Hope.
When I was tipping the scale of death, I wanted someone to tell me it was possible to lose the weight, to not be morbidly obese, that I could change it. Over the years I read testimonials of different diets, went on diet boards, looking for threads of people who have over two hundred pounds to lose, and read the success stories. I thought about their weight loss journey, and how could I make it mine. I was looking for hope.
Nothing worked, I found that I could not lose weight on my own. I could lose weight on Jenny Craig, Nutri System, but not Weight Watchers, not where I had to decide what and when I ate. I didn't mind the cutting of the calories, I just wanted someone to tell me what to eat. I really couldn't decide, and when I couldn't decide, I made bad choices.
This program isn't for everyone, but it was a last gasp for me. I want to tell the people in my group who are morbidly obese, that they can lose the weight, they can continue to lose the weight even after the product is done, and if they wait, they can do it again and take the remainder off. The first time through, I lost an additional 60 pounds, but I was doing a meal delivery, and I didn't have to think about the food. The quality of the food went to crap, and I stopped eating it, so I started to gain the weight back, so I did the program again. It worked the second time for a few years. So they need to know how to keep it off, maybe not lose more but keep off the 80 pounds they will probably lose, and then they can do it again. Maybe the second time would be the motivator to keep it going until they were at goal.
Mine is how do I tell myself what and how much to eat? That is going to be challenge.
When I was tipping the scale of death, I wanted someone to tell me it was possible to lose the weight, to not be morbidly obese, that I could change it. Over the years I read testimonials of different diets, went on diet boards, looking for threads of people who have over two hundred pounds to lose, and read the success stories. I thought about their weight loss journey, and how could I make it mine. I was looking for hope.
Nothing worked, I found that I could not lose weight on my own. I could lose weight on Jenny Craig, Nutri System, but not Weight Watchers, not where I had to decide what and when I ate. I didn't mind the cutting of the calories, I just wanted someone to tell me what to eat. I really couldn't decide, and when I couldn't decide, I made bad choices.
This program isn't for everyone, but it was a last gasp for me. I want to tell the people in my group who are morbidly obese, that they can lose the weight, they can continue to lose the weight even after the product is done, and if they wait, they can do it again and take the remainder off. The first time through, I lost an additional 60 pounds, but I was doing a meal delivery, and I didn't have to think about the food. The quality of the food went to crap, and I stopped eating it, so I started to gain the weight back, so I did the program again. It worked the second time for a few years. So they need to know how to keep it off, maybe not lose more but keep off the 80 pounds they will probably lose, and then they can do it again. Maybe the second time would be the motivator to keep it going until they were at goal.
Mine is how do I tell myself what and how much to eat? That is going to be challenge.
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