"If I can lose weight, anyone can!"

That is about the stupidest declaration I ever heard, and it's usually made by recent weight loss success stories who are not well seasoned, and not yet fully grounded in the reality of the experience.

The truth is that weight loss, especially in the poundage that I experienced it, is not for the faint of heart. It's hard to discover that everything you believed about yourself, the world, and the relationship between the two is wrong. It's harder to figure out what the truth is. And living with the difference is the most difficult part of all. Having to adjust your lifestyle is not the same as adjusting your diet. Real and lasting weight loss is not about the food you put in your mouth, but about what is happening in your head.

That doesn't mean that the trek is impossible to complete. I made it. You can too. It's just that you need a healthy respect for the process. You need to take the emotions out of the equation, analyze what you've been doing for however many years, then look objectively at your lifestyle habits to see where you can change your actions that will domino into better food choices. Rather than believing that if they I do it, anyone can," a better mantra for you would be "If she can do it, why can't I?"

That is the truth. If I can do it, you can too. But you have to be willing to do the hard emotional work to make your life - as well as your weight loss - a success.

So what exactly is a Lifestyle Change?

That is the quandary. In the different weight loss circles that I involve myself in, I hear the phrase "It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change!" virtuously announced all the time. But then the same person(s) tell us about the pot luck or buffet they just attended, the bake sale they are making cakes and Read More...

What is the cost, what is the sacrifice?

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