I’ve lost 300lbs…..
yup, really…… Let me tell you
how… and believe me, this is one to avoid.
I feel as though I’ve been battling my weight since I was a
teenager, although the reality is, I was a normal UK size 12 until I hit my 20s
and started a family. I always felt as
if I should be slimmer, fitter, more attractive (blame the media and teen insecurity)
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| Thats me on the left, aged about 14 |
I’ve been to every weight loss club you could choose, tried
different diets… cabbage soup anyone? Some
more successful than others, but many have the same characteristic feeling that
when you reach your desired goal, you can get back to your ‘normal’ eating
patten….
At the moment I’m nearing the goal weight I set for
myself, almost 5 years ago, having lost about 150lbs….
But over my adult life, I estimate that I’ve actually lost
double that…. It’s the YOYO diet cycle….. It’s a real phenomena caused by fad ‘diets’. You shed 14lbs, lose focus or get bored of milkshakes
or cabbage soup, and on it goes again….
Then you find the new amazing diet idea, and off we go again….
Diets don’’t work.
There…. I’ve said it…..
Going on a restrictive regime is ok for a short term fix, but do you
want to eat cabbage soup for the rest of your life? Of course not….
I’m not blaming you (or me) for trying…. When you want to lose weight and get healthy,
you’ll try almost anything that promises success…. Ask me, I know….
What’s the magic formula?
This isn’t rocket science….
You need to eat less food than your body needs each day, then it will
use your stored energy (fat) and you lose weight…. The ONLY
way to do this in my opinion, is to change your lifestyle, permanently…..
GroundHog Day
So, don’t be like Bill Murray in GroundHog Day (great film
BTW) and live through losing the same 14lbs every few months…. Change your routine, little bit at a time,
and build a new healthy lifestyle for yourself.
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