Harvard Health Weight-loss drugs have drawbacks - Harvard Health
Q:Is there a diet pill available that is safe to use and really works? View Full Story
If you check out the above story, once again, it is pretty clear that losing weight is ALWAYS more than taking a pill. I am now getting lots of questions about HCG injections. People are ordering this off of the internet, God knows what is being shipped to them, and then they ask for a physician to do the injection or a friend/family member who is in the medical field. This HCG injection is accompanied by a 500 calorie a day diet. Give me a break...this is not sustainable, not accomplishing any behavior modification, and has a ZERO chance of long-term success.
Losing weight and keeping it off requires a multidimensional strategy aimed to induce a life-style change permanently. This is VERY difficult, requires lots of work, but it CAN BE DONE. There are no real "short-cuts" in this process, although I see a program such as ours as a great jump-start to the long process. Beware of any pill/injection/etc that promises "easy weight loss". No such thing exists....yes, the surgeries such as gastric bypass and lap banding will produce lots of weight loss, but many people start gaining the weight back over time.
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Totally agree. It's hard work, fraught with perils along the way, and seeing so many advertisements for "overnight" wt loss product is disheartening sometimes. Just tonight we were walking in our neighborhood (not my daily exercise, I'd already done my 30" of cardio thankyouverymuch!!) we saw one of those advertised cars - hawking the legendary "Cookie Diet - Since 1975!" Seriously, anyone who believes in a Cookie Diet is a bit kookie themselves. No such thing as wt loss nirvana, no matter what you read or see on TV. Keep on with your message Dr. P - it's the only truth out there:) - Sue
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