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Whatever difficulty we have, it’s not likely to involve food or
exercise. It’s much more likely to be a motivational or lifestyle
problem. This is why I say most online program don’t offer
motivational or lifestyle support.
Now the value of proper support was highlighted in recent survey
of members a popular online weight loss program. The program
included a 24x7 community forum specializing in motivation and
lifestyle support with several thousand topics wand approximately
100,000 posts.
Subjects were asked to assess the personal benefit they obtained
from the forum. A total of 1348 subjects responded of whom 81
percent rated the programs community forum as important or very
important in helping them to lose weight, while less than 5 percent
said that it really made no difference.
While in no way conclusive, the results indicate the practical value
of a community approach to weight management. In my opinion
for urban dieters, weight watchers are probably the best option.
Their meetings are specially designed to help dieters to overcome
difficulties, but even weight watchers have its limitations.
First it’s not really cheap to join. Secondly, members typically only
once a week. So of your diet wagon loses wheel on Saturday night
you may have to wait several days for the next meeting to help you
out. However they also offer an online service but at something
like $250-300 a years, which is really not cheap.
Again even when they do, their advice can often be expensive and
quite uninspiring. I am sure you long for firmer muscles and
smaller waist. Do you think you can’t lose weight? Yes, you can.
But the truth is you can’t lose weight without a diet- a plan.
Weight loss experts and diet plan authors all agree that much of
our excess weight comes from the carbohydrates we eat, especially