Diet Support Thread

[Renee29]

Hi,

Is anyone interested in a diet support thread? I've read Foreverblessed's great weight loss story. The most I've ever lost is 40 pound and I gained it all back. I was thin at one point in my life and I want to get back there, but all my efforts seem in vain. I don't care so much about what I look like, but I want to feel good physically.

[committed]

Hi Renee,
It actually takes first the true desire to do something. When I got pregnant with my daughter I weighed 180 lbs., I was sick about it, but couldn't seem to break the bond. During my pregnancy, I lost 11 lbs. with no weight gain (I was always like that, during pregnancy) not because I tried hard (though I did somewhat) but I guess my hormones...anyways after having her, I weighed myself at the hospital, and I weighed 157. Then I got encoouraged and decided to go for it. I think the lowest I got was 140, but compared to the 180, I was willing to accept it. But there really is a thing called creeping obesity, and I had it. I never got to 180 again, but I did get to 160. The most important is a made up mind. Secondly, try just eating until satisfied instead of getting full (that is how we were raised, and it is a natural mind set, that most of us don't even realize) Doing that over a couple of years, I got where I went down to 118, then got back up to about 145. Now that was not acceptable to me anymore, because I had been 118. So I just plugged along, kept to that idea of eating what I liked, but not in excess and it worked. I have kept that weight off for several years now, but not with out a struggle. My daughter in law sells some herbal diet pills that worked great for me, also. They don't take your appetite away, but take the edge off, and that is all I needed. So then it got that just when I had the munchies (too much) I took one of those pills and I was okay. So I was able to stay around 130 for a long time. this past year, I have had some serious health issues, bleeding ulcers, gerd, hiatal hernia, etc. so I am back down to 118, though I had gotten down to 111. Now I don't suggest anyone go that route...:)
But just eat what you like (sweets, etc.) just once in awhile. Cause if you don't you will crave it, and go nuts eating it.

[ddc101]

I want to share that I have not gotten to my goal weight just yet but am on my way.I have learned to let veggie and fruit become my main staples then grains and then the meat group.I no longer eat foods with a high glycemic factor such as white potatoes and carrots like crazy.I stick to sweet potatoes and more green leafy veggies.You have to be willing to change your eating habits permanently.If you are not willing then forget it just get ready to shop for clothes in large size shops forever.lv sis.c

[Seventyx7]

Hey out there, is anyone still dieting? Let me know. I thought I was the only one:goof: It's getting old but, I'm going to perservere as long as I can. I've been doing 2 miles all week. I won't weigh in until Wed. and then will get really depressed if I haven't lost anything. I pray I won't get discouraged and quit. I must get this weight off or else:eek:

[BurningforJesus]

Hi there, Last year I was reading Faithchild's thread, "how do you lose weight?" He really was an inspiring man. I meant to start something to lose all this weight but could not get my self motivated. Instead I went the other way for a while. Then December came and I knew I had to do something. i had been reading some healthy food books and how we were stuffing ourselves with dead food when we cooked it and here I was thinking I was a good cook and feeding my family well.
Cut a long story short, I started a diet called the 'Soup diet". This was just to get some weight off first and slowly get myself in to the habit of healthy eating. My My!! What a wonderful diet!! I modified it abit as it had a lot of canned food which I thought was high in salt, which I wanted to avoid. Cut down the cooking time so the veges were still crispy and changed the soy sauce to Braggs liquid. Well, I could not get enough of the soup and ate lots of it:)
I started it in the early part of January and now I am lighter than I have been since my 16 year old was born!!!!!!! I feel more energetic, and it is easier to walk my walk in the morning. In fact I have to leave my old dog home coz she can't keep up with me!!! Poor thing, you should see her face when I shut the door with out her coming too.
I have lost about 2 stone now and I have room to lose more. :spin: :spin:

So I encourage you all, to go for it. What have you got to lose...except pounds and ounces. :)

Burning....the calories off!! :)

[ddc101]

Burning were those 2 stone the ones you threw out of your pocket while jogging>>>>>lol..lv sis.c

[BurningforJesus]

Burning were those 2 stone the ones you threw out of your pocket while jogging>>>>>lol..lv sis.c



Haha. :laugh: :laugh: Ummm. I don't jog, and can't jog and will not jog...you would agreee if you saw me jog. :)

