Please help me lose weight!!!!!

I am overweight, I guess you could say CHUBBY, I have tried all sorts of diets, even the cabbage soup one, but I have no will power. Now I really want to do something to lose these extra pounds...

Losing weight

Hi joymay
I have dieted for the last 35years losing 5 stones then gaining it back. I did not see my father very often and he used to call me Liz Taylor as he never knew if I would be fat or thin when I saw him! Night shift can be a killer. I have also worked shifts for years.I have lost 1st since 3rd Jan using Paul McKenna.So far I am finding it brilliant.Basically only eat when hungry, stop when full, take your time when eating put your fork down between mouthfuls and drink more water. He also has a CD which you listen to at least once a day. I don't know why but it is working for me at the moment. I am enjoying my food and I don't think about calories,points etc.

Dont give up

the thing is to stop thinking of it as a 'DIET', and think more of it as the way you eat. Changing patterns in you life is never easy. Changing or stopping any habit takes time, if it was that easy, we would all be the size we want to be, and where is the fun in not worrying about what we look like - it's part of being a woman isn ...

Take one day at a time - if you have a bad day where you have a few treats, don't think that everything is lost and that you are having to start again - its all a long journey - who said that you can't stop off on the way.

Just keep your long term goal in your mind. Every time you go to eat - think to ourself, Am I really hungry, or am i just eating for that sake if it? You need to be honest with yourself on that one. Set your self rewards.... if you decide that you are not really hungry, don't eat, and put £1 or what ever you can afford in a tin - save up for a treat,buy a new lipstick, perfume, whatever lights your candle, and if you really want chocolate or a takeaway for that treat, go for it. BUT REMEBER... everything in moderation. If you are not really hungry, don't eat.

Keep smiling, you CAN do this...

jo