Does the Hollywood Diet work?

Quite honestly, it depends on what your definition of “work” is. As most of us know, the ONLY way to lose weight is to create a calorie deficit. We have to use up more calories than we consume.

That leaves us with two choices: Diet and weight loss products that “work” by helping with creating a calorie deficit- and those that will never work because they don’t do anything. Let’s begin with diet pills, then move on to popular diet plans. So do diet pills work? Again, it all depends. Some are strong stimulants that will artificially stimulate your metabolism and suppress your appetite. Others are nothing more than a mix of fiber or useless herbs, these are the ones that don't do anything- except lighten you wallet. However,  an appetite suppressant can help you create a calorie deficit, if it’s powerful enough.

So bottom line, do diet drugs really work for weight loss? Only if you like the idea of being constantly filled with powerful stimulants for weeks or months. I would encourage you to research some of the side effects of powerful stimulants. Then you have to ask yourself this question: If I couldn’t keep the weight off before I went on that diet pill, why would I be able to keep weight off after I stopped using it? Something to really think over.

Next up, does ANY main stream diet or weight loss plan really work- permanently?

For example, does LA Weight Loss REALLY work? If it creates a calorie deficit for you, yes it will work. You will burn fat.

However...

Extensive research from UCLA has shown that people on commerical did lose weight, but within two years 83% had gained back more weight than lost. Their research determined people who did not go on a diet, were better off from a health standpoint than those who did.

If you need more proof, just look at the facts:  Nearly two out of three Americans are overweight or obese while spending 40 billion dollars annually on weight loss products. Think about that, if any main stream weight loss plan worked permanently- would so many people still be overweight?

So rather than ask yourself: Does NutriSytem really work? Does the Hollywood Cookie Diet work? Does any fad diet really work? Or do "crash" diets work? Ask yourself: How can I REALLY lose weight?

If you answered “I need to create a small daily calorie deficit,” you’ve taken the first step towards becoming a weight loss success story. Burning off more calories than consumed can only happen one way: You have to change your past weight gain habits over to new weight loss habits.

If you can do that by yourself, that’s awesome. If you can’t, there are books that can help. I failed at losing weight for 30 years. Over those thirty years, I lost and gained back over 300 pounds. I tried a diet shortcut or two. And yes, I wondered; do weight loss pills really work? I was temped to see if there was an easy way to burn off fat.

In the end, the only weight loss "system" that worked for me was the one I put together myself with the help of an e-manual called New Body New Life. It taught me how to see my weight gain habits, and most importantly, it taught me how to change them over to weight loss habits.

As I said, if you can recognize and change your habits on your own, that’s all you need to do for safe and permanent weight loss. The amount of time and money you’ll save by avoiding diet shortcuts will be huge.

On a very interesting side note, when you change those habits, it will give you the self discipline to do whatever else you put your mind to. So even if some diet pill like Hoodia really did work- it can’t give you what changing your habits does:

A whole new level of confidence, discipline, and self respect. And most important the knowledge of how to keep weight off for the rest of your life.