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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really want to lose weight, but I literally have no willpower whatsoever. Just wondering if anyone can recommend something that I might be able to stick with. [/quote]

OP - be honest.  How BADLY do you want this?  Is it more important for you to eat that extra slice of pizza, or to look good and feel good in and to of clothing?  For me, that was my tipping point.

When I was 20, I lost 45lbs and have never ever put any of it back on.  I am now 50 and still looking pretty damn amazing, even for a 40 year old and not I am not kidding myself.  Not one diet.  The only thing that worked was when I finally decided that looking good and feeling good was way more important to me than over-eating.

It took me a solid year to lose that weight by the way because I didn't follow a crash diet.  Instead I made small changes along the way:

1) I learned how to go to bed hungry....which made me realize that doing that gave me tremendous energy the next morning. I woke up alert, well rested and with a seriously flat stomach. And I ate all of my meals at the kitchen table, in a pretty plate, with a beautiful glass of lemon water, and fancy silverware.  I felt like I was spoiling myself which made my meal even more satisfying.

2) I slowed down while eating, giving my stomach and my brain a chance to catch up with each other.  The minute I felt satisfied, I stopped eating and soon realized how freaking uncomfortable it was to feel "stuffed"

3) I didn't deprive myself 7 days a week. Instead I planned ahead and chose which day on the weekend I was going to allow myself to relax my eating a bit.  The trick is to do that only one day.  The minute you overeat two days in a row, you start to no longer care.  You start to think of yourself as failing because you over ate two days in a row, and so oh well you might as well continue eating.  Its a very slippery slope.

4) I also started exercising, before then I was a couch potato.  Nothing crazy, just 3-4 days per week of cardio and light weight training.  Over the years I have decreased my cardio and increased my weight training because for women, that is far more important for overall bone and muscle health.  As you age you need to be strong so you don't walk around hunched over, and weak looking.

Drastic diets do not work, long term.  Don't weigh yourself more than once per week and weigh yourself the same time of day.  So for example every Sunday morning at 8am.  that's the only way to avoid being depressed and upset when you see fluctuations on the scale due to hormones, sodium intake, not being "regular" etc. [/quote]

I've lost 30 pounds this way also. To do it, you may need help from a therapist (i.e., Janet Laubgross in Fairfax) to help with the behavior modifications necessary. It's a lot of work to change long-standing habits, but it can be done.[/quote]

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