Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I Stopped Relying on Fad Diets and Used This to Lose Weight

By Frances Norah Smith

Have you ever been at a point when nothing seems to work for you? I know I was! Not too long ago, I gained a lot of weight when I was under tremendous stress. I ate a lot of food in order to get rid of stress and the result was that I became overweight. And you know what, I didn't like my fat tummy at all. I not only hated the fact that I had a huge, protruding belly, but also that I could no longer fit myself into my favorite trousers. I was desperate to lose all that weight and become the fit person that I was.

Just like anyone else would have done. I took to dieting. I tried almost every diet under the sun: the South Beach, the Atkins, the calorie counting diets, NutriSystem, everything. I even wasted a lot of money on 'pre-packaged meals' and diet delivery plans, but to no avail! It was not that I didn't lose weight with the help of these diet plans: I did, but these diets were way too restrictive for me and I knew that I was not going to eat boring foods like that for the rest of my life!

So here is what would happen: I would follow a diet for a few weeks, lose weight, get fed up with its restrictions, get back to my normal diet, and then regain back the 'lost' weight. Bottom line, I was getting nowhere with these diet plans!

I was aware that I had had enough of diets so I was surely not going back to them; it is of no use wasting time on something that works only for a short while and becomes ineffective after that. This time I tried something natural.

I am talking about the all natural detox diet cleanse plan. In simple words, this plan is all about eating natural fruits and vegetables and staying away from fried stuff. I thought that I had tried almost everything except this, so why not give it a try and see if it works or not?

So for the next two weeks I survived only on raw fruits and vegetables. For someone who had eaten fried and junk foods for years, going raw for days on end was tough, but I knew I had to lose weight and become slim so that I could fit into my favorite jeans and trousers. If anyone ever told you that you cannot lose more than two pounds per week, they must be ignorant about the detox diet cleansing. With this all-natural method, I lost almost 13 pounds in just two weeks!

During the subsequent month, I survived on a moderate version of the detox diet and lost another ten pounds. The amazing thing about this diet method was that the 'lost weight' never came back when I returned back to my normal eating habits.

Another good thing is that with this approach, you don't feel deprived and hungry at all. I am now always full and satiated and rarely have any urge to try junk foods. Plus I like the fact that I can fit myself into my favorite clothes! - 15438

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