My Weight Journal

I learned something when I successfully dieted before. I learned that it really doesn’t matter what diet you follow. As long as it is a diet that has been shown to help people lose weight (through research or history), it should work for you.

Now, I’m not one for exercise. So, I did not choose a program that involved a lot of exercise. I understand that I need to be active, but weights and aerobics do not have any attraction for me.

I like to eat. I like to cook. I like eating in good restaurants. So, I didn’t chose a program that restricted the amount of food I ate.

I believe that to be successful in a weight loss program, you have to commit to that program. You have to be happy and satisfied with your lifestyle and your food choices for you to maintain your commitment. So, I chose a program that fits for me and my belief system.

I like the low-carbohydrate, high-fiber diet. It makes sense to me. I understand it. I can remain committed to it. I have remained committed to it. And, I will continue my commitment. There is no food that I crave or that I desire that is forbidden on this diet.

But there is something else that I do that is the reason this diet actually works for me. For many years, I would start this same diet and I would not lose weight. I would stay committed and precisely follow the diet for months and I would not lose weight.

I knew that the diet worked, I thought it must be something about how I was approaching the diet that was the reason it did not work. I remained committed, and I remained on the diet even though I did not lose weight.

In 2006, when I lost the 70+ pounds, I discovered an additional step that makes a weight loss program successful for me. With this extra step, I still had to be on a weight loss diet in which I would stay committed.

I my next posts, I’ll tell you more about it.