The Real Cost of Yo-Yo Dieting~ Can You Put a Price Tag on Your Health?

Written by Sherry Cronin

It usually starts with hope. A new diet flashes across your feed, slick marketing promising dramatic results in weeks, not months. You click. You commit. Out go the old groceries, in come the shakes, powders, and meticulously prepped meals. You weigh yourself every morning, grinning as the numbers tick down. Friends notice. Compliments flow. For a moment, it feels like magic.

Then real life barges back in. A vacation derails your routine. Work stress pulls you toward comfort foods. A birthday dinner turns into a weekend of “I’ll just get back on track Monday.” Slowly, the weight creeps back. First a couple of pounds, then five, then ten. By the time you admit you’ve slid back to where you started, you’re already eyeing the next miracle plan. Different name, same promise. Different gimmick, same cycle.

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