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Never Diet Again - And Lose Weight Without "Gimmicks" In 10 Days

I’d just successfully lost 50 pounds.

The surprise was so jolting that I actually felt my shoulders jump. I re-adjusted the scale at least 7 different times and pushed it around my bathroom to make sure it wasn't reading wrong over a dip in one of the tiles. I even took it outside so that I could weigh on smooth pavement instead but the digital numbers danced around before resting on the same result: ‘125’.

The last time I saw that number I was 18 years old and not even thinking about kids. I couldn’t believe that I was seeing it again now.

MY JOURNEY THROUGH WEIGHT LOSS HELL

After 6 years of fitness blogs and weight loss forums. After enough Jillian Michaels’ dvds to form a collection. After every popular “BeachBody” program known to man. After counting calories, writing my food choices down, restricting carbs….

After portion controlling the hell out of my grilled chicken and sweet potatoes. After telling myself how much I loved fruit over chocolate. After running on the treadmill, forcing myself to run just 5 more seconds. Just 4 more seconds. Just 3, just 2, just 1….

I bought new running shoes, sports bras and un-used yoga mats. I committed to exercise routine after exercise routine only to give up from a lack of results. I drank so many protein shakes. So many smoothies. And after countless “before” pictures and never any “afters”....

I ended up losing 50 pounds without dieting, exercising, counting, blogging, portion controlling, tracking, or even trying. And the “how” was so simple that I actually stood on that weight scale, minutes after it had decided to turn itself off, and cried.

DIETING DOESN’T WORK

Every pound that I had ever lost would always return with a friend. And don’t ask your co-workers or family members what they would do to keep the weight off. The same information is parroted back as if every human being on earth is holding a universal script.

The answer isn’t found in a pill, workout dvd, or eating plan. If you are reading these words than surely you have witnessed a lack of results for yourself. It’s not that you aren’t trying hard enough or restricting enough. The problem isn’t that you are lazy or unmotivated. You don’t need to boost your metabolism or start taking the stairs. The real answer is counter-intuitive and, quite frankly, not something that most people would even consider. And it works.

After experiencing my results, I don’t believe in fighting the numbers down the scale anymore. I don’t believe in counting macros or in starving myself. And I can show you how to never diet again, too.

There’s just one problem. Eighty-seven percent of you will make every excuse as to why this won’t work for you. You’ll ask some question that you think reveals a flaw in the whole system. Half of you will develop an all-of-a-sudden nutritionists degree in the next 5 minutes. And for those people, there are no hard feelings. You understand your body goals better than I do and I trust that you’ll one day share what worked for you with others. But if you decide to continue reading then you are choosing to give your plate more than you take away from it. You are accepting what can be an embarrassing thing to admit (yes, I need help!). And you are finally ready to let your bathroom scale do all of the talking.

If that is you then let’s get to it.

THE “HOW”

My sister was a vegetarian. I pitied her poor little meat-less soul. Sometimes I still do. One day I watched her open a package that literally said “chickenless chicken” and couldn’t help but wince as I stood out of her line of sight. My expression was pretty insulting, I’m sure. Poor thing.

Meanwhile, my health had reached such a terrible state that I felt sick after every meal. I ate fast-food everyday because I hated how my own cooking tasted. I would look at myself in the mirror and pushed all of the blame on 'baby weight'. But I weighed 175 pounds and had to wear my boyfriends gym pants every time I stepped out of the house. That was my lowest point.

So, I made the choice to eat “vegetarian” for the next 30 days and change the way that I felt. I never intended to give up meat completely - just for 30 days. My results were so incredible that I made it a lifestyle choice.

You don’t have to subscribe to any particular ‘side’, meat versus veggies. This isn’t about pitting one against the other or prattling off a bunch of statistics. My only goal is to show you how to lose weight and keep it off in one of the healthiest and easiest ways humanly possible. And you can do so in just 10 days.

Here’s how.

“THE B.S. TECHNIQUE”

(1.) Find 2-3 plant-based meals to eat over the course of 10 days. (2.) Eat nothing but those meals. (3.) Weigh in on day 11.

Your only goal here is to try this method with the intention of calling B.S.

I do not expect your first attempt at making your own plant-based meals to be a raging success. You might find along the way that you’re still hungry and need to go for a second or (third) helping. Do it. You might hate the meals you’ve come up with and want to scrap them altogether. Do it. Don’t starve yourself. Do not eat something you hate. Find a few recipes online that tickle your fancy and try them until you find a few that you actually like. Then start your 10 days.

