Weight Loss Without Dieting
Author: Bob Belive

I hadn’t really thought too much about my 100-pound weight loss over three years ago because it seemed so simple, or natural to me. This really started by watching a show on Larry King Live. The content was on alcoholism. As a result of that show, I began to curtail my cocktailing from a daily routine to 1 day a week, and then none at all. Within a month my pants felt much looser. I liked the feeling. I then asked my wife Ellie if I were to cut back on my food a bit did she think I could lose weight. The look in her eyes was my answer.

I had a long talk with myself and decided to start eating three meals a day instead of just lunch and dinner. I cut out my after dinner snacks almost entirely except for an occasional fruit or some popcorn. As time passed I began to have some remarkable results. Although I looked the same to my self, my pants were beginning to fall off. What a great feeling. Although I was very happy about this occurrence, I was in no hurry at all to lose any specific amount of weight.

I didn’t alter our menu at all. What we began to do was to eat a bit smarter. I always had a vegetable at dinner, skim milk with my cereal, and a tossed salad for lunch with oil and vinegar. At affairs I would sample a bit of all the different foods, but I would not go at my usual pace and fill up on snacks before the main dish. I had cake, ice cream, different foods and even some cookies and pastries. The big difference was that I would not eat the whole piece of cake, a lot of cookies, or the entire dessert. I was able to stop after a reasonable taste.

After about six months of this I had gone from a 44-inch waist to a comfortable 38. Everyone I encountered in my video store was telling me how great I looked and that I should stop losing weight. Knowing my nature, I agreed with them and simply continued eating the same way. After about ten months, I no longer had any clothes that would fit me at all. This is when I began to notice the change myself, but I still couldn’t believe it because I didn’t really diet. The entire situation was so effortless I truly couldn’t understand the results I was experiencing. Now my customers were asking me if I had gotten sick. I began to become grossly irritated at this. People would not accept the fact that I made a lifestyle change to lose weight by my own choice and didn’t get ill to lose weight. I didn’t try to lose 100-pounds, but I kept losing weight until I didn’t have to lose any more. I went from an XL to a small in my shirt size, and my waist is now between 32 and 33 inches. I! was no longer lazy. Now my customers were beginning to grill me on what I did to lose weight. What diet did I follow, what special foods did I eat, did I seek outside help, were questions I was continually asked. The funny thing is that I couldn’t answer any of them. I really didn’t feel that I did much of anything different than I did before except to change some of my habits. This was not an acceptable answer to anyone. People were seeking the one trick, or secret to losing weight that was missed by them and wanted my insight to give them a direction. This occurred so many times that I became tired of trying to come up with an answer. Every time I told what I did, people would say that they tried the same thing and weren’t successful. I thought to my self that I guess you just didn’t try hard enough.

I than began to realize that what I had accomplished was something special. Because I couldn’t come up with a 3-minute answer to what my secret was made me belive that I didn’t know what I was talking about. Than all I began to see around me were magazine articles, television shows, and newspaper reports on the obesity epidemic we face in this country today. I decided to write a book about it and came up with some interesting conclusions.

There is no 3- minute answer, or quick simple solution. What I did was a lot of little things, over time and slowly changed my lifestyle from living fat to living thin. I went from 240 pounds to 140, and it was effortless because of my attitude. I came to the conclusion that the secret to successful weight loss is all in your head.








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