Those 2 stone came off because I was eating sensibly and only had lollies or and ice cream once in a while, and not every day like I was getting into by the end of last year. I intend to lose more this year, even this month!! :)

For those who are deciding to live a healthier lifestyle with your eating and not just aiming to lose those pounds, there is this website I found which was recommended by the Above Rubies ladies. I have a ffriend who eats raw food, eg Fruit and Vegies, and has the book. I have seen and read it too. I like a lot of the recipes, and I know a lot of people may think it is 'overboard' but the proof is in the eating, so to speak. If any one is interested give me a PM and I will send it to you or you can look up the Above Rubies website and you will find it there. ")

Burning

[Seventyx7]

Sister Burning, how much is a stone? 12lbs? and you have lost 2, that's great. I haven't weighed in about a week. But, since I've been walking off the pounds with my DVD I really feel my body tightening up. I know I'm firming up whether I've lost any pounds or not. I'm going to keep it up if I can. Pray for me. I'm going to need it.:yeah: The soup diet. Was it every meal? the whole can or what? My daugher did it and liked it. Is it any kind of soup? Let me know. I know any tips to help it go by smoother will be much appreciated. I've got to do this. My health is a stake, for I'm not getting any younger.

[ddc101]

Sister that diet of live food is great.I did it for a while and felt like a million bucks.But now I am on the cake and brownie diet :p lv sis.c

[Seventyx7]

You are something else girl:rolleyes: You know I'd prefer your diet over mine.:laugh:

[BurningforJesus]

Hi there, I am not sure what the pounds are to the stone, as I asked my husband what it would be in stones, and he is not here but at work, so to change it again is just too much.:) We go in Kilos and grams etc over here. Centimetres and millimetres not feet and yards etc.

Any way, that soup diet is really yummy. I used it as a 'kick start to get some weight off first then on into the healthy food most of the time.
The soup consists of lots of carrots, lots of tomatoes, fresha dn canned. spring onions, celery fresh beans capsicums (or red or green peppers), they put alot of canned stuff in like Beef Consomme, beef stock canned beans and dry soup powder but it looked like it was going to be too salty for me, and I doubt too much salt is very good for you.
They tell you to cook until it is soft. Well, I changed that and simmered it for 10 minutes then turned it off, with the lid on pot. The veges were still crispy. (just the way I like them,,,,,now) :)

It is a 7 day diet, where the first day you eat as much fruit as you like and when hungry eat the soup. You can eat that as much as you want. Sticking to real juicey fruit. Not bananas or dried fruit. Drink plenty of water through out. They say fruit juices without the added sugar. I stuck to water and ate plenty of juicy fruit.
The second day is lots of veges, they say cooked canned or raw. I tried to stick to raw or just steamed. You can also have a baked potato with butter on it that evening.
3day isAll the soup you can eat, just like the two other days.Fruit and veges as much as you can but no potatoe.
4th day is Banana and skimmed milk. and the soup too. The first two are great together in a smoothy and a bit of honey.

5tha day ischicken or steak, up to 600grams for the day with lots of your veges and the soup. With at the most 6 tomatoes.


6th day is eat as much beef or chicken and veges as you like, and soup at least once that day.
7th day is Brown rice, fruit juice and the soup.
By this time you should have lost about 4.5kg - 7.5kg, which is about up to half a stone. if more stop for a few days and eat SENSIBLY!!! Then start again.
You are not allowed bread soft drings or fryed food or oil.

You are allowed tea, coffee, skim milk, unsweetened fruit juices, craberry juice.

So you have an idea of what I went through. :) the first cycle when i was hungry I ate the soup. It helped alot. The second lot of 7 days was better and I went off it for a day as we went to the beach for the day so just watched what I ate. That potato tastes like something from heaven, especially with the butter melted on it!!!:) I am going to go back on it after tomorrow. Looking forward to it really. I have put on a little but I am DETERMINED to keep it off just like you Seventyx7. :)

Burning

[foreverblessed]

well, I am still dieting. I gained 10lbs from Nov through new years. I ate too many sweets.

I started Adkins again yesterday. So far, so good.. I will be sure to let you know the results. Right now, I would just like to lose what I gained, and then I will get excited about losing again. :banana:

[jdcord]

I started The South Beach Diet yesterday. As of this morning, I had already lost 3 pounds, and I'm not even hungry or dehydrated (I'm drinking plenty of water).

