I'm getting married in October so my resolution was for sure to eat healthier. It's hard when you work all day to come home and cook, eating out is so convienent and delicious.....this has been my downfall but no more! New year, cutting back on eating out and most of am going to try and learn to cook more. Good luck on your diet, they are hard (especially the now eating sweets part) but if you really make an effort it can be done. Good luck finding a gym too, I found a gym but have no one to go with, its hard getting your self motivated to go work out alone.

Hello, my name is Judy and I'm addicted to sugar.:( I am also a yo-yo dieter.

I tell people that I have lost 200 pounds.....the same 20 pounds, 10 different times.:eek:

All joking aside, I have been successful doing the WW points system in the past. I am a life time member. However, I am now back up to my heaviest weight again (even my fat clothes are getting too tight) so I'm going back to my WW's journals and starting all over again. I have to...I was just recently put on High bp medication, plus I have tummy issues too. :(

All joking aside, I have been successful doing the WW points system in the past. I am a life time member. However, I am now back up to my heaviest weight again (even my fat clothes are getting too tight) so I'm going back to my WW's journals and starting all over again. I have to...I was just recently put on High bp medication, plus I have tummy issues too. :([/QUOTE]

Yep,pulled my WW stuff out yesterday and the eliptical arrived today. I was having such a tuff time making it to the gym. Im thinking about do WW online so I can use my phone to journal.

LOL!!!!! Yeah, but I'll bet I didn't have as much fun as you all! But for Christmas Eve and Christmas I did live on egg nog and goodies!!! That was the 3 lbs., I'll bet. Well, and I had a LOT of rum-soaked fruitcake - but sometimes I would have a piece of that in place of a meal. But, that was it. None of all the other goodies all the holidays since turkey day. So, you may have gained some but bet you had a good time!

the WW part is pretty much my story too. Let me know how you do with the new points system. It was so confusing to me. Wish they would go back to the old points system.

I still use the old system. I never bought the newer books. The old way worked for me and my momma always said "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." However, I do understand that the new system is a lot like the "Belly Fat" diet and I have some of those books. I plan to do a combination of the two plans. Like I said...Sugar is my problem. The Belly Fat diet helps me get off that evil stuff. I have struggled with my weight ALL my life. WW works, but I HAVE to go to weigh-ins or I let the weight slide back on. My goal now is to get 15 pounds off then I'm going back for monthly weigh-ins. Good luck to everyone!!! Let's do this!!:)

I am with you the Old points system was much easier and I think quicker.

I know the WW approach is the best long term, but to me it takes to long to get you quickly motivated. If like me you like to eat because things taste good not just because you are hungry having no food off limit makes it so much easier to cheat. Someone said that they are addicted to sugar, so many studies say that is bad, so if you start a diet that allows you foods with a lot of sugar or sugar substitutes you are keeping your trigger food close at hand and there is a good chance you will go over the portion limit thinking you will eliminate something else later. I think at the beginning staying away from those foods that make one want to over eat is the best approach, and like me most peoples trigger food are sweets and snacks that are full or either sugar, salt or carbs. Most of those items are not good for you anyway. Knowing I can not have a pretzel or a glass of wine at the moment has made it easier because I do not have the self control to stop at the recommended portion. I have eaten enough greens and meat and fish so I am not hungry. and since my trigger foods are off limit right now I don't have access to them to cheat with. On WW I would have closet and fridge full of snacks to eat with portion control that if the day was crappy or my husband was pissy to me, I would wind up eating double or triple just to make me fell better.

I think there is nothing more motivational than seeing quick results, since I know it is not forever I can handle eliminating trigger foods. It's just my opinion but I think a diet like Atkins that gets weight off quickly and forces you to eliminate foods you might overeat on, followed by a plan such as WW is the way to go.

The belly fat diet is Atkins Lite. ;)

IMO it is all about portion control and exercise. I agree that one needs the willpower to avoid their trigger foods, but depriving myself of all the things I love to eat is also setting myself up for failure. I have found that if I crave...I cave. Therefore, WW works for me because it is teaching portion control. It isn't a "diet" but a way of life. I agree that a quick initial weight loss is a great motivator, therefore, I agree that Atkins like diets help in that regard. That is why I like to do a combination of WW and the BFD. Basically it is eating healthier...low fat and low carbs.... and as long as I stay in the point range, I can have a little treat occasionally. I just can't binge and I have to get right back on track. I am no stranger to weight control...in fact, I could teach WW classes, which I might do after retirement.:)

we sound a lot of like, LOL I KNOW all the things to do and not do, but I still do all the bad things anyway:D My plan is after some initial quick weight loss is to combine diets like you are, I know I can't be on this forever. But my willpower on portion control is so bad I am afraid to get near my triggers at this point. I am past the halfway point on the first two weeks and it is getting easier, but I must say if it was WW I would be overdoing it by now.