Comments on: The Anatomy of a Weight Loss Scam http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Why The Trump Network Failed for Stay at Home Moms http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-6224 Why The Trump Network Failed for Stay at Home Moms Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:07:24 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-6224 [...] then went broke and had to sell his name for a TV show, real estate investment scheme, and now the weight loss scams.  Hopefully, you’ll overcome a blind eagerness to get rich quick and discover that getting [...] [...] then went broke and had to sell his name for a TV show, real estate investment scheme, and now the weight loss scams.  Hopefully, you’ll overcome a blind eagerness to get rich quick and discover that getting [...]

]]> By: Hethe http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-6087 Hethe Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:32:32 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-6087 Believe me I know! I been there did that on whole bunch of different kinds of "plans." After my last failed plan, (which in theory was good and healthy) and in complete frustration and saddness, I had to take a long look at my lifestyle. Many times, it wasn't that I was trying to lie to myself, I just WAS. I didn't realize how often I could (and did) "cheat" on my diet, or how little I might have worked out that month. My point system was good AND bad. It was good because I got to see myself in reality, with an unbiased numerical value of my efforts... but it was bad when I had to face the facts and change :S The bad faded pretty quickly though. Having a + positive point number I worked real hard to earn all week to simply be destroyed on a weekend bender with my friends forced me think differentley. My choices of food and exercise became like the bell with Pavlov's dog right before I decided to do/eat (or not do) them. -->"Do I really want to eat the office donuts and get a negative score today?" Or...when I wake up in the morning "James is flying into town this week, I have to work out all so I can stay keep a positive score for the week." I wish I enjoyed running or playing sports everyday like some of my fit friends, but I don't. I just like to look good for the ladies! But that's motivation enough for me.... AAAAaahhhh Yeah! Believe me I know! I been there did that on whole bunch of different kinds of “plans.” After my last failed plan, (which in theory was good and healthy) and in complete frustration and saddness, I had to take a long look at my lifestyle. Many times, it wasn’t that I was trying to lie to myself, I just WAS. I didn’t realize how often I could (and did) “cheat” on my diet, or how little I might have worked out that month.
My point system was good AND bad. It was good because I got to see myself in reality, with an unbiased numerical value of my efforts… but it was bad when I had to face the facts and change :S
The bad faded pretty quickly though.
Having a + positive point number I worked real hard to earn all week to simply be destroyed on a weekend bender with my friends forced me think differentley. My choices of food and exercise became like the bell with Pavlov’s dog right before I decided to do/eat (or not do) them.
–>”Do I really want to eat the office donuts and get a negative score today?” Or…when I wake up in the morning “James is flying into town this week, I have to work out all so I can stay keep a positive score for the week.”
I wish I enjoyed running or playing sports everyday like some of my fit friends, but I don’t.
I just like to look good for the ladies! But that’s motivation enough for me…. AAAAaahhhh Yeah!

]]> By: Keith http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-6086 Keith Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:18:08 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-6086 Hethe: You're completely right. Being fit is a lifestyle change more than anything. People think they can lose weight with the pills, programs and special diets when the fact is that those things might help but only after a mental change happens within. I like your system. Another thing is that people are notorious cheaters. Without records, like you say, they lie to themselves about how much they eaten and how vigorously they've worked out. :-) Hethe: You’re completely right. Being fit is a lifestyle change more than anything. People think they can lose weight with the pills, programs and special diets when the fact is that those things might help but only after a mental change happens within. I like your system. Another thing is that people are notorious cheaters. Without records, like you say, they lie to themselves about how much they eaten and how vigorously they’ve worked out. :-)

]]> By: Hethe http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-6085 Hethe Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:12:06 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-6085 The problem for many is they think "If they can just get the weight off, everything will be ok... I'll just put in the work and sacrifice for now." Thing is though it's a lifestyle change. There is no finish line on the road to getting fit. I was an up and down weight person. Always relatively fit, but never 6 pack fit. I finally created a system that works for me and I did it when I gave up on diets, "special" nutrition that everyone wants to sell. The point system goes like this: +1 = Vigorous exercise and I am on my diet +0 = No Exercise and I am on my diet -1 = Vigorous exercise but I was off my diet -2 = No Exercise and no diet. I lost 30lbs doing this... The weird thing was, because I keep records every day I know my stats. Without knowing it would end up this way it seems for every +2 points I get I lose 1 lbs. and vice versa. I also increase my muscle, I marked out how much I could lift and watch it improve dramatically, no supplements. There's a few caveats with my fitness plan doing this, but nothing common sense wouldn't already know... but if common sense were common, then scams like these wouldn't take place. The problem for many is they think “If they can just get the weight off, everything will be ok… I’ll just put in the work and sacrifice for now.” Thing is though it’s a lifestyle change. There is no finish line on the road to getting fit.
I was an up and down weight person. Always relatively fit, but never 6 pack fit. I finally created a system that works for me and I did it when I gave up on diets, “special” nutrition that everyone wants to sell.
The point system goes like this:
+1 = Vigorous exercise and I am on my diet
+0 = No Exercise and I am on my diet
-1 = Vigorous exercise but I was off my diet
-2 = No Exercise and no diet.
I lost 30lbs doing this… The weird thing was, because I keep records every day I know my stats. Without knowing it would end up this way it seems for every +2 points I get I lose 1 lbs. and vice versa. I also increase my muscle, I marked out how much I could lift and watch it improve dramatically, no supplements.
There’s a few caveats with my fitness plan doing this, but nothing common sense wouldn’t already know… but if common sense were common, then scams like these wouldn’t take place.

