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Article: The truth behind those weight-loss commercials.
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- La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI)
- Article date:
- January 3, 2007
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Byline: Terry Rindfleisch
Jan. 3--I get tired of the weight-loss commercials and their promise of quick weight loss this time of year. It's a good thing to want to lose weight for better health, but we need to ask ourselves several questions: Are we ready? Are we motivated to make long-term lifestyle changes? Do we really believe in losing weight slowly and safely for better health? Are we ready to change our eating and exercise habits?
If your answer is no to any of these questions, you may want to focus your time and energy on making small changes in your eating and exercise regimens. We want to believe those diet ads and commercials even though we know ...