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I've seen loads of people who have tried a bunch of diets but haven't lost any weight. They usually complain and say that the problem is entirely out of their control. But in most cases that I've seen the problem is entirely in their control. Take my mom and her husband for example. They have tried a bunch of methods, but they are fat. For the same reason that a lot of other people are who have tried these diets and failed. They still eat enough for 2 persons each. They don't work out much either. Sure they golf and have dogs that they take for long walks. But after each golf round they eat some kind of unhealthy thing. A cake or candy. So basically all they burnt on the golf goes right back on that candy. These are people that when you ask them say that they've tried all the diets and none of them works.
I've seen loads of people that claim that nothing works. But the main reason is that they eat for 2 people and they still eat snacks when they are on diet. But it's much harder to accept that you have a problem than it is to say that the problem is entirely out of your control. Millions of people fail at diets because they eat way to much and they aren't motivated enough to actually stick to the diet at all times.
As I said in an earlier post. Loosing a lot of weight isn't a temporary change. It's a life change.
I have seen the same thing. Heavy eaters cheat on the diet, then blame the diet. My father was an athlete who loved to eat. When it was time to work all day and raise a family and be exhausted by 9:00 the absence of exercise caused him to gain weight. He was always on a diet and never lost weight. The biggest running joke in the family was that he would sneak food (snacks, ice cream, leftovers, etc) and we would catch him and he would say 'don't tell your mother'.
He loved to eat, and he died at an incredibly young age because of it. My mother once said she never realized that she was killing him by feeding him. I guarantee the extra 20-30 years he would have gotten by sticking to any diet would have been more worth it to him that the enjoyment he got from eating. And I guarantee we all would have kicked his ass about cheating on the diets if we really understood the consequences.