer to  fitting  in your skinny jeans after your current 90 day “cleanse” (happy to introduce you to many who have lived this horror).  As for severely obese people:  You  have absolutely, positively nothing to be ashamed of.   If you’ve even maintained your weight for the last several years you should be thrilled because at least you’ve broken the diet cycle of weight gain.  

Remember, you’re not in a competition to lose weight at all costs as some diets (and TV shows) would have you believe, you are LIVING YOUR LIFE,  and you deserve to be happy NOW, not when you reach some arbitrary weight on the scale.     Realizing that is the first step to ending your nightmares and beginning to solve the obesity crisis.  

 

 

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 We’ll cover these 10 EETer REQUESTED restaurants in our next webinar (feel free to request others for future webinars).  Can’t guarantee we’ll be covering Morton’s steak house but we will include a high end restaurant in this Webinar.

EET Webinar Wednesday April 24, 2013  6:30 PM

NOTE:  We spent a lot of time last week explaining how we developed our decision making process for restaurant meals.  This week, we are gonna go back to the SHORT and SwEET format — show the 10 slides in about 10 minutes and then take questions.  

Last week, we shared how we make great decisions at restaurants that allow us to be satisfied and love our diet plan.  We also shared a few shockers like “healthy” looking PF Chang’s beef with broccoli is worse than beef jerky for sodium content plus they claim those puny little plates are 3 SERVINGS!!  Better bring along the blood pressure meds if you’re gonna eat a satisfying meal or some snacks for afterwards (not that I ever do that or anything) .  Check it out for yourself:

Is PF Chang’s a healthier choice than Panda Express for Chinese Food?  Find out on Wednesday night.

Tonight, EET Fitness will cover 10 REQUESTED RESTAURANTS with specific recommendations that can encourage weight loss and fitness.  

We call it Restaurants For Your Diet.  GOOD restaurants?  BAD?  Good for your diet?  Bad for your diet?  Well, in my case, I’ve been to all of them many times they’ve been GREAT restaurants and GREAT for my diet for 5 years — how have they been workin’ out for you?   Find out more Wednesday night?   

Invites? eetfit@gmail.com

(EET does NOT recommend you try ANY foods we review or strategies we discuss in our blog or other materials.  We strongly recommend any and all eating, exercise and activity decisions should be thoroughly reviewed by your medical professional(s) before making any changes.    Please read disclaimer below):

Researcher Shares Cause of Obesity Per Latest Data + 10 Restaurants For Your Diet.

Fat people.  Seems they’re everywhere.  And growing .  Think you know why?  Let’s find out.   See what a leading researcher says the latest data shows causes obesity in the pic below (click to enlarge pics).

Now you know the TRUE cause of obesity.  Is it what you thought?  Then is your answer still correct in your mind?  

Based on my experience building a plan around the truth per scientific research as opposed to your opinion can help you or your clients be MUCH more successful in their weight loss and fitness efforts, and be a lot more happy with your relationship with food.

 We’ll cover these 10 EETer REQUESTED restaurants in our next webinar (feel free to request others for future webinars).  Can’t guarantee we’ll be covering Morton’s steak house but we will include a high end restaurant in this Webinar.

EET Webinar Wednesday April 24, 2013  6:30 PM

NOTE:  We spent a lot of time last week explaining how we developed our decision making process for restaurant meals.  This week, we are gonna go back to the SHORT and SwEET format — show the 10 slides in about 10 minutes and then take questions.  

Last week, we shared how we make great decisions at restaurants that allow us to be satisfied and love our diet plan.  We also shared a few shockers like “healthy” looking PF Chang’s beef with broccoli is worse than beef jerky for sodium content plus they claim those puny little plates are 3 SERVINGS!!  Better bring along the blood pressure meds if you’re gonna eat a satisfying meal or some snacks for afterwards (not that I ever do that or anything) .  Check it out for yourself:

Is PF Chang’s a healthier choice than Panda Express for Chinese Food?  Find out on Wednesday night.

