Fresh Start - Diets Tried Part II

In yesterday's blog I mentioned that I would not be so forthcoming when it comes to paying someone else to help me take off weight that I put on. However, what I forgot to mention is what lead me to that decision.  In 2006 I took all of my savings out of the bank and purchased a 24 week program at  La Weight Loss aka Pure Weight Loss not quite clear on the name these days but what that entitled me to was weekly weigh-ins and pep talks, during the pep talks the counselors would solicited the  centers products. They(the counselor's)were very persuasive too, they told me that buying the products would help aid to the weight lost process and you could loss the weight a lot quicker.  They encouraged me to buy certain things to get me started and things that would speed up my weight loss.

 I fell for it hook, line and product adding to the enormous price tag of joining I purchased their  products too.  Even though it was costly during that time I did not take losing weight seriously.  I wasn't ready but my insecurities wouldn't let me admit that I made a mistake by joining so I continued until my weeks ran out . To continue you had to purchase more weeks you could not be seen until you did the center became a cash cow and they saw me coming a mile away with the grass(money).

At the time I did not have enough self esteem to believed in myself  I thought this was the only way I could lose weight. Becoming a victim of my own circumstance because they went out of business leaving me to survival on my own. Lesson learned I was hurt and my bank account was depleted. The good thing was on this program you were able to eat regular food I was not confined to package foods.
 But I often wondered what it would be like to eat packaged foods like on Medifast or Jenny Craig. From the infomercials and what I read on the Internet you eat their foods and with exercise you lose lots of weight. The daily intake and I could be wrong and every diet program has it's ups and downs but seems to run from 1200 to 1500 calories.

What would scary me the most would be returning back to eating normal foods. Packaged foods from certain programs are made for the sole purpose of getting the weight off  with no artificial ingredient's that would pack on the pounds.  Eating that kind of food three to five times a day with restrictions is really not the answer to the problem for me. Doable but not realistic because as soon as I return back to eating regular foods I would gain all the weight back and some because meals like that are to confined.

 So with all the quick fixes behind me I've decided to stick with losing weight the old fashion way eating in moderation while doing mild to moderate execrise a day.

This is my inspiration!