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A piece of advice

I actually walked twice yesterday 2-30 minute power walking sessions! I totally rock. Today's entry is an email I composed because I received a question from one of my readers asking what made me get serious about losing weight, and here was how I answered:

The moment that I said "enough is enough" was quite personal actually. I was having a bath and as I was really heavy most times I would just cover myself in bubbles so I wouldn't have to look at myself, but this paticular night I noticed for the first time that I had stretch marks forming on my stomach. This really freaked me out because as a young girl I've always had them on my hips and even the tops of my thighs, but my stomach had always been smaller than the rest of me and to me this was the moment of no return.

My mom had lost a lot of weight on Weight Watchers, and I don't believe you NEED to be on some weight loss program to do it, but it seriously helped me get focused. I also bought the Body For Life book by Bill Phillips. Although I haven't completely bought into his way of life (having a sculpted body was never my aim) he has a lot of good advice about eating and fat burning that really helped me. Plus the book is super motivational. I ate the way he said to for a good 6 months and did the workouts too because I lived at home and had the time to do it and I lost steadily (although not rapidly).

Dr. Phil's book is also full of good advice and very motivational. He even has a section for people who have medical reasons why they can't lose weight.

I guess the biggest piece of advice I can give is to stick with it. It has taken me a few years but each step along the way I had periods where I simply maintained my weight by continuing to eat healthy, but not focusing on the numbers because "losing" was just too hard. If I had ever gone back to my old lifestyle I wouldn't be here today.

Comments

Argy said…
thanks for the advice sugar! its too true too!
Anonymous said…
hear hear :)

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