I'm doing it mostly to clear up my blood - triglycerides are wayyyy high (484), and overall cholesterol is not all that high (212), but my doc also said something about indicators of pre-diabetes. Since The South Beach Diet was created for just those conditions, I figured I'd better do it. The weight loss (10-15 lbs in just the 1st two weeks) will just be an extra bennie.

[ddc101]

When I was in high school one of my friends was on a weenie and banana diet.I thought I would be sick if I watched her eat another banana or weenie. lv sis.c

[Seventyx7]

Well, girls it looks like we are all off to a great start!!! I'm encouraged and excited. I will weigh in on Wed. I just pray that I have lost. My daughter asked me, Mom; how's your diet coming. I told her ok. I still have to have my little bit of chocolate each day though. She about came through the phone. :laugh: But, I can't help it. It's not much but, I must reward myself in some small manner. Since it's being deprived of all the other good stuff. Don't you all agree:jk: Let's keep up the good work and report back in on any more losses. Thanks for the diet Sister Burning. I'll give it a try. Right now, I'm eating veggies and fruit. Basically, the food pyrimid. Sorta and exercise. I'm feeling mush firmer.:yeah: I've heard of the other diet, the Beach thing. Isn't it like the Adkins. Let me know.

[jdcord]

I've heard of the other diet, the Beach thing. Isn't it like the Adkins. Let me know.
Yes and no. *L*

It is similar to the Atkins diet in that you cut out a lot of sugars and carbs, but it is totally different in that you do not eat any and all meats (only lean meats are allowed), and you can still partake of "good" carbs and good fats (like in beans, peanuts, and Canola and Olive oils, for instance), and no butter or milk. Most of this takes place in phase 1, which only lasts for 2 weeks! After that, your body has been forced to relearn how to properly use the sugars and bad carbs that you used to overload it with, and you can begin adding back fruits and whole grain. Also, a lot of the cravings for those sugars and "bad" carb foods dissappear by the end of phase 1.

I mean, I don't know about you, but I lived almost solely off of sugars and refined carbs (I just never realized it before now). My poor body was overloaded with them - no wonder my Triglycerides were thru the roof, and my blood showed signs of pre-diabetes. Phase 2 lasts only as long as you want or need it to (and many people continue with phase 1 for 3-4 weeks in order to maximize the weight loss of that phase). Phase two helps you lose 1 or 2 lbs per week until you reach your desired weight. In my case, I will probably only do phase 2 for 1 or 2 weeks, since the weight loss I need will be accomplished with just phase 1. I could probably go straight to phase 3, but I don't want to chance overloading my body again like that - best to do phase 2 for at least one week and give myself some adjustment time.


Here's a good explanation of some of the differences (by someone that tried the Atkins Diet first, then tried The South Beach Diet):
You are allowed good fats like nuts and olive oil (like Atkins) but you are to eat mostly low fat cheeses and lean meats.

Another big difference is ketosis. Atkins induction is designed to put your body into ketosis. There's been some concern regarding the safety of ketosis but Dr. Agatson feels it is safe. Phase 1 may put your body into ketosis but it likely has too many *good* carbs to do so.

This diet also allows you to eat fruits and whole grains. In Atkins, you can of course eat fruits but whole grains are to be very limited or not consumed at all. South Beach also doesn't require you to count your carbs. You just choose your foods from the lists in the book. Dr. Agatson says that you can eat quite a few carbs and still lose, provided they are the right types of carb.
Oh, and BTW, I'm a guy, but since this is a diet thread I just had to jump in. :tup:

[ddc101]

That south beach diet sounds very much like the phase one diet that Doug Kauffman at www.iknowthecause.com has been teaching for years.lv sis.c

[jdcord]

That south beach diet sounds very much like the phase one diet that Doug Kauffman at www.iknowthecause.com has been teaching for years.lv sis.c
I don't know. I wnet to that site to see if I could find any info on that diet but they aren't up and running right now (switching to a new server, or something).

The guy that developed the South Beach diet is a cardiologist, so he developed it to deal with exactly the type of blood issues that I am dealing with (very high Triglycerides, marginal or slightly high cholesterol, and pre-diabetes indicators), which tend to lead to blocked arteries and other nice things. The weight loss is definitely more of a fringe benefit of the diet, but it is clearly what has made the diet popular.

