Anyone can lose weight. They really can. It may not be all that easy depending on which road of deprivation you choose to follow, but if you can get your head in the game shedding pounds is no big deal.
Back in the mid-80's I made up my mind to get leaner and lost over 100lb in six months. My diet consisted of coffee for breakfast, instant noodles and fat free yogurt for lunch and a sensible portion of whatever was on the menu at home at dinner time. I finished every day off with another fat-free yogurt (always strawberry) in the evening.
And I lost a lot of weight.
However, since there was no way on earth I was going to exist on such meager meals for the rest of my life, the day came when I decided that was enough, started eating again and eventually welcomed back the 100lb and its friends.
Losing is one thing, but maintaining is quite another. That's why I love WW. I don't feel as if I'm on a diet or am being deprived. Sure, I make choices every day, but I'm enjoying good and tasty food and I can live with it.
So how can someone stay focused?
Here's my answer: Remember where you came from, why you decided to lose weight, what life was like when the scale struggled beneath your feet. Remember that things were only going to get worse as you got older. It's a trade-off every day and I will gladly give up some things to avoid everything I didn't like about weighing over 330lb.
Stay focused!
