Hello,
I'm new to the forum, but not new to Jorge Cruise...I did really well, and then, well, I gained the 23lbs I had lost back and then some.
I want to get started again, but I just can't get it going.
I KNOW this program works without being hungry with good food and no exclusions....<sigh>
Here's what I think is my problem (well, one of many! )
I may be addicted to weight loss books! Yes, I am totally having to control myself from buying the Sonoma Diet!
Why do I want to do that when: a) I have bookshelves full of diet books and
b) I know Jorge Cruise works?
My other issue is that I LOVE to COOK and collect recipes
Am I a hopeless case?
Thanks in advance,

No one is hopeless. I have several weight loss books myself and I cook for my husband and three boys all the time. Baking breads and making lasagna and curry chicken and so many dishes that are not always good for me since I seem to eat too much. I have been thinking alot about those things myself. Trying sometimes seems to be so draining. I have a quote that I try to remember often " People do the things they want to do and the rest are just excuses" Another words I always seem to have an excuse as to why I did not follow plan or drink all my water for the day. The truth is I just did not see it as important enough. I chose not to! I've also forgotten how addicting losing weight can be! It really does feel great to lose the weight, to look better and feel better. I get so busy living in the past or in the future that I seem to forget the here and now.Not how I used to look or how I want to look but HOW I DO LOOK right now!Have you ever forgotten that you are overweight? I have I often forget what I have done to my body then I get a glimpse in the mirror or go to buy something new to wear and it hits me like a ton of bricks. Oh my God I'm fat. when did that happen?Then I grieve for the person I thought I was. That in turns leads me to dream about the person I want to be. The part that is often missing is dealing with the person I am. We are not what we weigh but we are affected by our weight and there for not who we could be if we were not over weight.I have to acknowledge who I am now so that I can change it, not just dream or grieve about it. I want to change.

NO you keep up the good work. Don't give up you will make it.

Tammy is right -- no one is hopeless (except for my ex-mother-in-law).

I buy other weight loss books all the time and read them. Sometimes I gain helpful information from them. I just try to buy them at a 1/2 off sale or a flea market or half.com so I'm not paying a lot of money for them. I count calories and eat every 3 hours, but often times, other plans give me some nutrition information I didn't know or talk about a food that is healthy for you that I wasn't aware of or have good recipes in them to use.

Hi Mary,

You know, my dieting is a family joke. I've been on every diet under the sun (including the Sonoma Diet). I really think I am addicted to dieting. When I'm focused on dieting, it takes time away from thinking about other problems in my life (or having to solve them). Sometimes, I think I gain the wt. so I can go on new diets. Probably the problem with the JC diet is that it is so simple, it leaves me time to deal with the rest of the stuff in my life.

At any rate, I'm pinning my hopes on the April Challenge & everyone on this board. I love Laurie's idea of having a challenge a day in addition to our weekly challenge. I simply need you gals to get myself back in control and I know it.

Come join us for our April challenge, Mary. We'll do it together and save our money that we would have spent on yet another diet.

Lynn

Me too--I have been on all the diets and have an entire bookcase of books and cookbooks too---I joined this website because of the Sonoma diet and I did lose some weight on Wave 1 and I do think the "superfoods" etc are great and the way I like to eat but almost no dairy etc and then on Wave 2 I quit losing and it started to creep back so I looked at myself and said--"Look you know Jorge works and there is so much more freedom"---I too lost 15 pounds a year ago on the 3 Hour plan and then let it all creep back with 5 more before I got a grip again---so now I am back where I feel I belong and I still am eating the "Sonoma" whole grain and the spinach etc but I can have protein drinks and Dannon yogurt and a glass of wine if I plan for it and a little dark chocolate and I feel A LOT of support here too---win-win for me if I can just get the scale to start cooperating too-- I truly feel that this is the eating plan for me and this time will be the time I make it to the goal--