Most Loved Weight Loss Failure

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A friend of mine said she was finally convinced to open a Facebook account – and there, staring her in the face was yet another Oprah endorsed diet plan.

 

We laughed at how the biggest diet failure could possibly be a credible endorsement for any diet plan.

 

My friend said, those poor women who will try plan after plan – thinking it’s going to work because Oprah’s name is attached.

 

Now please don’t get me wrong. We Love Oprah. I have incredible respect for this woman and what she has accomplished – except when it comes to weight loss.

 

Hey Oprah, I live in the Chicago area. Just contact me and I’ll show you how to finally get the weight off, and keep it off for good.

 

Hey, I might just be a single mom – not some big TV Doctor, but I know what I’m talking about, and I’ll prove it!

 

Carole

 

Are you ready to stop being a weight loss failure?

Instant usually stinks

Posted under healthy eating, lose weight

 

I was having a conversation with someone about how awful instant food tastes, and how it makes no sense to me that people would eat that stuff when you can make real food that tastes good - just as fast, if not faster. 

 

And even when it takes a little longer – fresh real stuff always tastes better.

 

Pizzeria pizza

 

Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies

 

Real hot chocolate

 

And homemade anything, pretty much, right? Soups, stews, spaghetti sauce, …

 

I have a girlfriend who used to make a red velvet cake. It was awesome. She doesn’t make it from scratch anymore   I guess it’s a real mess to make. I’ll tell you, the box stuff doesn’t come close.

 

Instant is never as good.

 

And then you see stories all of the time about people who became instantly wealthy, usually by winning the lottery. Most of them have nothing left within 5 years. But the people who have built their wealth over the years usually hold on to it. And even if they lost it, they have the skills to rebuild. What are your chances of winning the lottery – a second time?

 

Then, I saw an ad for an instant weight loss product. While it’s true that you can lose weight quickly, it never stays off using these products, and many times may cause health problems. I mean, how many times have you lost and put back on the same weight?

 

But the people who take a year to lose the weight usually keep it off. I’ve seen it time and time again.

 

I had a girlfriend who lost the weight by giving up dessert.

 

I lost the weight by eating healthier – making sure to get my fruits and vegetables in every day. I lost even more weight when I quit drinking.

 

Another girlfriend lost the weight by increasing her fruits and vegetables, and eating more throughout the day instead of doing all of her eating when she got home late at night.

 

My daughter found it easier to control her weight if she gave up pop.

 

Another lady I talk to lost the weight by increasing her vegetables and walking the mall everyday. She actually stopped walking everyday because she said she’s lost too much weight.

 

All of these are principles of healthy eating.

 

Just eat healthier and get a little exercise - and within a year  – most people will level off to their natural body weight (of course, depending on how much weight you need to lose.) No dieting required.

 

And you don’t have to give up dessert! Just eat a piece of cake, not the whole cake

 

It may not be instant, but it’s glorious in the long run.

 

 

Carole

 

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Oprah as our Weight Loss Icon?

Posted under Diet & Health, lose weight

 

At work yesterday, I was reading one of those celebrity gossip magazines. In it there was a picture of Oprah in Italy. It seems that again, her dieting has failed.

 

Don’t get me wrong, I love Oprah. I remember when she first came to Chicago. I remember when she had the Klu-Klux-Klan on her show. I think she’s inspirational – except when it comes to diet and health. There she loses all credibility. Yet every year she’s pushing some new diet plan.

 

If you want to be thin and healthy for life – eat a balanced diet of real foods and get some exercise. It’s really as simple as that.

 

Here are 7 things you can start doing today -

 

Ø Get rid of packaged food.

Ø Limit your restaurant and fast foods – and when you do eat them, make healthier choices.

Ø Cut out pop, even diet pop. Just one can of pop a day equals 10 pounds over a year.

Ø Add more fresh fruits and vegetables everyday, even if you don’t cut out anything else.

Ø Walk 30 minutes a day.

Ø Get enough sleep.

