Looking For Loss In All The Wrong Places

Yes, loss. Weight loss. You got it. It seems that there are many more places on Earth to gain weight than to lose it. It doesn't seem quite fair, but that is the way it is. Here we are in times that harp on youth, slim bodies, and health - and most of us are middle aged and middle overweight.

You would think that you could lose weight in a gym. But to be honest, a gym can't make you lose weight. It may help, but exercise alone cannot do the whole job. Besides, aren't you always hungrier after you work out? It always works out that there is a sub sandwich, pizza, or fast food restaurant near your gym. It's probably on your way home too and the have TAKEOUT... I think "they" plan it that way.

How about taking those pills that supposedly make you lose weight? They also can't do the whole job all by themselves. It is the same with the diet food programs. As long as you eat the costly food you order from them you may lose some weight, but don't think that it will continue if you choose to leave the program! It is the same old two-step.... stop the props, stop the weight loss, and regain the weight. That's the way it goes - over and over again. And it seems that every time we start this never-ending circle, we think the outcome will be different. Ah, the ever hopeful nature of the human dieter!

Of course, one would never even think of trying to look in fast food places for weight loss. Even I know that. But it is interesting to watch how many people go in there everyday anyway. Aren't the people in the fast food commercials always slim and young? Maybe I've just been ordering the wrong things on my forays into these places. Next time I'll try an order of slim waist, size 8-dress body, and a big helping of skinny legs and arms. Maybe that will help.

What about bars, parties, or holiday meals? Bars after all only have peanuts or pretzel mix to eat. How much weight could a person gain on that? And of course we all know that parties only serve food in which the calories don't count. There is an unwritten law somewhere about that, I think. And I personally know that Aunt Ellen takes every one of the extra calories out of the food she serves at her holiday table!

Let's look at my personal favorite place to look for weight loss, Mexican Food Restaurants. I just always know that I have lost some weight in there somewhere, and I guess that I just keeping going back in to look for it. So far, even with all of my looking, I never seem to find anything there except fat, fat, and more fat, mainly on me.

You can look for weight loss in the many and varied diets that everyone tries. From the cantaloupe diet to the ice cream diet, if you look hard enough, you can always find a diet that sounds halfway fun. Everyone has a friend that can tell you about the dozens of diets they have been on and how they worked. But it always seems that those friends are even heavier than I am!

So I guess it comes down to this. If you look for an answer anywhere but inside yourself, you are doomed to failure. You can find weight loss in all of those places listed above if it first starts inside of you. No one can help you do anything unless you let them. If you choose to change your lifestyle to reflect a healthier and leaner one, then your body in time will follow. Now you know the answer. And the answer has been YOU all the time.

Take care and love yourself.

Frances Lewis

The author operates http://www.yourbestweightlosssite.com an educational and informational blog about health and weight loss. She is a 30+-year veteran of the health services business. Now she devotes her full time educating and helping people reach their ideal body weight. Frances has always had a passion for teaching and education. She helps others to gain control of their health and their weight. Visit http://www.squidoo.com/YourBestWeightLossSite for more information.