Pick your poison~

When you make up your mind to shed some pounds, one of the biggest decisions will be the HOW of it all. My goodness, there are so many weightloss options on the market today, there is bound to be something that will work for you. Structure is powerful! To make a blanket statement, "I'm on a diet" is a recipe for failure in my opinion. You need to be specific about what your plan is going to be. One of the BIGGEST obstacles for my clients has been, "what the heck am I supposed to eat to lose this weight?" Yes, exercise is important, but what people don't understand is that what you put IN your body is far more important. You can do 1,000 crunches a day for months on end, but if you're breakfast comes from McDonalds, lunch from the office cafe', and dinner is a $5 Hot N Ready, you're simply waisting your time. Clean up your eating with a structured eating plan and see what happens.

Please don't dive into a new eating plan based soley on the success of others. Yes...be inspired to want to make a change in your life but be honest with what you can and cannot do; you might not have the same drive to pull off a particular eating / exercise plan. Everything ain't for everybody! I'm the first in line to give JHud mad props for her weight loss success with Weight Watchers. The chick looks awesome! I have seen soooooo many people run out and sign up for the plan KNOWING they can't afford the monthly cost of it and thoroughly annoyed with the portion control needed to make the diet work. Do your homework before you embark on a new way of eating and base your final decision on what YOU can commit to for the long haul. If you know you don't like meat, I don't care how excited you get looking at my weightloss pics, Atkins will not be a good fit for you.

Finally, DO NOT alter an already structured eating plan and still run around telling people you're following it. If you're going to go with the Fat Smash plan then please follow the directions. Don't "tweak" it and call it the Fat Smash "remix"...and then get mad when you're not losing the weight. People are excited to try new things, especially if they see it working. On the same note, if you're having little to no success you might be giving the plan a bum rap. Not cool if you're doing your own version of a particular plan. Follow the plan to the letter, there's a reason it works based on the rules you MUST follow. Atkins is successful because of a chemical reaction your body has based on the foods you reduce from your diet in a given time. (YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE UP BREAD FOREVER)  Ketosis/Lipolysis will not occur if you're busy sneaking bread into the diet when you're not supposed to.

I would like to encourage you to make a decision today to change your eating so you can meet your weight loss goals once and for all. You can do it!! Spring is right around the corner and if you're anything like me, you've got a closet full of cute summer stuff you caught on sale last fall that had BETTER fit come May! *smile* 

When it comes to eating plans, be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there...