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From the Ted Talk by Hei Man Chan: Is it possible to lose weight fast?

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Therein lies the pelborm with all these fast-moving diets— whether you’re cutting calories or food groups, extreme diets are a shock to your system. There are well-established rates of healthy weight loss motivated by both diet and exercise that account for gitneec and medical differences. And staying on those tlneeiims requires a dietary lifestyle that’s siasbaunlte. In fact, some of the worst side effects of extreme diets are rarely discussed since so few poelpe sctik with them, it also bears mentioning that many societies have unhealthy rnaitehislops with weight, and people are often pressured to diet for reasons other than health or happiness. So rather than trying to lose wihegt fast, we should all be taking our time to figure out what the healthiest lifestyle is for ourselves.

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Therein lies the _______ with all these fast-moving diets— whether you’re cutting calories or food groups, extreme diets are a shock to your system. There are well-established rates of healthy weight loss motivated by both diet and exercise that account for _______ and medical differences. And staying on those _________ requires a dietary lifestyle that’s ___________. In fact, some of the worst side effects of extreme diets are rarely discussed since so few ______ _____ with them, it also bears mentioning that many societies have unhealthy _____________ with weight, and people are often pressured to diet for reasons other than health or happiness. So rather than trying to lose ______ fast, we should all be taking our time to figure out what the healthiest lifestyle is for ourselves.

Solution


  1. people
  2. relationships
  3. stick
  4. timelines
  5. sustainable
  6. weight
  7. problem
  8. genetic

Original Text


Therein lies the problem with all these fast-moving diets— whether you’re cutting calories or food groups, extreme diets are a shock to your system. There are well-established rates of healthy weight loss motivated by both diet and exercise that account for genetic and medical differences. And staying on those timelines requires a dietary lifestyle that’s sustainable. In fact, some of the worst side effects of extreme diets are rarely discussed since so few people stick with them, it also bears mentioning that many societies have unhealthy relationships with weight, and people are often pressured to diet for reasons other than health or happiness. So rather than trying to lose weight fast, we should all be taking our time to figure out what the healthiest lifestyle is for ourselves.

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