DON'T BE A VICTIM OF THE GET SKINNY QUICK SCHEME

                   DON'T BE A VICTIM TO THE GET SKINNY QUICK SCHEME

You've heard of the "get rich quick scheme" well don't you fall victim to the "get skinny quick scheme" like I have many times in my life. All these diets that promise outrageous amounts of weight loss and fast results-diets where you drink only shakes all day, or eat cabbage soup for every meal, these are the diets I'm talking about. Don't get me wrong most of the time these quick fix diets do work, but the results are very short lasting, but the damage they do to your body are not. Why do these diets work? Usually because they have dangerously low caloric intake <1000 per day (even for the thinnest person this is not healthy). Your body is at a major calorie deficit so you're going to lose weight, but you will also lose muscle, do damage to your vital organs (liver, heart, kidneys), and mess up your metabolism big time.

The weight always comes back on and it brings it's friends with it, a few more pounds. The unhealthiness of Yo Yo dieting is well documented (Yo Yo dieting is losing weight then gaining it back, then losing it again, and so on...) and NO it is not just better to go a head and stay fat! Lol. Nice try, the answer is to change the way you think about losing weight. This time you're not going on a diet, you're making changes to the way you eat. Pick 1 thing that you are going to change this week about your eating habits-give up soft drinks regular or diet both are bad for you, cut back on salt, stop eating out, etc...Focus on changing just that one thing this week.

Before you start you can weigh, but also take your measurements, I know I hated doing it too but believe me later on you will be happy that you did, write down how you feel-are you tired all the time, grumpy, stomach problems, aches pains in knees & other areas? Don't obsess over the scale find other ways to measure success. How do your clothes fit? How do you feel? Do you have more energy? Are you more focused? Do you sleep better? Are you less fatigued? Are you less cranky? Can you walk a flight of stairs and not get winded? Do your knees not hurt?

You didn't gain the weight over night, so don't expect to lose it over night. It was a hard lesson for me to learn, but it is an important one if you want to be successful in keeping the weight off. Change your mind then change your world. Blessings. FOR MORE INFO ON WAYS THAT I CAN HELP YOU

352 lbs start and 179 lbs finish
18 months to lose
off for 5 years