# Not Seeing Results? Here's Why

Published: 2014-03-21T14:48:35.860725-04:00
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I recently received an email from a client, who had struggled with her weight for years, saying she didn't see results until she made **health** a priority, not just weight-loss.

I've actually seen this with a lot of clients, and it's why I preach "lifestyle" and not "diet" because **diets only work as long as you're on them**.

Sure, weight-loss is one of the many benefits of going plant-based, but there are so many more advantages like better health and overall quality of life.

![http://photos.happyherbivore.com/2014/03/i-sBLtLvw.jpg](http://photos.happyherbivore.com/2014/03/i-sBLtLvw.jpg)

I love Pam Popper’s combination lock example from her book [Food Over Medicine](http://www.amazon.com/Food-Over-Medicine-Conversation-Could/dp/1937856801/?tag=happyherbi-20):

*“The [plant-based] diet is like a combination lock. If you have to dial four numbers to open a combination lock and you dial up three correctly, you don’t get 75% of the results. You get nothing until you get that fourth number right. And so, we have a society filled with people who are doing 75% of what they need to do or 50% of what they need to do. They don’t get 50% or 75% of the results; nothing happens until they get the whole thing right.”*

When I was a personal trainer, and my clients asked me about "cheating" or "cheat" days, I always told them "cheats cheat you." The decision is always yours :)

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