[ddc101]

BrotherCord,
Have you ever heard that these things can be fungal related? Keep trying back at that website in a few days.I quit DIETING along time ago.I now try to eat right.That atkins thing really is horrible on your G.I.tract.I lost weight but its suicide physically.One other really good book is by Don Colbert M.D. called
What Would Jesus Eat.Also he has a book out on Toxins.They are available at Books a Million in the christian area.lv sis.c

[Sheepish]

Hey everyone! My dieting advice is best summed up in a sermon by Brother Larry T. Smith. Here's the link: http://www.rightlydividingtheword.com/audio.htm. The sermon is called "Spirit of Fasting". You'll find it at the top of the left column. It's an audio sermon, but if you're serious about "dieting", it's worth the bother of going through all the downloads you may have to pick up in order to access it. May you be blessed!

[sister BB]

Hello Sheepish, I just wanted you to know that I am listening to the audio sermon right now. I'll tell you how I liked it when I get through listening to it. Believe me, I need to loose some weight. I think I've tried everything. And I always seem to can't stick with it. I know and realize that God can help us do anything!! And I know he can help me loose weight!! I need to for my Health. Anyways, thanks for the site.

[jdcord]

BrotherCord,
Have you ever heard that these things can be fungal related?
No, I really hadn't. I do know that I am feeling a lot more energy today than I normally have in the past, and I just assume it is because I am not flooding my system with sugars. I plan on sticking this one out until my next blood test (April 5th), and see what those levels are showing up then. If the tryglyrides and overall cholesterol are not suficiently down, I might consider that fungal thing. But for now, this diet already has me feeling better than I have in 15 years.


Keep trying back at that website in a few days.
I will. The message said they were due to be back up on the week of the 9th, so it could be any day now.


I quit DIETING along time ago. I now try to eat right.
Andf that is essentially what this "diet" does. After the first 2 weeks, you are basically just eating right (fruits, wheat grains, veggies, lean meats, etc.).


That atkins thing really is horrible on your G.I.tract.
I'm glad my wife and I never tried that one, then. She has enough G.I. issues (IBS, and all that). She is not yet on this diet with me, but I'm pretty confident she will end up on it soon enough.


I lost weight but its suicide physically.
I know a guy that is on the Atkins diet, and he's not very happy on it, it seems to me.

And thanks for the book ideas.

[Seventyx7]

Sorry........Brother..........I didn't know you where a guy. But, thanks for telling me. I can't believe it BB but, as I am writing this thread I've just finished listening to the sermon by Bro. Larry Smith, on fasting. How interesting!! Maybe the Lord is trying to tell us something. Huh:angel:

[ddc101]

amen fasting lowers your blood pressure also.lv sis.c

[Seventyx7]

TERRIBLE ME........I mean Sheepish:confused: I'll get it all straight one of these days. Forgive me:beammeup:Thanks Brother for the info on the South Beach Diet. I'm going to look into it. But, like you said, I'm just trying to eat right too. That's really the best way.

[itsajagain]

I have a ffriend who eats raw food, eg Fruit and Vegies, and has the book.

Burning
Haha. :laugh: :laugh: Ummm..... Ohhhhhhhh my you mean those things are for eating..... well there you go learn something new every day.....

Seriously Sister I am happy for you. Keep up the good work. Oh and hug the kids for me.

be Blessed

AJ

[itsajagain]

I am enjoying this thread. I have not heard of most of the diets mentioned on here, that is neither here nor there. I used to be extremely active and I broke my foot. I put on so much weight since then. The biggest problem is that after 2 years and my foot still is not good. Now they say the tendons are 'shot'. I have a job to walk, let alone to get back into walking.

I know my biggest downfall is my eating habits are poor. Not so much the food, but the irregularity of meals. I often dont eat breakfast, or I miss lunch, and possibly eat late of the evening. I guess I said all of that to say this. Exercise is important. It helps to increase our metabolic rate. However what many dont realise is that breakfast kicks in our metabolism. We are better off having more small meals than three large ones.

In this we keep our metabolism burning rather than in fits and starts. The body instead of being helped by not eating, has a mechanism that will slow down our metabolic rate when we dont eat, thus slowing the rate we burn food and fat stores. When fed it works more consistantly.

