10 Pounds to Lose
If you've got 10 pounds to lose, then you're in the same boat as me. I guess I should have known better, but when I made the resolution to lose 10 pounds I confess I didn't think much about it beforehand.
I don't think my resolution was particularly radical, although sticking to it may be just a bit of a stretch. Nevertheless, it was something that I very much wanted to do. I actually started by resolving to lose 30 pounds, and what's more, I was going to do it naturally.
You won't be surprised to learn that none of my friends believed me or even took me seriously, so of course we all made a bet. If I could lose 30 pounds in four months, my friend Celine would buy me dinner at any place I wanted to go in town and if not, I would do the same for her.
So, here I am and there's only a week left and I still have 10 pounds to lose, and I'm beginning to panic a bit. I know there are websites promoting and promising all sorts of ways to lose 10 pounds in a week using stimulants, diuretics, low carb diet plans and the like, but believe me I've tried them all and they don't help me. I'm stuck and I can't seem to lose any more weight. I've been here for three weeks and I still have 10 pounds to lose.
To be honest, losing the first 20 pounds was easy. Well, at least the first 10 pounds of it. I just stopped snacking and started exercising and Voila - the weight dropped off right away. Then I went on a more rigorous diet to lose 10 pounds more and soon my goal seemed within easy reach. Famous last words. Then, when I had only the last 10 pounds to lose, everything stopped working.
Oh, my weight would drop sometimes. I would have a good workout and maybe a few days of eating almost nothing, and then suddenly I'd be only 8 pounds away from my goal. But, as soon as I'd give in to my hunger pangs and eat a little more than I had been, in an instant I'd have 10 pounds to lose again.
I've tried drinking gallons of water while popping ephedrine and diet pills like they were aspirin, but it doesn't make any difference - I'm still sat here with 10 pounds to lose.
I wouldn't mind if I hadn't had any success at all in reaching my weight loss goal, at least it would have been easier to give in having achieved nothing. But it's really frustrating when I'm so close to my target weight yet can't seem to lose those final few pounds.
What makes it worse is that I know I'll be the butt of their jokes for saying I could lose 30 pounds in the first place. I don't know what I'll do if the week comes to a close and I still have those 10 pounds to lose.
This article was written by Anita Fielding for Help & Advice.
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