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demoiselle2014
demoiselle2014 Posts: 474 Member
edited November 21 in Fitness and Exercise
Why do people get so disheartened when they are two days or three weeks into an exercise program and they haven't seen a result? Even without knowing much about nutrition and exercise, it seems like common sense that it will take time to lose weight or get strong.

I am actually wondering if this is a byproduct of some kind of brain defense mechanism. Are our brains tricking us to discourage us from dieting/exercise?

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    edited July 2015
    Because some people are impatient.
  • SquatNSparkle
    SquatNSparkle Posts: 477 Member
    Our society thrives on instant gratification. Magazine covers that promise a rock hard body in # "easy workouts'
    People want a magic bullet.

    Just my opinion
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Because people believe the raspberry ketone adverts that say "lose 10lbs in one week"...
  • opalle
    opalle Posts: 234 Member
    FitNFiesty044 wrote: »
    Our society thrives on instant gratification. Magazine covers that promise a rock hard body in # "easy workouts'
    People want a magic bullet.

    Just my opinion

    Yep, my opinion too.

  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    Because all the ads for weight loss promise instant or near-instant results, and so we're conditioned to believe that's the norm. A lot of people don't realize or refuse to realize that those kinds of diets are temporary and sometimes unhealthy, so trying to make people understand that they have to change their eating habits is hard to do.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    It's due to the fact the technology and science have offered so many ways to make previous chores, work, etc. much much faster.
    Thing is, human physiology hasn't changed that much in thousands of years.

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  • demoiselle2014
    demoiselle2014 Posts: 474 Member
    I had this very conversation with my mom a week ago. She was discouraged because she'd only list 6 lbs in 6 weeks, so it was going to take months to lose the weight she gained over the winter. But she gained that weight over four or five months. Why would it come off faster?

    But then sometimes people believe they gained five lbs of real weight in a week, and that should actually be really difficult. That's a lot of excess calories.
  • SquatNSparkle
    SquatNSparkle Posts: 477 Member
    People just don't get it. I was one of those until recently. Education is critical.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    Because people believe Dr. Oz.
  • midpath
    midpath Posts: 246 Member
    I think it's just depressing. It definitely has a lot to do with the expectation of instant gratification. Forget what my informatics class called it but basically we EXPECT certain technology to be fast nowadays so its being classified as a type of technology. So literally we are so used to having instant results in most parts of our lives that there's an actual name for it. Starts with a P.

    Anyways. Yeah instant gratification and I know that losing weight is slow rolling and I've lost 15 lbs in 15 weeks so its like im working hard for this but I'm still fat. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could get the results while working for it? Kinda like buying something with a credit card and if you don't work out or diet your skinniness gets "repoed"
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    I think many times people just look at others' fitness and diet results and just don't realize how hard and long those others worked to get where they are.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I think it's a combination of all of the above. Expecting it to be as quick and easy as modern technology makes just about everything else, adverts promising fast results and of course formerly overweight famous folks suddenly losing half their body weight hitting the headlines on trashy magazines with their "secrets" while people forget they've been hiding for 6 months while they lost the weight. We're just not often presented with the reality of what it takes to be fit and healthy.
  • Diana_GettingFit
    Diana_GettingFit Posts: 458 Member
    FitNFiesty044 wrote: »
    Our society thrives on instant gratification. Magazine covers that promise a rock hard body in # "easy workouts'
    People want a magic bullet.

    Just my opinion

    This.

    What people forget is they didn't gain the weight over night and they shouldn't expect to lose it overnight either.
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