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Ginger from Southwest Michigan writes:

Ginger"My diet is like a triangle, composed of three tools that help me to be successful. The first tool is me, after many years of poor eating and exercise habits, I have finally found the motivation and self control I need to change my life. I have worked very hard to make the life changes necessary to improve my, and by extension my family's, eating and exercise habits. This has not been easy. I work hard everyday to stay on my plan, to plan ahead for all eating contingencies and to get in the exercise I have planned for. Some days it seems like all I can think about and others it comes to me easier. The farther along the path to success I get, the easier it seems to come. I am building new, healthier habits everyday for myself and my family is also benefiting from my lifestyle changes and I am seeing my children and husband making better choices for themselves each day. I find this to be very exciting and rewarding - a bonus to go along with my weight loss!

The second tool in my dieting triangle is my eating plan. I use a great plan that combines food types to boost your metabolism and get weight loss moving. The plan is a healthy one with an emphasis on protein but I eat plenty of veggies and fruit each day. My dairy intake is limited for now but I still get enough for good health. In addition to following 'my plan', I have cut high fructose corn syrup from our whole families diet and we work hard to eat local, organic, non-GMO foods that are alive and not chemically treated or irradiated.

The third tool in my triangle is StartYourDiet.com. It is the tool that binds it all together for me. I log on everyday. I track everything, everyday. For me it helps me to visualize how far I have come, where I am today and where I could be if I keep up with my eating and exercise goals. When I am feeling unsuccessful, I look back at my dieting history, when I am feeling like I want to eat off my plan - I look at where I want to be the next day or week. The charts, graphs and other planning tools are invaluable to me. By looking at the pace graph I can keep myself motivated to continue, by looking at my weight chart history I can remind myself of how far I have come. By planning goals I can push myself to meet them. For me, the other two parts of my diet would not work without StartYourDiet.com. I need the visual aids that are available to me and I need the self accountability that daily charting provides. The farther along in my diet I get, the more I see that I will ALWAYS need to hold myself accountable. I may never be able to eat 'normally' or as freely as many other people do. For me, StartYourDiet.com will be a lifelong tool and one that I will always need, and use, to help me stay on track.

There are other components to my weight loss success, of course. Dedication to my exercise plan, the support of my family, friends and co-workers and sometimes just a nice compliment from someone I have not seen for a while can really have a good impact on my dieting attitude. All together they add up to a healthier me and I couldn't be more pleased with the way things are going.

I started my diet 294 days ago and I have lost 104.2 pounds so far! I have lost 17 points on the BMI chart. I define that as success! I have reached 71% of my weight loss goal and I am still feeling good about dieting. I am working hard to achieve the next 29% of my goal. Thank you StartYourDiet.com for helping me to achieve my goals!"


Janet writes:

Janet"I started SYD in the year of June 2007 and weighed 299.5 and now I weigh 239 and each week my weight goes down making it a little over 60..pounds gone for ever .My first couple of years that I was on this site I was not committed and stayed to my self and now I find it a lot more fun with friends helping me get to my goal and trough my cancer and I am so happy not to be a lone .Then last two years I kicked it in gear and started losing weight with the program and use all the tools that they offered and that's why I'm 60 pounds lighter today I have made a lot of friends and they feel more like my family now then friends I love SYD they have more tools and seem to grow on a monthly basic . I find if I use the tools and read blogs and commit on them and write ,Plan ,that I help them and my self .

When I was diagnose last year with Non Hodgkin's lymphoma I thought my losing weight days were over. Because of the chemo I have every six months and many surgeries and I still did the best that I could and many friends here cheered me on with prayers or just a nice word left on my blog . I gain around 10 every six months but I try to do the best I can with my disability and will pull out a small weight loss for the month ..I have many good times here with this site and love making new friends and seeing what SYD brings next to the site . Its like Christmas here because we get something new ,in my opinion I think SYD is the best site to lose weight with. I still have over 60 more to lose and I will get there , I want a complete make over when I get the rest off. It just shows with a disability you can still reach your dream and it may take a little longer getting their but at the end I will make it and I will never ever give up. One Day at a time and slow and steady wins this race."