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The Weight Loss Starting Line
Congratulations on starting your weight loss journey. Committing to this change will place you on the path to a new body and a healthier lifestyle.
Over the next 30 days, you can expect to:
- Set realistic goals with weight loss advice from the best experts.
- Add healthy foods to your diet.
- Make, and stick to, a fun exercise routine.
- Learn to appreciate your body.
The first step to weight loss is accepting the truth. So dust off that scale and jot down the resulting figure in a journal. Be honest! Also, record your waist, hips, chest, thigh and arm circumference measurements.
Hold on that notebook. In the coming weeks, you'll use it to track your progress and your diet.
DID YOU KNOW? Americans spend more than $33 billion on diet products annually. Unfortunately, 95% of people who are able to lose weight on those diets put it all back on—and more—within five years.
Posted: 2/11/12
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I want to feel attractive again, confident. I want to have fun getting dressed in the morning again, and it not feel like a chore. I don't want to avoid anything social or intimate anymore because of the way I feel about my body. I am ready to change.
so....I was obsessed with my weight....looking at the scale three or four times a day..I stopped last May and haven't stepped on it since...so I don't want to get into that pattern..but I will measure myself....but that is all...I can't get that number in my head..I know I haven't gained or lost weight...about the same...but mentally I feel so much better not locked to the scale...
Tried numerous diets in the past with no success.
Hi!
Want to live in a healthy body, and enjoy every minute of it.
Hi Milakeshore -
I also started on a weightloss journey during a period of unemployment. I learned to embrace both frozen and fresh vegetables to make up most of my diet with a small portion of meat or fish once a day. I use Costco to buy the volume stuff including the big bag of raw nuts which I also use to curb afternoon craving. You didn't mention your living situation (family, etc). Keep your head up. I'm having slow and steady success with both my diet and my job search.