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The Shangri La Diet sure sounds great, right?  Just drink a little flavorless oil every day and you won’t feel hungry.  Watch the pounds melt away without even really trying.  Unfortunately it’s not quite that easy.  As anyone who’s struggled with weight knows, there are powerful psychological issues at play.  In many cases (including, apparently, myself), there is a significant emotional component to eating.  I semi-intentionally stopped adhering to the SLD regimen a while back, in part because I didn’t like the full feeling I was getting when eating what used to be a normal meal.  That’s right, I was rejecting the diet because it was working.  See,  a big reason I’m overweight is I eat junk food out of habit, on some level I find it comforting.  Not comfort in the sense that I’m all stressed out and it calms me down.  It’s become something of a ritual for me to get out of the office on my lunch break, listen to talk radio, get drive through food and enjoy time alone.  After work there’s always the urge to eat something simple and tasty, like pizza or processed boxed dinners.  The next day there’s the urge for an Egg McMuffin or donuts or a breakfast burrito.

What it all adds up to is I wanted to eat crappy food more than I wanted to lose weight so I stopped SLD and recently even stopped exercising.   Fortunately I haven’t gained weight but things have definitely gone downhill.  A recent comment from successful SLDer Stephen M. got me thinking about all this and refocused on losing weight.  After reading through the forums at SethRoberts.net I was inspired to try SLD again, with some tweaks and (hopefully) improvements.  I’ll outline my new regimen tomorrow, as well as start tracking my weight again.

This graphic was a big help in getting me out of my rut.  It’s a compilation of results reported by members of the sethroberts.net forums.

I fall in the 225 to 342 category, where dieters have reported an average of 30 pounds lost in 15 weeks.  That’s about the same tonnage I’d like to lose so I’m going to use that as my target.

Thanks to Stephen M and all the other SLD’ers who’ve reported their experiences.  I wouldn’t be back on track without your inspiration.

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