Julie_Feldman's Blog

That's what I said to myself several months ago after several years of complaining about  my post-wedding weight gain. 'Quit bitching Julie and fix it'. The truth is --- if I was tired of listening to myself complain about my ever-growing waistline, imagine how my family and friends felt.

I am skeptical about most "weight loss programs". When a friend told me she lost a sizeable amount of weight on LA Weightloss --- I looked at the program with a fine tooth comb. It seemed healthy, well-balanced and I could eat my own food. I joined. In 11 weeks, I reached my goal weightloss. There was no difficult or hunger. In fact, I'm eating more food than ever before!

I'm not pushing this program or any other. I can't do that. Plus, no one program is going to work for everyone. I do want to share something I learned that blows me away!  Apparently, when I would skip breakfast and basically fast to lose weight --- my body thought I was starving. My metabolism would slow to ziltch so I could hang on to what fat I I had.

Now, I eat three meals a day with snacks in between.  If I want a piece of cake, I have a small piece and simply eliminate a different starch or fat from my daily intake.  

Bottom line --- losing weight doesn't necessarily mean eating less. 

Go figure!