Losing Weight

It is simple. Count calories. Watch what happens.

I never said you had to go on a 1000 calorie diet (1300 is popular with the stars). I started this simple and free diet program.

• 1. The first week I made up mind to do it. I purchased a cheap electronic calorie counter on eBay.
• 2. The second week I ate like I normally do (about 7500 calories a day), and I tried to learn the electronic calorie counter.
• 3. I still continued to count, but magically (because I knew what the value of food was), I started losing weight!
• 4. Now I am down to 3000 calories a day and I have lost 35 pounds.
• 5. I am considering going to 2500 calories soon, as I want to reserve one day to eat anything I feel like (within reason).
• 6. I noticed that when I exercised (I ran a 1/2 mile in the park before I got home from work) that I felt a lot better! Maybe eating right is the key to weight loss, but exercise must be the key to feeling good. And it seems to be working like a giant snowball rolling down the hill! I have to cut a new hole in my belt (it is on my to do list).
• 7. I don't worry that some days I am bad, very bad. I eat like a pig way too much. Only once in a while! Because, it takes forever to lose the weight, it also takes that much time to gain it back. One day will not ruin the diet. And of course the next day or so I try to make up for the loss.
• 8. Lastly, the scale is your friend. Why? because it will be hard to see where you are losing weight! I seem to look the same, but my clothes fit loose, and my belt requires a new hole..... so the scale it does not lie! I can look at the scale and see I really am making progress. The scale is my friend. But it is a slow process. It is a life process too.

I hope you will give this miracle diet a try. It is free. And, have you noticed that many grocery stores are stocking 100 calorie snacks? Once you start counting calories, these products can be a great help! There is a chocolate ice cream called "Fudgesicle" that only has 40 calories!

The losing weight process is like a roller coaster that goes up and down, BUT it is in a downward decline. When I saw I was at the low of 285 pounds (I am a big strong tall guy, good looking and single too) I knew that before I could reach 280, my weight would probably hit 288 or 290 again first.

I am not a doctor. So, I can only speak of my life challenges. You may have a condition that prevents you from eating less, or the foods I choose. Check with your doctor, and design a plan that is right for you.

Sincerely, Gary Ruff