The rules make the fad diets work
There is sensible weight loss dieting and then there are mad fad diets. The mainstream diets point you to sensible eating and a pound by pound weight reduction over a long time frame. The fad diets do not offer a steady weight loss. They promise large reduction in weight in a matter of weeks.
Are we sure that these special fad diets really work? They claim great things but you must know that they are not based on normal food and ideas. I know this because I have lost 5 stones in a space of just 15 weeks on one of these diets.
There are very definite reasons why this diet worked for me and why it could work for you. The main reason is the rules that you have to follow.
Fad diets have very strict rules that you have to follow. This means that they are very easy to understand. They give you a meal plan that says “this is what you can eat” It is very limited and usually quite boring but you know that if you stick to the diet rules you will lose the weight.
Standard diets by contrast allow you a huge range of food options but this is where the rules get confusing. You are so busy counting points and calories that you do not know quite what you are allowed to eat and when.
So that is why the rules are so helpful on a very quick fat loss diet. But of course then the question is can you stick to the diet rules you are given. The rules that you do have are in a way much harder to stick to but you also expect to be hungry on this type of diet so you expect this. It creates a sort of virtuous circle of thought processes that give you more resolve.
Rules for diets are what make them work. I just like the simple and easy to follow rules of mad fad diets.