 

On Wednesday, EET Fitness will cover 10 REQUESTED RESTAURANTS with specific recommendations that can encourage weight loss and fitness.  

We call it Restaurants For Your Diet.  GOOD restaurants?  BAD?  Good for your diet?  Bad for your diet?  Well, in my case, I’ve been to all of them many times they’ve been GREAT restaurants and GREAT for my diet for 5 years — how have they been workin’ out for you?   Find out more Wednesday night?   

Invites? eetfit@gmail.com

(EET does NOT recommend you try ANY foods we review or strategies we discuss in our blog or other materials.  We strongly recommend any and all eating, exercise and activity decisions should be thoroughly reviewed by your medical professional(s) before making any changes.    Please read disclaimer below):

Trans Fats Ban Results? We’re Fatter / Taking Far More Cholesterol Meds. Next Step: Ban More??

More people are meeting guidelines for low saturated fat intake.  Funny, over the same period more people of all ages are fatter and taking more cholesterol medication (see charts below).  

For the last several years, state and local governments have become increasingly aggressive about trying to legislate your lifestyle when it comes to food.   Indeed, the Federal Government has made comments from time to time that they would like to get more involved in defining “healthy choices” as well (can you say “Fat Tax”?).

There is a huge amount of media attention devoted to experts and activists saying our only hope for reducing obesity and improving our health is to force people to give up the foods they love in the amounts they love, while at the same time push their bodies to the point of pain and injury exercising for extended periods of time in order to “get fit”.

Then there are the slick movies and documentaries designed to scare the hell out of us with the takeaways being we should live our lives getting full on spinach and other “good” foods and the next bite of a “bad” food (donut) we take is very likely to be our last.

In fairness, there are more reasonable voices out there, but they too believe you must learn to hate, avoid or at least severely ration the things you love if you are serious about being healthy.

No matter how nicely they phrase it, their message is the same:  Weight Loss, Fitness and improved health can only be attained through sacrifice and hard physical effort, and you need to accept that or the powers that be and media / societal pressure is prepared to try to force it upon you.

Well, the latest results of bullying us towards a spartan restrictive lifestyle are in (click to enlarge):

As this data clearly shows (especially the 2007-2010 post trans fat ban data):   We’re eating less saturated fat. BUT, as for the results that matter?  We’re still fatter and taking a lot more cholesterol medication.

And surely all those new rules for the fast food industry, and scare tactics about junk food helped reduce the number of diabetics out there, right?  Nope, the number continues to skyrocket for many age groups:

source:  
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/prev/national/figbyage.htm

And all this while Gym Memberships and Revenues continue to steadily grow…

source 
http://www.ihrsa.org/cbi/2012/6/26/the-ihrsa-global-25.html

 The real data is confirming what 100′s of studies already should have taught us:  Attempting to force “healthy” behaviors is a major cause of obesity and health problems (and other problems that we’ll cover soon) and produces NO desirable solutions.  

 Yet the experts and governmental response to this data?   First, ignore the results we’re really after and spin anything that can defend their position.  Then, lobby for and propose to legislate even more restrictions.

EET Webinar Wednesday April 17, 2013  6:30 PM

On Wednesday, EET Fitness will cover specific meals that can encourage weight loss and fitness at major restaurants like Cheesecake Factory, PF Changs, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse as well as fast food restaurants like McDonalds,  Burger King, and Subway.  We’ll explain why salads and the 500 calorie “skinnylicious” menus simply won’t cut it for weight loss, fitness or quality of life.

Invites? eetfit@gmail.com

(EET does NOT recommend you try ANY foods we review or strategies we discuss in our blog or other materials.  We strongly recommend any and all eating, exercise and activity decisions should be thoroughly reviewed by your medical professional(s) before making any changes.    Please read disclaimer below):