Diet = DIE with a T

Today I went to my first meeting of the 12 week weight loss program with the dietitian. There are a group of us learning to be healthy and lose weight the "right" way as opposed to dieting. I was about to say that diets don't work but actually they do work every weird and wacky one of them. The problem is that they are impossible to sustain for the rest of your life. You will lose weight but it is hard to keep it off because you and I both know you are not going to eat cabbage or grapefruit the rest of your life, and that is exactly what has to be done in order to keep that weight off. Healthy lifestyle is different you may not lose 100 pounds in 3 months but with healthy eating habits and exercise you will lose weight and as it is a lifestyle change it can be kept off. I want you to think about someone you know that lost weight...... is the first question that you ask "how did you do it?" if you say no then your lying. We ( and by we I mean every overweight person everywhere) are looking for that quick easy fix. Think about how much money you have spent buying diet pills,books,food,videos,etc. we want a miracle and as fat people we are inherently lazy. don't think so? think about your activity level right now if you are still not living healthy , and if you are think about your activity level before. you did not get fat from eating right and being active. I was very sedentary I went out only to go to work and walk the dog and the walk took maybe 5-10 minutes just long enough so she could go to the bathroom. I was eating junk food daily and not apologising for it, I did not care that I was over 300 pounds my way to deal with that was buy big clothes and not weigh myself. I would make half hearted attempts to exercise but would give up giving one of many pat excuses, my knees hurt, I am too tired from work and the best one my feet are really sore from work, I could go on forever, and have. The beginning of the end was when my husband lost 60 pounds, bastard! He stopped indulging in the junk with me. we were like to heroin addicts who egged each other on. we watched biggest loser together and kidded ourselves that we were not that bad, while eating junk food. when he lost weight and stopped eating crap with me it kind of took the wind out of my sails, I actually tried to peer pressure him into eating his favorite junk with me He refused. One day I was whining that we never went out anymore (we used to go out for dinner 2 or 3 times a week), so the next day he said we were going for Chinese because he missed it. I know that wasn't why, my husband loves me and I shamelessly used that to get my way. at the time it was a victory now I am ashamed. Now Tony Inspires me, he supports my efforts and is my biggest fan its pretty awesome and I am pretty lucky.