Yes this is working for me...fueling my body with nutrients and working out, in opinion has the long term results. Here is my history and how I got to this point, hopefully you wont have to go though all of this.
I have done it all, in my early 20's I did a liquid diet (I mean NO SOLID FOOD), I also remember I used to drink diet coke and eat the occasional slim fast bar to maintain a size 10 (soooo unhealthy though), later on I tried weight watchers (the old weight watchers), counted calories, no/low fat, excersize.....and had results, but either I didnt stick to it, or once I got close to a goal, I thought hey I can return to my old ways (think again honey-child!!!!). I think back to when I was young how I punished my body and mind over diet,...and how drastic it all becomes. I have never purged or used lacatives,..not because it is beyond me, perhaps because I was too afraid. So I certainly understand that struggle especially young woman have.
I always seemed to put on a lil more weight each time I lost, I have had three kids, along with the thyroid problems, and to be honest I kinda gave up on the diet thing for a while and stopped paying attention, Oh I made attempts but my mind was just not there to do it, or other commitments like work/kids seemed to take priority over me.
However, something clicked, and I was ready, and I really hope this is the last time I have to take off the weight but I am prepared to do what I am doing now for the rest of my life. Meaning before weight loss was about a dress size, and how I looked, and now its about health, feeling good and ok I admit it I love a cute outfit....but none the less the approach is altogether different. It not about a quick fix, it about relearning how I approach food, I am choosing to make choices, choices for my body not for comfort. However, if I make a choice to have something that perhaps is not on the diet I try to modify it to make it healthier, also I dont do it when I am so ravinous that I cant control it. Setting limits and sticking to them. I probably am not eating all that much less, but just differently, the grilled cheese sandwhich (plus the one my kid left on her plate) is now a big colourful garden salad with some tuna (I work hard at making the food presentation very appetizing), and I enjoy it just as much. (My kids are now asking to have some and before if I put salad on their plate they looked at like I was crazy) However, as the weight is now coming off, and as I feel better with the excersize that is my comfort and my reward,..and that bowl of ice cream really is no longer what I desire. I want really really want this, I am prepared to work for it, change my lifestyle, and each day I tell myself what my committment is to me. Thus, I come here everyday, sometimes two three times, just to help keep me conscious of it all. I dont see this as a sacrifice, to me its a journey to finding my own, and being my best. I win, my family wins.
