I'm back!!!!!

[robr]

CG, the SB, like any diet, isn't for everyone. The thing about it is this, once you start it, you have to stick with it long enough for it to be a lifestyle change. That's pretty much the way it is for most diets, which is why I dislike using the word, since it implies a temporary state of food restriction. I know people who yo-yo on all kinds of diets, including Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig, because they only stay on the "diet" long enough to loose a little weight, then they go right back to eating whatever they want, and the weight comes right back on as fast as it went away. It's something that about 90% of us struggle with as we get older because we are not as physically active as we once were.

If I walked, ran, lifted weights, and swam laps every day, like I did when I was in my teens and twenties and early thirties, then I don't believe I would have this problem with my weight and cholesterol and blood sugar, but I don't do all those things anymore. Instead, I work two jobs and get so stressed out and exhausted that all I want to do when I'm not working is sit and watch tv, nap, eat, and drink good wine.

Anybody else like me out there?

If not, you are probably either in a nearly stress-free enjoyable job, living with a spouse who makes you extremely happy most of the time, or retired. I am not, hence the stress, which leads to weight gain, and premature aging.

Sorry, I think I was venting a bit!!!

[This message has been edited by bernkastler (edited 10-27-2005).]