After about 6 years of rethinking the way I eat and now eating only healthy foods that are good for me personally and that I like, I finally started my own weight loss program to lose those 50 stubborn pounds I didn’t want in the first place.

I’ve studied Ayurveda, Eating for Your Blood Type, and the Mediterranean Diet since I belong to a Greek Church. I gave up some foods not deemed the best for my blood type, started thinking psychologically about weight which is what the Eastern medicine gurus like Deepak Chopra are all about, and then retired from my non-music jobs. When I took a couple of webinars and realized what type of body rhythm I have (afternoon/evening as opposed to morning person), I settled into drawing up a spreadsheet of all the foods I love and eat, which are healthy, and which meal is my favorite. After all, if you’re attempting bigger weight loss you need to eat what you like and are comfortable with, and not feel like you’re depriving yourself of everything you love, even some extreme foods. When you make the decision to cut back on something you like, then you are ok with it and don’t feel denied.

So I’ve been eating my diet which isn’t much of a real diet, and after 5 weeks I’m down 6 lbs. Wow! It IS working! And 1 to 2 lbs. per week is natural weight loss. And I am happy and I don’t feel denied and I’m looking forward to incorporating more fruits considering summer is upon us in a couple of weeks.

The moral of the story is, if you want something of this nature to happen to you, research it yourself and get to know yourself. How can you make this work? No one else can do it for you and with diets, you can’t eat food someone else tells you to eat. That doesn’t work.

And here I am again, with more personal interest stories for you to read and even follow. Why not? lf my blog can help someone else go for it!