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Do You Know The Definition Of Diet?

What Diet Means:

Look up the definition of diet.  There are many.  What they all boil down to is, what we eat to maintain our bodies.  These include fats, proteins and carbs.  We need these three things to survive.  However, most of us don’t know to eat these elements properly.  Hence, we either gain or lose weight.  Now, here come people, who develop different plans about, what we should eat to preserve our bodies.  These are called “Diets”.

Diet Plans:

There are hundreds of diets to choose from, hundreds.  Different way to eat.  Most of us are either too fat or too skinny or we have a condition that needs different types of diets.  Lo calorie, low carbohydrate, low fat.  It gets all so confusing.

Why Diets Don’t Work For Us?

I have been dieting for 50 years, to no avail.  I have tried many types of diets, as I am sure, you have.  There is not one diet, that will not work.  They all work, to some degree.  Most of the time, the problem lies with “Us”.  We take a little divergence from our planned diet and gain back the weight. we lost.  In fact, most of the time, we gain added pounds.  You all have heard of the “see-saw” effect.  Lose 20 pounds and gain back 25.  Happens all the time, at least for me.

That is why, Diets don’t work.  We never stick to them.  Heck, we are just human and we all have our faults.  So, what do we do next?  If you are very obese, you can spend $10,000 for Gastric bypass surgery.  Great weight losses can be attained, through this extreme method.  As for me, I am not going under the knife to lose the weight.  Besides, approx. 50% of bypass patients gain their weight back.

Secret To Losing Weight & Keeping Those Pounds Off

Many people lose lots of pounds and keep those pounds off.  Many have diseases, they have arrested or completely cured.  They have kept their excess weight off for years.  How do they do it and I can’t?  What do they know, that I do not?  What is their Secret?

Here is their Secret.  Determination to cure their own bodies.  Determination!!!  That is the Secret.  They study and learn what their particular body needs and what to feed it.  They let nothing stand in their way to a healthier body.

Most of us know, what our bodies need to eat to reach our optimum weight.  We have studied and learned.  We have tried many diet plans and have succeeded to lose weight.  Then we lose “Determination”.  And the weight floods back.  Depression sets in and we eat more, lots more.  My fav is ice cream.  It only takes 1 bowl of ice cream, and I am off and running.  Not running on the treadmill, but running for another bowl of ice cream or some other food to appease my depression.  Two or three weeks later, I am back where I started.  So, what do we need to do?

Let’s get our determination back.  Let’s decide to give it 100% percent, this time.  This time, we will not fail.  Pick out a plan, that is suited to your particular needs and start immediately.  We all know how hard it is to start.  Heck, we have started many times before.  Make this time, the time you persist and succeed.

Last week, I posted on Face Book, That I wanted to eat a donut, but I was on a diet.  A Face Book friend said  “Stop worrying about dieting and love yourself the way you are”.  I was not sure, how to take that, so I read it a few more times.  Then, I got angry.  I do love myself as a person, but not a person that is 50 pounds overweight.  I will thank her, for the input, because she gave me back my determination.  It was that kick in the butt, that I needed to get me started.  I hope it does the same for you.  Remember “Determination”.  If you don’t got it…..get it.

If you get it and it works, let us know.  We love you.