“Want to lose weight? Put down the fork!” I always thought that was kind of mean, until I tried it and it worked.
I am getting back to normal eating again. Not “back on track” because I really felt like I wasn’t on a diet, I was eating like a normal person should eat. What I ate to get to 260lbs was not the right diet for anybody.
After losing over 50lbs for the Rachael Ray show and being under 200lbs for the first time in over a decade, I relaxed and celebrated too much. I started going back to the lifestyle I lived when I was 260lbs. I guess the good news is that I immediately felt like I WAS 260lbs even though I was floating around 200.
Last week my mom mentioned that I might have a hard time losing weight because as a teen I was considered a high risk for polycystic ovarian syndrome, and because I was never tested I may in fact have it. At first I was alarmed because I am thinking of starting a family soon, and this would surely interfere. However, after talking more with her she said I was considered a high risk because I was gaining weight year after year as a teen for seemingly no reason.
I am ashamed that I didn’t fess up right there but I know in my heart that I gained all this weight because of my diet. I know that I am where I am because of poor food choices.
I’m not going to rush to the doctor for tests, if I have it then I have it, but I have been able to lose weight by making the right food choices, not from pills or medicines, and not because of anything related to genetics. I lost weight because I stopped eating 2000+ calories every single day.
So my message to anyone who wants to lose weight is (in the nicest way possible), put down the fork.
Lose the Lazy 