Cyrillia's Journal, 23 January 2008

Diets don't work. Until you are ready to commit to a lifestyle change you will keep gaining the weight back. I suggest that you visit your local library (free) and start checking out diet books. Keep reading different ones until you find the plan that you feel will work best for you for a LIFETIME! Nutrition is very important and knowing what you should eat, when you should eat it, and why you should eat it will benefit you for the remainder of your life. You can lose weight on any diet but if it isn't anything that you enjoy then you will go back to your old habits and gain the weight back. This has been proven time and again. Whining and making excuses will do nothing other than keeping you where you are at, which obviously is a source of upset for you. Beating yourself up also has the same effect so stop doing it. Use that energy to start something new like borrowing an exercise DVD or video from the library and trying it out. Yes, losing weight and changing your life is very hard. Only you can decide how much you wish to do it. 

I agree, try to find a lifetime eating plan. Diets don't work. A committment to a healthy lifetime eating plan does work. You made a good choice coming back here. Once you chose your diet, you'll be on your way to making great improvements in your life.