Low Carb Diva

June 3, 2009

My mother turns 65 this year and for as long as I can remember she has always been on one diet or another. She has tried every fad diet out there and all have ended in failure. But she is 65 and still has not been able to conquer her weight demons. Up until last year I was following in her same path.

What is different now than a year ago for me is I started acknowledging the price that I have paid for being morbidly obese. I also now know that my future at 65 would be very bleak and dismal if I continued to eat myself slowly to death. Yes, weight loss requires discipline because when those good feelings of having lost your first 5-10 pounds wears off you realize that you have a long road to travel without the benefit of the constant praise from friends and family.

In fact most of the time you will be greeted with people trying to sabotage your efforts as you lose weight. Like telling you that you don't need to lose anymore weight (even though you still have 50-75 pounds to go).

Decide today that you are worth it. Look at your old junk food friends as the enemy that they are. Their comfort is only short lived and will only make you fatter.

For today refuse to spend another year wanting to do something but paralyzed by fear and doubt. Reading blogs and weight loss success stories can go a long way to motivate and keep you inspired when you want to give up.