I cannot recommend a diet to you. Because a diet is a temporary thing. Something you stay on - or go off when you "cheat", and then go back to your normal way of eating. So, I can't recommend a diet that really works. But I can recommend a new way of eating/living. It is about changing your ways and mind about food. Not just for the period it takes to lose X amount of pounds, but for good.
A diet that really works, is when it is not a temporary thing, but a lifelong game. It is when healthy eating and living becomes a natural lifestyle that you don't go on and off.
My point is; no diet "works." It is the person who does the changes, that works. The "diet" doesn't do anything for you, you are the one doing the job. I have lost 44 lbs. on WW, but Weight Watchers didn't lose the weight for me. I did. What I got from WW were tools to keep track of what I ate and how much, and the weekly weigh-ins gave me incentive to stay on track. (I did not want to be paying 10 bucks a week to GAIN weight, so I decided to lose it instead.)
So what can I say: Instead of going on a diet, do some major changes in your life, and make the choice to struggle to do it. No weight loss comes without sacrifice. But it doesn't have to be all or nothing. When you slip, get back on your feet, "you might as well eat the whole box" is a sentence you should avoid. There is always a day tomorrow and every bit of chocolate you do not eat, is a brick on the road to weight loss. If you do eat chocolate, do enjoy it without guilt and then go back on the wagon right afterwards!:)
You can do it. You can have it, if you want it enough to give up a few eating habits that cause you to gain weight. You can have it, if you don't give up just because you give in once in a while. You can't expect to lose 20 lbs. in 2 weeks, by cutting down calories. But if you follow this newsgroup you will see that it is the small victories and losses of 1-3 pounds weekly that suddenly one day amounts to 20-30-40+ lbs. lost. Remember: one step at a time!
[Thanks, Mette!]
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