Ø Take your vitamins.

 

 

Go ahead, dip your toe in the water and just try these 7 simple things for a couple of weeks and see what happens for yourself. You might be surprised to find that living a thin and healthy lifestyle is not as boring and gross as you thought. 

 

You might actually find that what’s really gross is eating the way most people eat. And it makes you look and feel gross on top of it.  

 

Won’t if feel great to start feeling better, look better, and have more energy?

 

I’m off to buy more vegetables. How about you?

 

 

Carole

 

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How to get skinny

Posted under Motivational, lose weight

 

You know I’ve been working my little rump off trying to get the beach fit for a human being. It’s been awful. On top of tearing the beaver dams down, which apparently filtered out a lot of stuff – we’re guessing that they did a carp kill without telling anyone. I’ve had boo-coo dead fish. I’ve been burying 10-15 a day. It’s slowed down finally. Probably only 6 or 7 today.

 

And I’ve been literally shoveling duck crap. What fun that’s been!

 

It was so bad that the geese wouldn’t even cross it. When I looked out this morning and saw the yard full of geese again, I knew the beach must be in better shape.

 

We got the rafts out and we were paddling ourselves around looking at some of the neighbor’s houses planning for when we can finally remodel ours. She asked why we never see some of these people. Why live on a lake if you’re never going to come out of the house? Good question, ey?

 

Want to talk about feeling some muscles you haven’t used in a while? Whew! My abs are definitely feeling tighter.

 

I put a bathing suit on, which is unusual for me. You know, as we get older, we get funny about silly things I guess. But I was looking pretty hot. I joked with my daughter that if you cut off my head, I could pass for 25.

 

She complained because I’m skinnier than her. Hey, I was the one out shoveling duck crap. Of course I’m skinnier! Don’t get me wrong, she’s skinny too.

 

We ate a great lunch – turkey sandwiches with cheese and lettuce and tomato, with some cantaloupe - and then went back out and played some more.

 

And then came in and ate a great dinner of spaghetti with tomato-pesto-basil sauce, a salad, and garlic bread. We took the dog on his 2-mile walk, came back and cleaned up, and now vacation is over. I have to go back to work tomorrow Bummer…

 

But there will be more days of fun in the sun.

 

My daughter was complaining (that’s what 16 yr. olds do…) that at her dad’s they’re always too tired to do anything. Around here, we don’t run out of steam until midnight or later – and the days go sooo fast.

 

Are you a couch slouch? Or are you getting out and living life? 

 

Life is too short. Use it or lose it!

 

Go ahead, cancel cable. I dare ya!

 

 

Carole

 

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get past excuses for losing weight

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I thought I’d reach out to try to find out what exactly is stopping you from losing weight.

 You see, I know that losing weight is not hard. But people don’t do it, and I don’t understand why.

What makes people want to eat food that tastes like grease and chemicals?

Why do people absolutely refuse to eat right?

 I need you to tell me so I can help more people get over this hump - whatever it is.

 Do you think healthy food must taste bad?

Do you need to know more about how to eat a healthy diet? My mom was not a good role model in this area either!

 Do you think healthy food takes too much time to make?

Do you think that you can’t lose weight?

Are you afraid that people will make fun of you if you make healthier food choices?

Are you afraid of what life might be like if you look great? Don’t roll your eyes - That is a real reason for some people who’ve been burned by love. Many people do find that it feels safer to be unattractive.

Do you have more belief in the power of pills than diet for maintaining good health? Many people don’t believe that you can control type II diabetes, high blood pressure, or your risk for cancers, and many other ‘lifestyle’ diseases by eating right. They believe that they are destined to a life of prescription meds. Are you one of these people?

Or, on the other hand - Do you think you can eat whatever you want as long as you have these pills available to save your life?

Which brings me right back to - Why do people want to eat food that tastes like grease and chemicals?

Tell me your reasons for not eating a healthy diet.

 

Carole

a.k.a. – ‘Mother’