I weighed 440 pounds. Clearly I didn't either. It only takes one time to get it right. For me the missing piece of the puzzle was my concept of what a diet was. It wasn't a permanent thing. I thought cheats and breaks were part of dieting. "Experts" even say that such things are helpful. They say that feeling deprived is a huge reason why people don't stick to their diet plan. So they say that occasional cheats, rewards, diet breaks are a key to successful dieting. That is the news I wanted to hear... a justification for getting to eat what I craved. That is bad advice for people like me. All I needed to do was deprive myself until I didn't feel deprived anymore. That is what made this work for me. Funny how sticking to your diet actually helps you stick to your diet. Go figure? Why I ever believed that cheating was 'helpful' is beyond me.

It took a few months of struggle -- but getting your life and your health back worth the pain. After that, this way of eating gets easy and you wonder why you didn't figure this out a long time ago. I'm in my 50's and I have not felt this good since my early 30's. I wasted 2 decades. I won't waste the next two (or three).