Pros and Cons of Crash Dieting


When looking to lose weight, people want to do it quickly. This leads to looking for quick fixes and magic pills. While there are no magic pills that will help you lose weight without doing anything, there are options. The question you should be asking is whether crash diets are really worth it. You need to know the pros and cons of them.

Lose Weight Quickly

The main benefit of a crash diet is that you will be able to lose a lot of weight quickly. This is what so many people are after that they will often ignore the downsides and even the dangers to them. It is possible to lose 10, 20 and even 30 pounds over the course of a few weeks or months.

Crash dieting is something to consider if you are extremely overweight and looking for a way to kick start your weight loss plan. They make it possible to start the weight loss so that you can then go into a healthy eating plan. There are plenty of dieting plans that will offer a kick start option to help with seeing the results quickly, which means that more people are likely to stick with them.

Not Good for You

However, there are a number of downsides to these dieting options. The first is that there are so many of them. It is often difficult to find the right crash diet for you or to decide which one will work better for you. There is the cabbage soup diet, the grapefruit diet and even something that is known as the baby food diet.

Most of these options lead to you cutting out nutrients that your body needs. They are not a long term option because it means denying your body essentials. This will lead to medical issues and not just weight loss issues. This also leads to problems with trying to do exercise, since the body is not getting the calories or the nutrients that it needs.

Tough and Extreme

Crash dieting is tough for many people. It is extremely restrictive and can often mean cutting out favorites for a long time. This leads to a lack of socializing and struggling with sticking to the diet. It leads to more people giving up half way through, whether they see the results or not.

Most people find that after following a crash diet, they immediately put the weight back on. The problem is that they do not make it possible to lose weight by changing the way a person thinks about food. The diet will cut out food groups and nutrients so that fewer calories are eaten. Once the person goes back to eating like normal, the weight is just piled back on and there are high chances that more weight goes on with it.

Crash diets are not something to rely on but unfortunately they do become additive. If you want to lose weight, it is very important to consider all of your options and also to look at healthy eating and smaller portion sizes instead of opting for something so restrictive. Of course, the choice is completely up to you.

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