QUITE A CLAIM...

Hi, and welcome. This blog really isn't about dieting. It is about ways to eat smart and lose weight in the process. To start off, I'm going to be brutally honest about myself just so that whoever comes here and reads this will know I am sincere in wanting to help others eat better and feel better about themselves. I am a fat, young/old woman who has struggled all throughout adulthood, trying different diets, losing a few pounds, and then failing again and again to get to a normal weight, because the diet just didn't work, in the long run. (I don't know if this sounds familiar to anyone, but if it does, please read on.)

About a month ago, I was reading a magazine article about something called a 'Detox Diet'. I had read about this 'diet' before, although it wasn't called by that name in the other article. (I know someone is probably thinking, "You took someone else's idea?" well, yes and no.) Let me explain what I did, then. I started doing research on the subject, on the internet. I found a lot of different versions of the 'diet', and a lot of differing claims about its effectiveness. But, the one thing all these plans had in common was the claim that a person would lose weight rapidly by eating the foods listed in the 'diet', and with little or no exercise involved. Those two parts intrigued me, because I am partially disabled. (I had been told, by my doctor, that I had to lose weight, in order to take some of the strain off of my arthritic joints.) 

Well, to make a long story short, I decided to take all of the things I had learned from my research and make them into a healthy eating plan that would suit my weight loss needs. First of all, I tried the foods from all the lists for a week (actually 8 days) just to see what the results would be. I don't want to sound like a 'weight loss' commercial, but I was delighted with the results. I lost 12 Lbs. in 8 days. I know that is hard to believe, but I also know it's true. Well, in the following three weeks, I started experimenting with the foods I was told not to eat, on the plan, just to see what would happen. Everything I tested from the 'no-no list', except one food item, gave me the same result; it stalled my weight loss at that 12 Lb. limit. O.K. Everything proven to my satisfaction, so far. Now, I could take everything I had learned and tailor it to suit my own weight loss needs. That fact is what makes this my 'eating plan'. (By the way, the exception to the rules for the 'bad food' list was honey.)

Now, that brings us up to the present; specifically yesterday, when I got back 'on' the eating plan. This morning I woke up, went to the bathroom, drained my bladder, and weighed myself. The 12 lost pounds had now become 13! (I have to say, I was so happy I cried.) That's when I knew what I had to do. I had to make a blog, and share what I had learned with others who found themselves struggling with weight problems, like I had, and still am. So, if you want to try my eating plan, just come along with me, on this blog, and we will start our journey, of healthier eating habits, together. I hope you will enjoy it, because I know I will. Until my next posting; take care. Anna