"JayJay" wrote in message
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"Susan Jones-Anderson" wrote in message
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What is it about a human being that makes them believe they can ever go
back to eating like they did prior to their diet/WOE? I was reading on
another NG & some posts and it struck me that most of the folks posting
had been up and down for years. And on every diet under the sun? So what
makes us think that we are omnipotent and we can go back to eating like
we did before? Personally I have never tried to diet before last June
15th when I decided to make this lifestyle change for me and my
children, so I have no history of ups and downs and being on that weight
roller coaster for years. Maybe this will be the start of that for me? I
sure hope not


Here's a question for you. You've now found a healthier way of eating
and
you are losing weight - right? Once you reach your goal, do you plan to
go
back to your old way of eating? No - right? (the answer should be an
emphatic NO).

That's where alot of "diets" go wrong. Yeah, you "diet" and lose weight
but when these people reach goal, the go off the "diet" and go back to
their
old way of eating. Of course that old way of eating made them fat once,
it
will make them fat again. They didn't learn a damned thing by doing
what
they did.

Successful weight loss stories always include a LONG TERM change in
lifestyle that includes both food and exercise. They change their way of
eating (woe) and way of life (wol). Those are the terms we use in here.
"diet" should be considered a 4 letter word. :-)

Diets are for people who want to yoyo through life. WOE and WOL are for
those who intend to stay healthy for the remainder of our life.


This is why in spite of using a diet to lose weight, I plan on using a new
WOE to keep it off. Nice thing about this fast is that as I incorporate
foods back into my life, I can just completely avoid the stuff I shouldn't
eat and build the habit of eating better from scratch (and living better).
It's been so long since I've had crappy, junk food that I no longer miss it
physically and even mentally. (except cheesecake - but that's only going to
be in one situation and well planned)

Jenn