My last diet ever

Why is weight loss so damn difficult?

May 17, 2013

I think the answer to this question is HABIT. I have always maintained that successful weight loss comes down to mindset, and if yours is not correct, then you are fighting a losing battle. You can easily eat less, but if you don’t change your mindset into accepting that less food is but one part [...]

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Start your damn diet already!!

April 28, 2013

I am still fat, and I still want to be thin. The equation is simple… Eat Less. Exercise More. There is nothing more to it; no special diets, no need to watch calories or any of that crap. I have been trying, not very hard I might add, to lose weight for almost two years [...]

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Perceptions can be wrong

January 19, 2013

This article, which was published on Yahoo! Finance, begs a reaction. The article opens with: “New Research Suggests Extra Pounds, Large Waists Undermine Perceptions of Leadership Ability” Overweight or obese people have always been stereotyped as being lazy; no matter how incorrect that perception may be. As mentioned in the article, I think the stereotypes [...]

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Week 1: Up 2.9 pounds

January 8, 2013

How is this possible… I have been meticulous with recording everything that I have eaten or had to drink during the past week, yet I still managed to gain nearly three pounds. Either the electronic scale that I am using to weigh myself is not accurate, or the number of calories that are listed per [...]

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Calorie counting… a novelty for me

January 4, 2013

Even though I have absolutely no idea as to the of the efficacy of calorie counting, I have decided to give it a go anyway. I have downloaded the Lose It! app to my phone and desktop, and will use it to track my meals and snacks on a daily basis. Even though I have [...]

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Last attempt at losing weight…

December 30, 2012

This will be the last time that I diet. If this fails, then so be it; I will stay obese until the day I die. All of us trying to lose weight have had thousands of New Year resolutions fall by the wayside; be it through lack of commitment, being just plain lazy, or having [...]

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