Has your weight bounced up and down over the years?

Are you worried about, or do you have some medical conditions that are directly related to being overweight?

I have been maintaining a 250 pound weight loss since 2006.

The following is my story of success after gastric banding surgery in 2004.

I have been fighting the fat war since I was 4 years old. I finally won the war, leaving only small skirmishes that crop up regularly. My friends tell me these little battles are what a “normal” person always deals with.

One of the consistent factors in many successful dieters’ stories is that they kept a food diary. Recording everything you eat keeps you accountable to yourself, and is a great way to work out where you might be slipping up.

You can keep your food diary:
On a piece of paper (usually one sheet for each week) In a diary or small notebook In a spreadsheet on your computer Using special software On your mobile or PDA

…and in plenty of other ways! There’s no one perfect way to keep a food diary: what matters is that you log everything you eat.

One great way for a diet program to promote their diet is using their client’s success stories regarding weight loss. Before and after pictures are great visual effects. When watching television ads for diet programs like Nutrisystem, Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig you will often see the ads use before and after photos of their clients.

Another way that makes us want to give these diets a try is when they use celebrities to promote their products. Since celebrities are usually in the public eye you get to see them lose weight over time. Some celebrities’ that come to mind are Kirstie Alley, Anna Nicole Smith, Dan Marino, and Oprah Winfrey.

Kristie Alley is advertising in commercials for Jenny Craig and is really starting to show her weight loss. Follow Kirstie Alley success online through her online weight loss journal. She even has her own blog that she posts to. Find out what Kirstie is up to and how she is doing on the Jenny Craig diet. Just do a search for “Kirstie Alley Blog” on one of the main search engines.

Anna Nicole Smith sure changed her figure while endorsing the TrimSpa product. I remember watching the Howard Stern Show awhile back and he was trying to get her to use this product. Looks like she decided to and became one oh their spokespersons. TrimSpa gained quite a bit of exposure by having Anna endorse this product. The current news on Anna is now she is pregnant. So I would say some weight gain is in her future.

Dan Marino is presently promoting the Men’s Nutrisystem Diet Program and there is an upcoming contest starting in Sept. You will have the chance to win a Dan Marino jersey and a chance to win tickets to the big game. Start losing weight now. The contest will ask for before and after photos and your story regarding weight loss using Nutrisystem.

Oprah Winfrey lost weight with the help of Bob Greene. Now Oprah is trying to help people lose weight. She is calling the diet “Boot Camp”. The Boot Camp diet gives advice on exercising, eating right, has discussion boards and much more…

We are bombarded with diet programs advertised on TV. Which one is right for you?
Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, Weight Watchers…? Remember everyone is different and a diet that works for someone else may not be right for you. Work with your Doctor to help find the healthiest and safest diet for you. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!

By: TK Healey

About the Author:

If there were a magic key to maintaining healthy weight and lifelong good health it would have to be good nutrition. You can be a professional athlete or couch junkie nutrition is essential to good health. To obtain good overall health you should start by eating right. The importance of diet and eating right is certainly not new. Good Nutrition is crucial to losing weight.

It’s important to remember that nutrition is a whole lot more than weight loss. Good nutrition is needed to keep your body working correctly; keeping your weight at the proper level helps you prevent disease. Variety and balance is the key to good nutrition. Balanced nutrition is one of the most important things you can do to keep your body in good physical shape.

Over the years many diets and quick fix eating plans have tried to focus on a single area of the recommended daily intake (RDI). Areas such as calories/ kilojoules, fats, carbohydrates or protein, and created diets that are un-sustainable or bad for long term health.

These diets, attempt to maximise the outcomes of weight loss by taking things to the extreme, and in some cases have taken what is necessary for normal body functioning out of context (such as cutting out fat), and by cutting down or cutting out some of the necessary elements of a balanced diet, have caused usually the opposite effect to long term weight loss or lead to dramatic health compromises.