What is Healthy Weight Loss To Me?

January 22, 2010 Coach Louis Jeffries, Chicago, Illinois 3 comments

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For 5 months I have shared what I have learned on my weight loss journey. I have share tips and advice about healthy weight loss and how to have a plan. I do have a weight loss plan and I need to share what I am doing and how it is working for me.

For starters my weight loss journey is similar to many people I know. We realize that we are overweight and not eating healthy. We realize that we need to do something about it but we never really change. The little comments from “family, friends, associates and well wishers” that dig at us like those pants are too tight, or you look like you are pregnant, ha ha. These comments stick with us but it was really not enough to motivate me to change. Really for me being 40 pounds overweight was not the motivating factor at all. It all changed for me as I reached 50 years old and saw so much death and sickness around me. The reality is that I was going through a midlife crisis.

My father let us know he had terminal cancer, a couple of friends who were my age were fighting cancer along with my pastors wife. On top of all of that we were in an economic crisis that came out of the housing industry. My industry for over 20 years. All of these things made me seek solutions for my life. I began to look at where I was going and what I was doing and realized I was going down the same path that leads to premature death. When I looked at my health, my weight and my diet I knew I had to make a change. So I began to eat healthy. I also began to intensively research what is truly a healthy diet.

I did not want to a healthy diet just to lose weight. I was more concerned about lowering my risk of cancer and heart disease. So for me a healthy diet was not initially about weight loss. The more I researched and studied the more I realized that I needed to lose weight to be healthy. I could lose weight by eating a balanced diet of fruit and vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans. I did. I lost weight without exercising or nutritional supplements or anything but a healthy diet. But then I hit a wall. I was still committed. I still ate healthy without compromise. But after I lost about 17 pounds I was stuck. I could not lose anymore. I even gained a couple of pounds back. I knew something was missing but I really thought it was just a healthy diet I needed. But, I was wrong.

We need more than just a healthy diet for healthy weight loss. We need a comprehensive healthy weight loss program. Stay tuned. I will share my personal healthy weight loss plan.

Louis Jeffries

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