Your first meals are not a reflection of what you’ll be eating should you decide to stick with it. And, in truth, I’d be very surprised if you created something that you liked well enough to repeat weeks from now. Don’t get hung up on how many grams of this or that are in each serving. Eye-ball it and keep it moving. The point is to dip your toe in the water and witness real, tangible results for yourself in what is truly a surprising amount of time. You don’t have to worry about the details just yet.

“THE TODDLER TECHNIQUE”

I tried The B.S Technique and realized that there was something there. I lost 5 pounds in the first 7 days and knew that I was on the right track. My interest was piqued.

My only problem was that I couldn’t find a way to stick with it. I was running out of recipe ideas that tasted good and the few recipes that I had were getting boring extremely fast. It didn’t seem very sustainable in the long-term and I was starting to feel like I’d given up a wide array of options in exchange for a few beans and potatoes.

Insert my chickenless chicken sister.

I moved in with her for a month and the experience was like some sort of vegetarian boot camp. She never came to me and tried to impress her diet on me. But it was almost impossible to not eat like her because she didn’t have any meat in the house. Through all of my diet attempts (and even after a few flimsy tries at vegetarianism on my own) nothing compared to eating every meal with a person that ate like I wanted to eat. I felt like a toddler learning how to walk and she was holding my hand. I never had to think about what I was supposed to eat next. And by doing so I lost 35 pounds.

(1.) Find your chicken-less chicken sister. (2.) Only eat the things you absolutely love. (3.) Eat some more.

“THE BRAILLE TECHNIQUE”

I came a long way. Everything that I’d wanted from a plant-based diet I had received, and then some. My back stopped hurting. I felt physically refreshed after every meal. My skin started to clear up and, in fact, I only broke out if I tried to use face wash. This was more than I had even wanted.

But I felt like I could still improve. After 6 months my weight stabilized and the number never rose or fell beyond 2 or 3 pounds. I had another 20 pounds to lose but I thought my diet had taken me as far as it was going to go and assumed I would need to exercise the rest of the weight off. However, exercise wasn’t an option. I had 3 small children under the age of 5, worked the graveyard shift every night, and went to dental school during the day. I slept whenever I could and spent the rest of my time with my kids. Just looking at my schedule I was like “to hell with the gym”.

But I had already witnessed results before and started wondering if my diet was, yet again, the magic answer. I decided to take my eating a step further and “try” veganism for 2 weeks. And, through that decision, I lost another 15 pounds and the weight has stayed off for 1-1/2 years.

Listen to your body. I’m not just saying this because it sounds really zen. You’ve already experienced a measurable amount of success at this point and understand exactly what I mean when I say that your body will literally tell you everything that it needs. Your only job is to listen.

BOTTOM LINE

You never have to diet again. You’ll never need to eat another meal that you don’t thoroughly enjoy. And you’ll never have to feel deprived or restricted. You just need to decide that, while you’re already eating, you might as well make it something good.

At this phase in the game you are beyond simply wanting to lose weight. The trivialities of calories in vs. calories out have become a non-factor. Now you are seeing for yourself what is possible when you saturate your system with living, nutrient-dense whole foods. You are feeding your body what it was designed to eat from the very beginning. And, on its behalf, I thank you.

Tell me your story. Share what a plant-based diet has done for you. And feel free to recruit me as your chickenless chicken sister. I’m right here waiting Smile

posted 03 Jul 2017, 16:46

Why Do You REALLY, REALLY Want To Lose
Awesome Egull1!!!! Great job, you did that perfectly Smile

posted 26 Jun 2017, 17:20

Why Do You REALLY, REALLY Want To Lose
I was talking to a friend of mine who is extremely good at giving business advice and getting to the heart of certain problems. While I was talking to him, I noticed that he asked the question (in different variations) "Why?" a lot.

It was kind of frustrating at first, to be honest, because I saw the original problem I presented as a simple question that should be a no-brainer for someone who knows their stuff - which he does. But he eventually explained that he was asking me "why" so many times because one of the best ways to help a person get what they want is to uncover what they need.

Fast-forward to today, as I thought about my body goals, I started to think about my friend and preceded to ask myself the 5 "why's".

My Goal: To have a tight stomach and a lifted, rounded bum....

1. Why?
Because I've already lost all of my baby weight and now I want to look good in crop tops again.

2. Why?
Because I'm sick of looking like a mom at 26

3. Why?
Because it reminds me of how young I had my children and that thought makes me feel bad. I want to be a hot mom to make up for it.

4. Why?
Because I feel like it would show my friends and family that having kids didn't "ruin" me or my future.

5. Why?
Because I still feel as young, care-free, and spirited as I did without children. I just want my body to reflect who I am. Not what I am.

That took me like 30 minutes to fill out just now. What's your goal? Why?

posted 25 Jun 2017, 16:37

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