Many eat carbohydrates with their evening meal, potato, pasta, bread and so on. What basically carbohydrates are is energy food. The body goes, hmmmm its late, I dont need this now so I will save this energy for tomorrow. Sad thing is it stores as fat. When we do the same daily, we dont utilize the stores, we add to it.

I found eating a bigger breakfast, smoko, lunch, arvo tea, dinner and supper, I lost weight. That combined with no carbohydrates after 4pm. Ohhh and looooooooooooooots of water. Exercise where possible is such a plus.

I hope my ramblings helps someone. It did me, reminded me of what I desperately need to get back to.

Be Blessed

AJ

[jdcord]

BTW,


Did anyone catch the news yesterday about Dr. Atkins? It appears that he died quite fat, and of a heart attack.

........ Nice diet, there, Dr. Atkins.

I just can't see how anyone ever thought that eating a bunch of bad fats could still be ok for you?

[jdcord]

Ohhh and looooooooooooooots of water.
Water definitely helps in losing weight. It helps your body in lots of other ways as well. It's not a coincidence that Jesus referred to the Holy Ghost as "living water".

[BrotherBallard]

jdcord,
Remember you are dealing with the liberal media. There are always 2 sides to every story! :yeah: :yeah: :yeah:

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The late Dr. Robert Atkins is beingsmeared for his alleged obesity at the time of his death, by a phony doctorsorganization that has been exposed as a front group for People for the EthicalTreatment of Animals (PETA) and has been censured by the American MedicalAssociation (AMA). The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)has taken in over $1 million from PETA and the animal rights movement. PCRMand PETA also share office space, board members, and staff. The AMA has formally censured PCRM in the past, calling itsrecommendations "irresponsible" and "potentially dangerous to the health andwelfare of Americans." The AMA has also called PCRM a "fringe organization"that uses "unethical tactics" and is "interested in perverting medicalscience." PCRM's attacks on diets including meat, fish and dairy foods, and itsconstant demands for a vegetarian America are rooted in an animal-rightsphilosophy. The facts on the late Dr. Robert Atkins: (1) Dr. Stuart Trager MD, chairman of the Atkins Physicians Council, told the Wall Street Journal that Atkins' heart disease stemmed from cardiomyopathy, a condition that was thought to result from a viral infection. Atkins' weight was due to bloating and water-retention associated with his condition, and the time he spent in a coma after his head injury. (2) Trager's own release this morning reads in part: "Due to water retention ... [Atkins] had a weight that varied between 180 and 195. During his coma, as he deteriorated and his major organs failed, fluid retention and bloating dramatically distorted his body and left him at 258 pounds at the time of his death, a documented weight gain of over 60 pounds." The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition supported byrestaurants, food companies, and consumers working together to promotepersonal responsibility and protect consumer choices.SOURCE Center for Consumer Freedom
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Whenever a media 'hyped' report comes out I like to look for the "Backdoor." Just thought you would like to know, the other side.

PETA, is a radical, liberal group that, if it were up to them, they would have everyone giving rights to animals, and having all of us eat brussell sprouts and singing "Cum bye yah" while dancing in around in long flowing robes, kissing frogs and hugging trees!!! :laugh:

Oops, I'll be right back, I need to go meditate and contact my great Aunt Nellie, she was a grand Bovine in her time!!!

I tried the "induction phase" of Atkins this year; I only went a week and half. I will not do the Atkins diet again; I will however combine it with other diets, i.e. Sugarbusters.

In His Name!!!

BTW,


Did anyone catch the news yesterday about Dr. Atkins? It appears that he died quite fat, and of a heart attack.

........ Nice diet, there, Dr. Atkins.

I just can't see how anyone ever thought that eating a bunch of bad fats could still be ok for you?

[ddc101]

I thought it interesting to go to the Seventh Day Adventists site and read about their diet plan.It seems they got their instructions from a woman prophetess named Ellen White.She had visions after falling on the floor in seizures and hitting her head.It is interesting to me that she was one of the first ones against drinking milk and eating cheese.One of the first things those who run health food stores and are seventh day adventist will tell you it to get off milk and cheese and go vegan.In fact she claimed that eating too many eggs would give young men raging hormones.What a quack.I read some of the stuff she wrote.In fact she was very ill all of her adult life.I am for eating a balanced diet but I have friends who have totally sworn off meat and I notice that they are very lacking in B vitamins and are extemely sensitive emotionally.I don't care for milk or too much cheese as I have sinus problems and I found not doing them cleared my problems up.It was allergy related.My youngest daughter had multiple ear infections and getting off milk cleared that up.lv sis.c

[jdcord]

Concerning Dr. Atkins,

I know that PETA is the group that obtained the report, then released it to the WSJ, but it's not as if they doctored up the report, or wrote WSJ's story. The report is what it is, regardless of who obtained it, or even for what purpose they obtained it. And WSJ wrote their own story (hopefully after some interviewing and investigation).

