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For me diet and foods are secondary.

robbackatya
robbackatya Posts: 123 Member
edited March 3 in Health and Weight Loss
It has been my experience that losing weight does not start with diet and exercise, but it ends there. It begins with a mental and spiritual program that most never start and battle their weight their entire lives with an inadequate weapon(diet and exercise alone).

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  • abear007
    abear007 Posts: 84 Member
    Not much of a spirit person but I definitely agree the hardest thing about weight loss is the mental aspect. Mentally sticking to a diet long term and/or an exercise program - being extremely patient and not becoming frustrated - those are the big battles.
  • strassenkoenigin
    strassenkoenigin Posts: 259
    Yeah, that is what Oprah always said. And then she brought in her army of Gurus, who all made millions being on her shows telling us how to find the reason why we are fat. They got book deals and TV shows and Oprah got fat again.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    Yeah, that is what Oprah always said. And then she brought in her army of Gurus, who all made millions being on her shows telling us how to find the reason why we are fat. They got book deals and TV shows and Oprah got fat again.

    :laugh:

    Yup! The "hardest" part for me was knowing for sure that a calorie deficit was the way, and how to get there. There's so much bull**** information out there that it can be hard to wade through it and find an individual path that works
  • elbaldwin0525
    elbaldwin0525 Posts: 159 Member
    Agreed. Being mentally ready to start a diet and exercise program is everything.
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