Are you in a diet hell? Have you tried diet after diet after diet and STILL can't seem to take the weight off? Or even worse you DO lose the weight only to gain it all back (plus some) after you go off the diet?



This is a scene replayed over and over again for many dieters around the world. I;ve done it myself. Whether you call it diet hell or the diet merry-go-round, it's all the same thing. Maybe it's time to take stock and decide what is wrong with your diet plan.

I have struggled with my weight for my entire life. I have always perceived myself as a "loser" because I just couldn't for the life of me, lose weight and keep it off! I thought other people felt the same way about me to! But you know something? How many "skinny" people could actually last, oh say a week, on a "starvation" diet? How many of these same people could eat a grapefruit before each and every meal? I started thinking about all of the things I have done to my body in an attempt to lose weight and realized that I AM STRONG!! I am! It wasn't me that "failed"! It was all of the "failure diets" I was trying!

I started thinking - why is that person so skinny and I'm so fat? What are they doing that I'm not?

Well, for starters, most skinny people are more active than I am. My God, I have the skinniest sister-in-law in the WORLD and, you know, she just never slows down! Up and down and all over the place - one super-charged ball of energy. And you should see her eat!! Anything she wants!

And other skinny people, while maybe not so active as my hyper sister-in-law, eat pretty much what they want as well.

So why not me? Here's what I came up with and the decision I made that changed it all....

1) I ate BAD foods: I love chocolate.... period. I just love it. HOWEVER, when I am on a diet and give up the chocolate, after the first few days - I actually don't miss it all that much. Why is that, I thought to myself. I did some research and found out that simple sugars (like those in most chocolate products) are absorbed into our blood stream quite quickly. Since they are almost pure sugar, however, our body absorbs it and then asks for more. Simple sugars are a source of "instant" energy, so when I ate that candy bar, I felt good because I had energy - but it doesn't last for very long and so I always wanted more! Cuz I DO want to feel good. When I diet - my body is desperate for that energy. So now I know that I NEED to replace that "bad" chocolate with something healthier that will provide my body with a better source of energy. More complex carbohydrates. These little puppies will stick with me longer, so I don't feel the need to eat more and more of them!

2) I am a couch potato - or should I say a computer potato? I come home from work (desk job) and either sit in front of the TV or get on the computer to check my email.... 3 hours later.... Also, You should see the snazzy exercise bike I have in my basement. All the bells and whistles a person could possible want. (Well, there is no TV on it). I have used this exercise bike about 5 times in the 18 months that I've had it. Of those five times, I go down there, rev it up and start spinning like my life depended on it! DUH... Needless to say after 15 minutes or less, I'm all done in and disgusted with myself - so I wait another 4 months before I try again.

3) I am a dieting IDIOT! I know about calories and carbohydrates and proteins and fats! I should I have because I've tried cutting them all out of my diet at various times. I figured that MY body as different. I just KNOW that I can lose weight MY way.

Boy, it is hard to admit defeat and realize that I need help. Now, I'm really not one for big workout gyms full of buff men and skinny women - no way! So I started on a journey to find the best diet plan online that I could find.

One that would show me the right way to eat and exercise. Strip That Fat is the plan I found. It doesn't take you by the hand and slap it when you slip up. I get encouragement reading success stories, I can enter the FOODS THAT I LIKE into the diet generator and there was no monthly fee. I paid a one time fee and was let loose to fly. So far, I've lost 32 pounds in just 3 months! AND I didn't gain a single pound back over the recent holidays! Even my son said I looked good and that's a lot for a 15-year-old boy to say to his Mom!!