Now, ... if the Journal just wrote a story based on solely the report, and no interviewing or invetsigating, I could see how that might be a problem. But I just can't see an editor of a major and respected daily like the WSJ let a story go out that hadn't been checked with some interviews and other corraboration.

[ddc101]

I had to share this.One of the ladies at the place we went out to eat last night laughed and called it the FATKINS diet.lv sis.c

[jdcord]

2 week update on The South Beach Diet:


I am now in phase 2 of The South Beach Diet, and at the end of phase 1 I had lost 12 pounds, and my cravings for sugars (ice cream, donuts, pastries, etc.), refined carbs (Doritos, potato chips, tortilla chips, etc.), and even for some starches (corn, potatos, french fries, etc.) are pretty much non-existent. That is exactly what the book advertised, and I can certainly verify that it worked that way for me personally.

I am now adding back in fruits and some healthy starches, like whole grain or wheat spaghetti, brown rice, whole grain or wheat bread (I found one with only 7 grams of carbs per slice, and no sugars at all, so I was psyched about that), and I've even added in some sugar-free chocolates (but very sparingly).

Since I didn't really get on this diet for the weight loss, I didn't even technically need to go to phase 2 (which is just there for continued weight loss, but also to let you add back in things like fruits and healthy wheats), but I figured I had better do phase 2 for a few weeks, just so I don't shock my system too much by suddenly adding back in every type of food. So I will use phase 2 more for a transition than for continued weight loss (although that won't hurt).

Oh yeah, and my energy level is wayyyyyyyyyyyyy up there (compared to before). I don't even need a Sunday afternoon nap anymore. I'm "good to go" all day long. *L*

[ReneeP]

Hi my name is Renee and I have a weight problem...(lol)

Welllllllllllllllll a place with a common denominator...WEIGHT!!!!!!
Since the birth of my son back in 1991 I have had a huge problem with maintaining my weight and now that he is 12, people arent excepting my excuse that its baby fat! LOL :laugh:
I think I have tried every diet under the sun.....Herbal life, dexatrim, cabbage soup diet, grapefruit diet, slimfast, juice diet, Zantrex and now the most recent is XS energy which I have to say was doing GREAT!!!!! UNTIL..ephedra was banned :grumble: I even went as far as to have have the gastric surgery done...had my appointment, surgery date and 2 weeks before the surgery I cancelled it......I couldnt believe I didnt have that much willpower to get it under control and was willing to rish a major surgery.
NOW.......believe it not..if you have not read the book, it really all makes sense..read the DrPhil Weight Loss Solution bool (phil mcgraw) Do we really think we are doing our body any good with all these pills and deprivation??? Of course not! God made our body and intended our body to have certain nutrients, vitamins, and then we rob ourselves of those very things but going a a starvation diet, or a diet that consists of no fruits or veggies...
Its not about changing our foods..its about changing our thoughts adn how we see things.....LOL and if you were like me, all I seen was...*how would that taste with a Hershey on top???????" :goof:
To date, I have lost 31 pounds...was it easy?????? Goodness NOOOOOOO!!!! Talk about Rocky Road withdrawals (and I do mean ice cream!!! LOL)
But until you get your mind set...well thats not fair...until I made up my mind and I was on a continous yo yo diet...and I have to say..I dont even use the word *diet* anymore.
I watch what I eat..I do it in moderation..instead of using a dinner plate I have switched to a luncheon plate. AND WATER WATER WATER WATER is the key ingredient! :) But I am not so closed minded..I konw everyone is different and as the old saying goes.."different stroke for different folks"
Oh and by the way..someone had mentioned jogging...I have this cartoon Cathy...and her thighs were on fire from jogging
:flame: (lol) so I havent started jogging yet due to fire hazards! LOL

Hey.....wishing the best for all you!!!!! I know its hard..adn we all want to be healthy..so I pray that you reach your desired goal

God bless,
Renee