What are "short term fixes" and do they really work?

So I've jumped all over the place, where do I actually stand on these quick fixes I keep mentioning?



They are just that, short term fixes. Sure, some of them are complete rubbish and just won't work at all, but oddly enough some of them do! Some of them are amazing!! ... While you're on them. Then when you come off, you generally return to old eating habits with nothing blocking you and bam, Fat-city again. Then the cycle begins again, etc. Alternatively, you can just stay on them for the rest of your life. But this will end up with you being malnourished, irritable for forever giving away your favourite foods and let's face it, you'll cheat all the time with food and not stick to it. Not to mention your body will adapt and it'll just stop working eventually anyway.

Diet shakes, etc are fine if you have a short term and a long term plan. If you are trying to lose weight for a wedding or some other kind of event then sure, diet shake it up. Just make sure you have a long term plan to integrate into it and progress to after you come off of them.

Duromine is the absolute last resort that anyone should ever try. Going straight to it can do some damage as you're essentially just pumping your body with amphetamines. I would only recommend Duromine (or similar) if you have tried healthy eating, supplements (both vitamins and pre-workout) and various kinds of exercise. If you aren't used to pre-workout supplements or high amounts of caffeine regularly through your blood, Duromine is the LAST thing you should be taking.

Some of these are also fads that haven't been properly tested. For example, take the Latin Seed! This was huge, globally for weight loss. You'd chop up a small portion of this seed and eat it, gradually increasing it and it would "flush away toxins" and whatever else that made you fat. It wasn't a Latin seed at all, but some poisonous doodad with no long term studies to verify it. After some pretty serious injuries of the liver and all kinds of organs, the product was recently pulled from the shelves. This was something stocked in a lot of spas and healthfood stores. Concerning, yes?

If you have to use a short term weight loss option, use something that has had thorough testing and is fairly well known. Obscure products can get you into that kind of trouble.

Remember, always have a long term plan and a way to progress between them! Otherwise you're right back where you started.

-MM