Anyone can start a diet, but here's howto stay motivated, day after dieting day. More important, here's how to dust yourself off and get back on the right track if you fall off the weight-loss wagon; even if your get run over by a Krispy Kreme truck. The following quotes are excerpts from the book How to Lose 9,000 lbs. (Or less) hundreds of heads Books.
After I decided I had to lose weight, I lost 12 pounds the first month. That’s when I realized I could lose 100 pounds in a year, two pounds per week. I weighted in every single Sunday and kept track of my weight on a chart. It wasn’t easy, but by being rigid and militant with my diet, I lost two pounds almost every week. Once you make up your mind about something, you can do anything.
Kara, Chicago, IL - Lost 217 lbs.
I bought myself a pair of jeans one size too small. Once a week I try them on. First, I was about to just squeeze into them. Then I could pull the up. Finally, I could zip them. Then I could actually put my hands in the pockets. Progress!!
Mary Bright - Allentown, PA
You have to have a very specific goal to focus on: I mean, extremely specific. You have to think, "I want to lower my cholesterol 10 points by my birthday, or I want to lose 25 pounds by my high school reunion on June 11." There’s no such thing as too specific. For me it was my niece’s wedding. I used that date as my goal to lose 20 pounds, I actually lost 22.
A.P. - Corriganville, MD - Lost 22 lbs.
It’s the little things that add up to weight loss. Think of it as a series of small battles: walk, don’t ride; take the stair, not the elevator; single cheeseburger instead of double; one shot of whiskey instead of two.
Sandy J. - Zelienople, PA - Lost 24 lbs.
Lose weight to spite all the people who told you that you couldn’t do it, or even all the people you suspect may have thought that, even if they didn’t come right out and say it to your face. Do it to spite them all, Nobody ever said that you couldn’t use spite as a motivation, right?
Greg Fox - Frostburg, MD - Lost 25 lbs.
Don’t be desperate to change yourself overnight. After I had to buy clothes a size larger than I always had been, I was determined to graduate from college weighing close to what I was when I started college. This would mean losing about 15 pounds over the course of a few months. I achieved that goal, and them continued with eating better, eating less, and exercising a little more.
K.H. - Norman, OK - lost 45 lbs.
Weight loss boils down to a lot of hard work, willpower and commitment. And no matter what plan or diet you follow, without those three things nothing is going to work.
Kandi Kissiah - Rocky Mount, NC - lost 158 lbs.!
Thursday, July 13, 2006
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