The media grab your attention with clickbait articles and false promises from useless products, this idea of quick results for minimal effort has become a part of the way many people expect results because of misleading information claiming you can ‘lose fat quick.’
Modern technology has allowed for people to get anything they want in a click of a button, sometimes you can even receive a product the same day you ordered it.
If products and food come fast why would you work hard when you can just buy a waist trainer, fat burners, diet shakes or even plastic surgery? Because its all a lie!
Hundreds of influencers and celebrities are paid to promote products they have never even used, I won’t name any names due to the fact I don’t like dishing out hate but here are a few examples of things I’ve seen advertised on social media from which I know the celebrity hasn’t used to get the results they claim.
- Herbalife, skinny shakes and detox teas – Celebrities and influencers advertising these products claiming they made them lose weight. Any weight loss from these shakes/teas has happened because they ate less and replaced meals with low calorie drinks. Whilst they might have lost weight, its most likely water, poop or muscle! This is unsustainable and miserable (who wants to drink pond green juice for meals when you can have any foods you enjoy in a deficit and still lose weight?) As soon as you start eating food again you’ll most likely binge after having been restricted and gain back any lost weight due to the body desperately holding onto any solid food ingested.
These products are harmful and dangerous and have the potential to cause easting disorders, or exacerbate an already existing eating disorder. These shakes are usually glorified laxatives and create negative relationships with food, the idea that you need to completely remove any food groups is completely ridiculous and does more harm than good.
- Fat burners – If fat burners worked, don’t you think it would be a worldwide cure for obesity? Wouldn’t doctors prescribe them if they were safe and effective? Some are completely harmless, because they are most likely just a useless vitamin of some sort, but some are very dangerous and given to someone with a low body weight or health problems could cause serious damage or injury.
- Waist trainers – They are not magic and do not give you a flat stomach, i’ve seen someone pass out from wearing one of these too tight and they can do damage to your organs if worn too often, causing them to shift positions or restricting blood flow.
- Basic bodyweight exercises – Any exercise is better than no exercise and for some people bodyweight is all they can manage, thats perfectly fine! It is a different situation when celebrities or influencers upload videos of them doing bodyweight kickbacks or lifting a leg to the side without any weight for likes/views as this is not how they grew big glutes.
If someone has a big round bum.. its either from weight training, genetics or plastic surgery – No amount of bodyweight kickbacks will give you a round peach or strong glutes even if *Sarah* tells you thats how she built her big booty and barely broke a sweat doing it.
To gain muscle you need to use resistance and eat enough of the right macronutrients (Follow a workout and or meal plan from a fitness professional)
- Plastic surgery – *I am not slating anyone who has plastic surgery and I believe everyone has a right to do what they please with their own body, especially if it helps with insecurities* What I do NOT agree with is when celebrities or influencers get plastic surgery and then promote a product and pretend they got results from said product, for example:
- Fat liposuction and then promoting ‘skinny injections, waist trainers, skinny teas/shakes or fat burners.
- Bum implants and promoting basic bodyweight exercises, a ‘glute guide’ or ‘bum lifting cream.’
I wanted to elaborate on the ‘skinny injections’ separately because of the severity of it, I saw a well known celebrity promoting this company which is incredibly dangerous and misleading, the celebrity has a massive online fan base and promoting such an unhealthy and dangerous product is such an awful thing to do when young adults look up to her and take her advice.
The website claimed you can lose weight for ‘all sizes and ages’ by receiving a pack of needles for home use. A deficit is the ONLY way you’ll actually lose body fat safely, longterm and there is absolutely NO need to have any injections, pills, shakes or other harmful substances.
If you are looking for a quick weight loss fix, stop looking and listen to health and fitness professionals such as myself. If you really care about your physical and mental health, invest your money into a coach who can educate you and help you create a sustainable, healthy lifestyle without ever cutting out any foods you enjoy!
If it were easy, everyone would look like cover models, be athletes or be really strong! – Fat loss and building muscle is HARD, but SO worth it and once you start and see your hard earned results you’ll wish you’d started earlier.
See my other health and fitness blogs to learn more about exercise and nutrition, no quick fixes here!
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