In an instant, I decided to take the plunge and draw a line in the sand, so to speak. On one side of that moment is a fat person who ate what she pleased, and on the other is the person who will be pleased to be slim and healthy. Exactly how I'll get there is a bit hazy.My usual approach for losing weight would be to drive to a nearby bookstore and pick up a "fix everything" diet book. You know, the kind that throws you into ketosis, causes you to eat grapefruit at every meal, or promises you'll "lose 10 lbs, in 10 days."
Another approach would be to dash to the local diet center like Jenny Craig, NutriSystem or Weight Watchers, and sign up for counseling sessions hosted by cutesy 20-year-olds who know less about nutrition than I, and take home a sack of freeze dried, frozen, pre-packaged cardboard … oops, I mean delicious food.
Then there’s always miracle products like Slim Fast with meals-in-a-can and magic pills that chug, burnoff, and metabolize your fat. And in this modern age, you can cozy up to an online website like eDiets, which supports dieters through chatrooms.
I could also get on the gastro bypass surgery bandwagon, which is one of the most popular weight loss alternatives these days. I've even known people who've had the procedure and are very happy with the results, but for me, rearranging my stomach doesn't sound like a good alternative.
I’m not knocking books, programs, products, websites, pills, or surgeries – they are all good tools for losing weight, but there's gotta be something beyond the quick fixes that's ever lasting. I’m searching for that legendary creature.
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