Monday, October 15, 2012

Get In Shape

It seems like America's new kick is to lose weight and have the perfect body. All those commercials with the newest work out, latest pill, drink, or work out equipment is the booming business right now. One night I counted to see how many adds there were on getting fit. I counted about 35 different ones.

If you shake this stuff on your food you can eat what ever you want and lose weight. If you use this work out video, then in 60 to 90 days you will lose five or more pounds. If buy this new boflex you will gain muscle and get a six pack.

Do you really believe them all? I don't believe in all of them. May the work out video's depending on what they are and some work out equipment. But I do not believe in those pills, drinks, and so on. Yes you might lose 20 pounds, but what they don't tell you is it is not fat you are losing it is water. Basically the human body is made up of alot of water,(sorry can't remember how much, just had a brain fart), therefore once you lose those pounds and quit taking the pill or drinking the shake you will gain it back plus then some. Then you think well they promised me my money back if I didn't like the results. WRONG!! The one thing they leave out of the commercial, radio, or billboard ad is that they give you a diet to go along with taking their product. So therefore it isn't that quick and easy fix. That is how they make there money. The real sad thing is that they don't have to tell you, because there are so many new diet pills and drinks coming out on the market everyday. Nothing is done to them unless you go to the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). Then the only time anything is done is when they get enough complants, then they will look into the product and possibly shut them down and make them pay people back, or just take it off the shelve and you recieve nothing.

I never knew that, I learned that in my Nutrition class. It really surprised me that anyone can come up with a gimic and put it out there and make money off of it without any consequences. But I guess that is what happens in the land of the free. What anyone can think up to make that quick buck they will. I guess as we the consumers need to be careful on what we buy or believe in anymore.  

There are some good weight loss products out there. I believe in some work out videos, you just have to remember that a good diet plus the work out will give you the best results. Then you also have to stick to it, you can't stop when you reach your goal. You need to keep that healthy diet and keep working out. Jenny Craig is another good one as well as some others.

What it all boils down to is you will not lose those 5 to 25 pounds in 60 to 90 days. If you do it write you can lose a pound a month or so. It seems like it will take for ever, but that is how are bodies work. There is no way around it. So eat good healthy food and work out at least 20 to 40 minutes a day or more. That is the key to take off the weight and be healthy as well.

2 comments:

  1. I played Just Dance 2 the other day and I actually started sweating because I was doing it for so long! The "non-exercise" programs (like the Just Dance game) seems to be a great workout for many people including myself and they don't even advertise it as a workout!

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  2. I agree that there are to many advertisementson the TV about fitness and weight loss. The bad thing is that I get caught up in them and end up watching them for long periods of time.

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