Get rich quick schemes

15 min on the _________ machine just 3 times a week and you will lose a 1000 lbs in a month. It's all crap. There are 50,000 machines and diets that say you will lose weight and keep it off quickly.

The source of the problem with all of that junk is that it convinces you that you just need to make one small, subtle change, and the lbs will fall off. BOOOO! You're body will adapt quickly to a small change and nothing will happen. That is what your body does. When something happens to your body, it goes, "Woa, if this is going to be happening, I need to do XYZ so I can be ready for it in the future." So if the change is minor, it is typically very easy to adapt to, and therefore, will see minimal results. I broke my patella (knee cap) in high school - cracked it right down the middle. If you X-rayed the same knee cap today, you could see exactly where the crack USED to be because in the image the bone would appear thicker/darker. My body thought that if I am going to go around and slam my knee cap in that particular spot, it certainly better thicken up that area in order to be ready for next time. The point of this is not to say that our bodies are dumb, but to say that our body just tries to prepare themselves for an easier future based on previous experiences.

Sooo...if you want to lose a significant amount of weight, get into considerably better aerobic shape, put on sizable muscle mass, you need to shock your system to a certain degree.
Change your diet
Increase exercise
Increase metabolism

Not supersizing at McDonald's for the next month may help you lose 2-3 lbs, but nothing major will occur.

Don't confuse over shocking the system with only eating fruit and chicken and running 5 miles a day immediately.

What I AM saying is when you decide to make a change, have a piece of fruit and some protein in the morning, go for a 20-30 min walk in the morning, just have a turkey sandwich on wheat bread for lunch, and grab some grilled chicken and corn for dinner. This will shock the systems for a lot of people. The next day try to repeat the steps. Work up to more rigorour exercise - maybe jump on an exercise bike. I have read several articles that say if you exercise for under 15-20 min then you are burning no more calories than what you have just eaten.

Bottomline - you WILL need to make significant diet changes and add significant exercise starting relatively small but building.