Yea, I bet you’ve been there too. You try to lose weight, AND IT WORKS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, then you just gain it all back…. -_- I don’t remember how many times I’ve tried to lose weight, but here I am on the same train AGAIN, trying to lose the same pounds i tried to lose last week, last month, last year. It’s just so frustrating!! Some people have it lucky, they can just eat whatever they want and exercise and the weight comes right off. Some people don’t even exercise! Just a month ago I was 10lbs lighter. I worked my butt off for…4 months just to lose that weight and now, it’s back again. It’s like a reoccurring nightmare! *insert scream here* So I told myself, “self, you have to lose this weight”. And this time, I will lose it. How many pounds do I have to lose? I am going for 30 lbs (if not more ). I am about 5″8.5-5″9 and I weigh around 175. I am desperate to lose weight. I always here about ways to lose weight. And I know you have too: acai berry supplements, colon cleansers, salt water flush, lemonade diet aka master cleanse, weight watchers, ab lounge and all those other machines that guarantee weight lose, counting calories, writing down what you eat blablablabla yea I’ve heard them all. And I bet you have too. I want to try them so bad, but I either don’t have the money , I have tried some with no success, no time (or patience), or I don’t have the will power to stick to them. BUT THERE IS HOPE!!! You don’t NEED those things to lose weight, cause in the end it’s all up to YOU. As lame as it may sound, YOU are the one in control. Ok so i’ll be honest, I am OBSESSED with the scale. When I wake up in the morning I look at the scale, after I eat I do, after I take a shower, when I come home, after I go to the problem. But I would constantly see the same number! I mean once in a while there would be a 1 or 2 pound different, but for the most part it was constant. Part of the problem for me (and a lot of other people) is that I want to lose weight now. NOW NOW NOW, or ASAP!!!! Why? Because of my family, friends, the media, the reasons are all around. I would aim goals like 10 lbs a week. If I only lost one pound a day I would be mad. And now that I think about it, I think I ate because I found no difference in eating and losing only a pound. Plus I did that thing where If i lost weight, then I could eat something like say a cookie and say to myself that I could lose the weight again. Yea, starting to realize that

that wasn’t such a great idea… I try to not do that anymore. Sure I won’t lose the weight all at once (even though I wish I could) but now I try to be more patient and think of my goal I’m trying to go towards. The food I ate. Ok so I’m half asian and half african, two biggest things to eat in my family is MEAT and RICE. Then I came the US and so add to that list CEREAL, BREADS, CAKES, DOUGHNUTS, CHIPS, basically carbohydrates. When I eat those foods, I EAT it. Especially if the food is good. Now I’m cutting back on those foods. Although those foods are good, I’d rather be a skinner, fitter person. Realize that I did not give up those food. If you have the will power to do so then go a head, I do not so I will not. **If you crack it’s ok, just don’t lose yourself to it & try not to give in to temptation** We are all human, it happens. We might want that slice of pie. But just because you do doesn’t mean you should give up and eat the whole pie. Exercise Funny how this word always comes up when you try to lose weight. I say pick a machine and stick with it (ie treadmill, step climber, bike, etc). It’s good to try the other machines at the gym, but you will most likely be attached to one. Plus you will be more motivated to try your best at one machine than you will if you do more than one. **weight lift.** I’ve realized that although I gained the weight, I haven’t gained it where I lost it. What do I mean? I lost weight in my arms and back from weight lifting, and although I gained weight, I haven’t gained it back in those places as much. So I lost more than there than I gained. Plus weight lifting (and resistance) confuses your body so you lose more weight!! My over-all advice? TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME!! It literally is a daily challenge. Sure, it’s great to set goals and stick to it. But you’ll probably be stressed by it. So take it one day at a time, one meal at a time. One choice can really make all the difference. Take that salad and not that chicken burger, go on. I DARE you. And when you’re a skinner person come back and thank me This is my first week going with that motto (and other stuff I mentioned) and I guess it’s working. 3lbs in 4 days, not as much as I want it to but it’s surprisingly working. If you have success stories, diets that work, or encouragement, questions, if you agree, anything PLEASE comment. I need all the support I can get, we all do

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