I Am On Day 7 Of Phase One And I’ve Lost …

I am on Day 7 of Phase One and I’ve lost 8 pounds so-far. I’ve done the South Beach Diet before, and lost copious amounts of weight, but I always ended up gaining the weight back, and then-some. What’s different about this time? Last week I started reading Diet Solution, which uses cognitive therapy techniques to help you change the diet. I’m using the teachings of this book in tandem with the South Beach Diet, and the results have been great. I am halfway through Diet Solution and have already learned so much about myself and how I diet. I feel like now that I know what I’ve been doing wrong all this time–and why–I won’t go back to my old behavior again. I really think I have the tools to achieve success diet this time: to not just lose the weight, but maintain the weightloss. I had my second (and probably final) child 5 months ago–a boy. I also have a 6-year old daughter. I gained 50 pounds with both pregnancies, but I lost that weight with relative ease, keeping it down to 3 healthy meals a day and semi-regular jogging. The weight that’s been so stubborn is that which I’ve accumulated over the course of my marriage–married 11 years and still 40 pounds heavier than when I said those vows. It’s the marriage weight that I have to now lose. Goodbye 170’s…135 pounds, here I come.

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