This week I had three people tell me that they could tell I’ve lost weight. It is so totally awesome to have people actually notice! I was getting a little frustrated because the pounds were not flying off. Then I realized, hey, I’ve been losing weight every week and over the last few weeks it has begun to show.
The thing about diets is that it takes a while to gain weight but everyone wants it off immediately, right now, today, pronto! Well, it just doesn’t work that way. I read the covers of magazines at the check out stands in the grocery store to see what crazy diet ideas are being pushed. I read a real crazy one this week. The heading said, “Lose twelve pounds in a year just by changing the light bulb in your home.” Now how crazy is that? The bottom line is if you want to lose weight you need to take in fewer calories than you put out – period. The problem with most diets is that you are either starving all the time or you are eating foods that cannot be lifetime food choices. One example is the Atkins diet. Now, I’m not slamming any one diet in particular. I actually lost ten pounds on the Atkins diet eating bacon, cheese and butter. But after losing those ten pounds my weight loss stopped.
With the LA Weight Loss Diet I can eat regular food, which I will want to continue to eat, year after year. My typical day of eating includes diet bread (40 calories a slice) with “I can’t believe it’s not butter” spray and fruit for breakfast, chicken, vegetables and fruit for lunch and meat, a starch and vegetables for dinner. Starches include things like half a baked potato. Sure, you can’t smother it with sour cream and butter but you know it still tastes pretty darn good with the spray and you don’t get the calories.
One thing I have noticed over the last few weeks is that I do not miss the fried food. A peach actually tastes better to me than McDonalds’ fries. If I follow the diet I’m not hungry. If I don’t follow the diet, I am. You get plenty of food, enough to keep you from craving that chocolate cheesecake. I still have twenty pounds to go but I think I’ll be thrilled to just lose fifteen more. I probably won’t get confused with Cindy Crawford any time soon but hey, who cares. Feeling better, not having my clothing strangle me, and having more energy makes the diet worth it. Not to mention I didn’t look too horrible in my bathing suit at Dolly Splash Country last weekend!

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