WEIGHT LOSS ON MY MIND
There are so many advertisements today for weight loss. It seems like every magazine I pick up has some sort of information about how to lose weight, which would be fine if they really worked. As a person who has struggled with my weight through my teen years and now into my twenties, it just seems to me that more could be done in the area of nutritious foods to help me along. I have been on several diet plans, like Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers, and these programs are great as long as you stay on them. My problem is not with dieting, but when I come off. I really like Oprah and have watched her battle with weight loss and exercise, and all I can think to myself is that losing weight must be really tough. I mean here is a woman, who has all the resources and money to do whatever it takes to lose the weight and even she keeps on this roller coaster ride of weight loss. I just think that shows that weight loss and obesity are a state of mind. Perhaps it has more to do with people's taste buds, or their insecurities, I am just not sure what the deal is.
All I know is that personally I do really well on diets and with diet pills and exercise, but it seems that once I return to eating regular food, I tend to overdo it. I think maybe it is because every food on the market is not made in single serving size and lacks general nutrition. I have considered going vegetarian or vegan or even raw, but I don't know if I can really eat like this at school and in the real world. It just seems to me that it is very easy to fall off the wagon this way. Diet pills do a good job of suppressing my appetite and giving me energy, so I am not really sure why I overeat, but I definitely do. They say acknowledging the problem is the first step to fixing it. I am sure this is true, but I am not really sure where to start...maybe wiring my jaw shut, who knows.
Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 @ 3:41 PM by Brian