How Not To Diet: Adopt a healthy eating plan and never diet again
by Katie Kretschmer, graduate, Columbia University
In a recent Student Health 101 survey, just over half of students said they’d gone on a diet
to lose weight. Almost 38% said they still needed or wanted to lose weight, and about a
quarter said they’d lost weight but later regained some or all of it.
Ariadna Kryazhava learned this the hard way. “I tried losing weight on a weird, almost
starvation diet a few years ago,” says the University of Denver student. “It lasted a week,
and I lost maybe eight pounds. But of course, I wasn’t very functional that week.” And, she
says as soon as she started eating normally again, the weight came back.
The problem with many weight-loss plans, experts say, is that they are short-term solutions
that don’t provide lasting results. Also, typically, when people regain weight that is lost
quickly, they often gain back additional weight and find it harder to lose again.
“Personally, I don’t like the word ‘diet’ because it means you’re restricting yourself, and
usually when people are restricting themselves, they can’t stick to it,” says Deanna Farsakh,
health educator at Fullerton College in California. “I usually tell students, don’t diet, just try
to eat healthier.”
How Not To Diet: Adopt a healthy eating plan and never diet againby Katie Kretschmer, graduate, Columbia UniversityIn a recent Student Health 101 survey, just over half of students said they’d gone on a dietto lose weight. Almost 38% said they still needed or wanted to lose weight, and about aquarter said they’d lost weight but later regained some or all of it.Ariadna Kryazhava learned this the hard way. “I tried losing weight on a weird, almoststarvation diet a few years ago,” says the University of Denver student. “It lasted a week,and I lost maybe eight pounds. But of course, I wasn’t very functional that week.” And, shesays as soon as she started eating normally again, the weight came back.The problem with many weight-loss plans, experts say, is that they are short-term solutionsthat don’t provide lasting results. Also, typically, when people regain weight that is lostquickly, they often gain back additional weight and find it harder to lose again.“Personally, I don’t like the word ‘diet’ because it means you’re restricting yourself, andusually when people are restricting themselves, they can’t stick to it,” says Deanna Farsakh,health educator at Fullerton College in California. “I usually tell students, don’t diet, just tryto eat healthier.”
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