]]> By: Paradox13VA http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-5744 Paradox13VA Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:48:35 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-5744 Wait, Keith, you mean I have to work to get things I want? This is AMERICA! I shouldn't have to work for anything! :) .-= Paradox13VA´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.leesburgtomorrow.us/2010/05/offered-without-hint-of-irony.html" rel="nofollow">Offered Without A Hint Of Irony</a> =-. Wait, Keith, you mean I have to work to get things I want? This is AMERICA! I shouldn’t have to work for anything!

:)
.-= Paradox13VA´s last blog ..Offered Without A Hint Of Irony =-.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-5740 Rachel Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:07:22 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-5740 Hello all bloggers! I would like to take this opportunity to invite you all, dare you even, to come in to QUICKfit fitness studio for a FREE body wrap, and you will see for yourself that it is not a scam, but a perfectly natural, healthy way to get your body detoxified and back in balance, so that you can start losing fat and feeling better. Don't hesitate to call me with any questions you may have. 303-993-7361 Hope to see you soon, Rachel Summers Executive Director QUICKfit Fitness Studio 2835 Pearl St. Boulder, CO 80301 Hello all bloggers!

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you all, dare you even, to come in to QUICKfit fitness studio for a FREE body wrap, and you will see for yourself that it is not a scam, but a perfectly natural, healthy way to get your body detoxified and back in balance, so that you can start losing fat and feeling better. Don’t hesitate to call me with any questions you may have. 303-993-7361

Hope to see you soon,

Rachel Summers
Executive Director
QUICKfit Fitness Studio
2835 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO 80301

]]> By: Kid Acting Badly? Try the Total Transformation Scam http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-4531 Kid Acting Badly? Try the Total Transformation Scam Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:25:32 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-4531 [...] are a dime a dozen, apparently.  There are scams for every personality — health scams, fitness scams, money making scams and even scams involving parenting.  The Total Transformation Program is no [...] [...] are a dime a dozen, apparently.  There are scams for every personality — health scams, fitness scams, money making scams and even scams involving parenting.  The Total Transformation Program is no [...]

]]> By: Antioxidants and the Growth of a Scam http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-3773 Antioxidants and the Growth of a Scam Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:00:05 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-3773 [...] you eat in varying quantities and have become the selling point in acai and other similarly scammy products.  It’s not that the antioxidants themselves are a scam.  It’s that some of the [...] [...] you eat in varying quantities and have become the selling point in acai and other similarly scammy products.  It’s not that the antioxidants themselves are a scam.  It’s that some of the [...]

]]> By: PowerBlocks Vs. SelectTech Dumbbells http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-3343 PowerBlocks Vs. SelectTech Dumbbells Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:46:55 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-3343 [...] I wanted to be ripped too so it seemed like a perfect match.  Not being a complete idiot though I caught myself before whipping out the credit card, and I decided to do research.  My findings are [...] [...] I wanted to be ripped too so it seemed like a perfect match.  Not being a complete idiot though I caught myself before whipping out the credit card, and I decided to do research.  My findings are [...]

]]> By: Keith http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-3103 Keith Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:35:00 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-3103 Stephanie, You're right, it isn't a secret. Unfortunately desperate people do desperate things which usually make no sense and always do no good. I'm sad about it too. I wish I could just stand up and help everyone see the light. But, scams have been around a lot longer than me, so I guess they're effective. Stephanie, You’re right, it isn’t a secret. Unfortunately desperate people do desperate things which usually make no sense and always do no good. I’m sad about it too. I wish I could just stand up and help everyone see the light. But, scams have been around a lot longer than me, so I guess they’re effective.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/the-anatomy-of-a-weight-loss-scam/comment-page-1#comment-3081 Stephanie Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:18:59 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=6747#comment-3081 Agreed. The road to weight loss may not be easy, but the way to achieve that goal certainly isn't a "secret." It involves regular exercise and healthful eating...period. There's no way around that. Popping a pill to shed pounds is a frightening idea to me - and it makes me sad that people fall for these kind of scams. .-= Stephanie´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metropolitanmama/~3/OXjIYMQV6ws/" rel="nofollow">TOP 10 Blog Posts of 2009</a> =-. Agreed. The road to weight loss may not be easy, but the way to achieve that goal certainly isn’t a “secret.” It involves regular exercise and healthful eating…period. There’s no way around that.

Popping a pill to shed pounds is a frightening idea to me – and it makes me sad that people fall for these kind of scams.
.-= Stephanie´s last blog ..TOP 10 Blog Posts of 2009 =-.

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