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I’m here today a little more tan and relaxed than I was a week ago. We spent the week at the Beaches resort in Turks and Caicos (in the Caribbean) where I ate, read, and swam in that rotation for about six days. We were totally cut off from cell phone service and internet for almost a week and it was fabulous. I thought I’d start twitching without the internet, but no offense to my beloved Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, My Fitness Pal and blog, but I didn’t miss it at all. Being totally unplugged is oh so nice and is making me think that I should do it at least once a week.

Vacation taught me to spend more time outside, to unplug, to sit and read and to embrace doing nothing. I also need to make jerk chicken very soon. I thought my trip would be spent eating sushi, but the jerk chicken won my heart. I love you jerk chicken. Let’s be friends.

And finally, can I just say that it feels good to have this year’s big looming dates done and over with? I’m horrible at losing weight for an event. I thought getting on a plane and stripping down to a bathing suit in front of people would inspire more weight loss, but it only stressed me out and made me panic. Stress+ panic does nothing for my weight loss. Combine that with a trip to the doctor who basically said in no uncertain terms “if you don’t lose weight, you will get diabetes”. I’m on it doctor. For reals.

I joined Zumba the week before I left and loved it. Our local gym offers it three days a week (monday, tuesday and wednesday) and I plan to be there for each one. Combine that with calorie counting, and strength training and I feel good about my direction.

Breakfast this morning is one of my favorites: 3/4 C whole, plain organic yogurt, all fruit blackberry jam, fresh blueberries and a little Ezekiel granola.

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My 2011 Story

I’m slowly getting back in the groove of counting calories and I have to say that showcasing what I eat here is challenging me to make better decisions. You guys have been known to keep me on my toes with comments, so for the “eat more vegetables” reminders, I find myself throwing a salad on my plate where I otherwise would have went without.

I’m also drinking a lot of water. I find that I just don’t drink enough through the day and while water, juice and milk are the only beverages I consume on a regular basis, I’m just not drinking enough. I’ve got water bottles filled and in the refrigerator for easy access.

I’ve been thinking today about what my story will be at the end of this year. What I want it to be. Come January first I want to reflect on 2011 and be proud of the first three months of consistent exercise. That I stuck with it even when the scale was slow to move. How I believed in myself despite people asking “are you sticking with your exercise?” assuming I had stopped. A valid question giving my past history. I will talk about how in April I started to take my eating seriously with calorie counting, and how the hard part was doing it even on days when I really didn’t want to.

I will talk about how the scale started to move and I was seeing my weight go down each week. Every month my clothes were getting looser. By early Fall I had to buy new pants and by winter I was down two sizes. My face is slimmer and people are noticing. They will wonder how I did it- there won’t be a gimmick, no pills, not diet fad of the week and no restrictive plans. Just me believing in myself.

I will talk about how I feared not losing the weight- would I not lose weight even if I tried? I believed in myself and tried anyway. I will talk about how I learned to eat in moderation. How I found other ways to fill myself up.

I don’t know what my weight will be come January 2012, but I truly believe it will be significantly lower than it is today. On top of that I will feel the joys of being able to move a little easier and feel much more comfortable in my body.

What will your story be?

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Fat Loss 4 Idiots – Does it Work? the Honest Facts About the Leading Online Diet

To answer the all important question Fat Loss 4 Idiots – does it work? we need to first look at how the diet works and then what users have to say. The two main reasons why most diets don’t work is that they are not founded on proven weight loss science and that dieters lose motivation because they are difficult to follow.

Food rotation is a long known, effective technique for increasing metabolism, which causes fat to be burnt more efficiently. This is the basis of how Fat Loss 4 Idiots works. Motivation is boosted in a number of ways.

As the name suggests, this is a diet designed to be easy to understand and follow. The package is in two sections: the Diet Handbook and the Diet Generator.

The Handbook is a no-nonsense guide consisting of a set of 10 simple steps to follow. There is no complex, hard to understand science about weight loss. Simply follow the steps.

Your favorite foods can still be eaten during the diet as they are inputted into the Diet Generator. This is a piece of software that organizes and forms a personalized diet plan. You’re given a precise routine to follow, using the foods you’ve listed in the Diet Generator. A system of rotating your eating patterns is used, commonly known as “calorie shifting”. This breaks up the metabolism’s routine, forcing it to work harder to attack and burn fat.

Motivation is enhanced by using a 14-day cycle with 11 days on, then 3 days off. It’s far easier to diet for 11 days knowing you will have 3 days in which you can eat all those foods you’ve been craving at the end of it. Importantly, breaking up diets with 3-day rest periods like this has a positive effect on metabolism.

Hunger is not an issue as dieters are allowed 4 meals per day, eating a minimum of every two and a half hours. There is no calorie counting or limits on portions. Calorie shifting is an excellent way to implement a calorie deficit, needed by all diets to work, without having to worry about counting calories. The only rules for portions are to “just eat short of being full”.

There are no explicit guidelines for exercise. Simply get out each day for a walk. There is no hard exercise in Fat Loss 4 Idiots. Does it work without it though? The logic behind this is that unless you are doing hours of exercise a day, your diet will have about 80% more influence on weight loss than exercise will.

This is above all a healthy and balanced diet. The diet’s food consists of lean proteins, fruit and vegetables. Sources of fat come from whole foods like cottage cheese or eggs. Eating is regular and portions are reasonable. Not being a low-fat or low-carb plan, it’s somewhere in between. While you follow the diet plan you won’t be starving yourself of nutrients you need.

On the downside there is no email support for dieting. Access is to the Diet Generator and website alone. Some users may prefer being able to pick up the diet in about 15 minutes, without science to decipher or complex books to read.

The diet certainly works in theory but does Fat Loss 4 Idiots work in reality? There is no shortage of user feedback available on the internet. Plenty of feedback comes from reliable sources such as Yahoo Answers and the many impartial weight loss forums. The consensus is indeed very positive and many people are reporting excellent results across the board.

Fat Loss 4 Idiots is a diet that has been created to be practical, with the user very much in mind. As the leading online brand it offers more than most online diets by providing the very useful diet generator with the ebook guide. If you’re not interested in the science of weight loss and are just looking to lose the weight, this diet is for you. The answer to the question Fat Loss 4 Idiots does it work? is yes and it has been proven to do so for many satisfied people.

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