THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

I was a little caught up in the drama yesterday with Tera quitting the blog.  I apologize for my distraction, but it was a very sad day for me.  I want her to be well and I hope things settle down for her soon.  I got so caught up in the madness that I completely forgot about "Weigh-in Tuesday!"  I am happy to announce that I have lost three more pounds!  Woot!  Woot!  This makes a total of thirteen pounds since November 1st.  There seems to be a pattern forming.  I have a week of no weight loss or a slight loss, followed by a week of a bigger loss.  Whatever the case, I'll take it!  I feel like it is a respectable amount to be losing, at a responsible rate.  It works out to be 2.6 pounds per week.  I know new studies indicate that there is no correlation between how fast you lose weight and its permanence, but I couldn't disagree more with the findings.  The problem with these studies is that they are always cranked out by scientists and doctors, and I suppose people looking to participate in a weight-loss study, but never "real" people suffering from life-long yo-yo dieting and obesity.  Every single time I have lost weight super fast, I have gained it back super fast also.  Can anyone agree with me on this??  Now that's not to say that if you lose weight slowly you don't still run the risk of gaining it back, but I wholeheartedly believe there is a connection between how fast you lose the weight and its permanence, and let me tell you why.  Because when you lose weight super quick it generally means you are doing something EXTREME to lose it.  Extreme, by definition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary is, "going to great or exaggerated lengths; Radical, went on an extreme diet."  LOL.  (They actually use dieting as a means to demonstrate use of the word!)  Any time you do something extreme, it is often a short-lived moment in your life.  It is not something you can realistically keep up for any prolonged length of time.  I lost weight before through extreme diet and exercise.  Ask me how well that turned out??  I'm writing a blog seven years later entitled, Two Tion Tillies!"

I get really fed up with all the fad diets and miracle cures because I think it is one of the biggest money making exploitations of the American people.  I do not doubt that they work.  Of course they do, for about a minute!  If you eat nothing but grapefruit for sixteen weeks I guess you will lose some weight. But what happens when you stop...??  Are you really going to do that forever??  Is eating only one thing or eliminating an entire group of foods like carbs really healthy for our bodies...??  Atkins, South Beach, The ZONE, Raw Foods, Real Age, Fat Smash, Mediterranean, YOU ON A DIET!...I've tried them all!  I think I was at my first Weight Watchers meeting at age eight and was enrolled in Nutri-system by my twelfth birthday.  I've examined every weight loss cure out there and will probably continue to do so because I respect the research.  People keep asking me what I am doing to lose the weight.  I am doing the Jennifer diet!  Funny thing happens when you've tried all this stuff, you become a bit of an expert.  I have borrowed from each and every one of them and I am taking the best techniques, best medical findings, and most practical suggestions, and applying them in a sensible fashion.  I should write a book based on all my life experience and call it, "THE REALITY DIET!"  Or "THE SIMPLICITY DIET!"  Or the "REAL LIFE CURE!"  It is simple.  Watch your portion size, mind your carbs, move regularly and consistently, eat healthy, whole, unprocessed foods, have more good days then bad, drink lots of water, get plenty of rest, keep regular with your doctor, and have a positive outlook toward your life and your body.  I would love to expand on each and every one of these concepts, but that may just take a book!  I will share some of my favorite books, plans, and advice, in future blogs.  You will never hear me say that this is easy, but you will always here me say that it is simple!

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex...it takes a touch of genius- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."  -Albert Einstein