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Why Every Diet You've Ever Tried Has Failed — And What to Do Instead
Nik Heartsong Nik Heartsong

Why Every Diet You've Ever Tried Has Failed — And What to Do Instead

You have been here before.

The diet that worked for three weeks and then stopped. The calories counted, the macros tracked, the meal plans followed to the letter. The early morning workouts, the intermittent fasting windows, the elimination diets. The results that arrived slowly, stalled inexplicably, and then reversed the moment you relaxed your grip.

If this is your experience with weight loss — you are not alone. And more importantly, you are not the problem.

The problem is that virtually every conventional diet and nutrition program operates on a fundamental assumption that is simply not true for most people: that weight gain is primarily caused by eating too much and moving too little, and that the solution is therefore to eat less and move more.

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