Losing Weight without Losing Hope

Posted by Hillary on August 3rd, 2010 at 11:14am

We have all seen those advertisements that promise us immediate weight loss results while letting us still be able to eat the foods we love and do little to no exercise.  These promises are about as fake as the “before and after” pictures they show along with them.

There is no quick solution to being overweight.  It takes a lot of hard work to “battle the bulge”, as I like to call it.  Losing weight and keeping it off takes time and commitment and an “I can do this” attitude.  However, when it finally happens, when the stars align and you lose those 20, 30, 50+ pounds you have tried your darnedest to lose, the feeling of accomplishment you get along with it could not be any more fulfilling.

So how do you go about losing the weight?  I have found with years of experience battling my own bulge, that the first month of any weight loss program is the hardest.  When you’re doing everything you possibly can to lose weight, yet still not seeing results, that is the most disheartening of feelings.  But once the pounds start to drop and your clothes loosen up, it’s that much easier to keep with your weight loss goal and continue seeing results.

I recently published an article on FaveDiets called Lose Weight the Right Way: 5 Tips to Weight Loss Success.  It’s packed full of my seasoned diet wisdom and offers five tips you probably have heard countless times before, but maybe never really put to good use.  Some of the things covered are moderation, writing down what you eat and one of the most important concepts that I think often gets overlooked in this day and age, losing weight for you, as opposed to losing weight in order to please others.

I really hope this article will reach at least a few people and help them on their weight loss journey.  No matter how many times you have tried in the past and failed, losing weight is absolutely, 100% possible.  It takes a lot of motivation and hard work, but it is definitely an attainable goal.

I’m interested in learning about other people’s battles with the bulge, so feel free to share your weight loss stories in this blog!  =)

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