Now it’s time to preview another segment of trying to stay young or at least a little better. You named it, I’ve tried it. After three children, I struggled with the last two to lose the weight and keep it off. I tried Weight Watchers (online), Nutrisystem, Slimfast, Atkins, etc etc. I had success with Slimfast and then they quit making the only shake I liked. I had success with Atkins a couple of times but the idea of all the meat, eggs and cheese almost makes me sick just typing it. Nutrisystem was alright but they decided to replace items they no longer had on the initial introductory list to newer, improved ones. There were over 10 products of ingredients that I don’t even like. You would have thought they would have looked at your list and at least chosen like products. The food wasn’t bad but once I ran out of the really good foods that I liked, I lost my passion to continue.
The best diet and everyone touts this is really to eat right and exercise. I found that I cannot eat full meals and lose weight in spite of including exercise. The key is to snack on small items such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, crackers, etc and exercise. I went from 189 in November of 2005 to 145 in Marcy 2006. I won’t mention that I ended up getting pregnant shortly after so although I’m not quite as large as I was in 2005, I am in need of losing weight again.
My eldest daughter is an inspiration to seek my goals. Nothing like a slim 20 year old running around in jeans and tank tops to make you see what you don’t have anymore. I used to find if I perused the television stations since catching images of scantily clad women are a bigger bet than gaining weight eating chocolate, it would also inspire me to not eat as much. Who can eat having a size -0 staring at you with the figure you know you’ll never get? That’s a whole other issue .. the diminishing sizes and unrealistic expectations the media/Hollywood places on us.
Yesterday was day 1 of beginning the journey again …. weightloss and the fountain of youth for anti-aging. Anyone want to have a Botox party???? lol
