Jimmy Moore's '30-In-30' Challenge

It's time for another weigh-in day on Teeeerrrrrific Tuesday here at the "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge. Lots of new faces have been hanging around here lately and I'm happy to see such an enthusiastic interest in losing weight and getting healthy. Share your progress in the comments section below.

With all the debate over the Kimkins diet lately, I couldn't help but think about this subject of weight loss and diets more so than normal. While trying something new to help you lose weight is an admirable thing you can do to shed those stubborn pounds, it's those people who feel compelled and obsessed about trying all the latest and newest diets even when they have found success before.

I recently blogged about this idea of "diet-hopping."

People ask me all the time if I'm still eating a low-carb diet. In fact, one lady from my church recently wanted to know if I'm "still on that crazy diet." Well, I'm still livin' la vida low-carb if that's what you mean and happily so! It helped me lose weight and keep it off for good.

Always dance with the one that brung ya, I say!

Unfortunately, too many people hop around from diet to diet always searching for the next best thing in the battle of the bulge. Such is the case of a woman who e-mailed me about her recent dieting adventures.

Here's what she wrote:

Hello Mr. Moore!

I'm a Mississippi girl who enjoys what you have to say about weight loss. I like the fact that you have tried all kinds of diets.

I did Kimkins and lost 18 pounds and I am still a member. But I have had a hard time getting back on Kimkins.

So now I have been doing Weight Watchers and lost 7.5 pounds in a week and a half. My problem seems to be that I get bored with any diet after a few weeks. I'm also a big cook. I cook meals every night except Saturdays which my husband calls "Sandwich Day" (he likes it).

All the women in my family after around age 35 have huge stomachs. I am medium-boned have small arms and legs and 5 foot 3 inches tall. Right now I weigh 195 pounds after being as small as 115 and big as 235.

I do have high blood pressure and as of right now it is normal. I don't know what my problem is but it seems once I lose about 18-20 pounds on a diet I seem to fall off the wagon.

I commend you for all your hard work in losing your weight and your interesting blogs and web sites. You ARE helping so many people and I want to thank you!

What I wanted to ask you about "30-In-30." I assume you mean losing thirty pounds in thirty days. But but do you mean by choosing my own diet choice such as Atkins, Kimkins, South Beach or Weight Watchers?

I just want to be clear in what your saying. Please let me know. And again THANK YOU for being there for me!

Is your head spinning as much as mine after reading that? HA!

Seriously, she epitomizes exactly what I'm talking about in this post today. Rather than celebrating her successes on all the diets she has tried, she allows herself to very quickly lose her enthusiasm about what she is doing.

If you wanna lose weight, then the best advice you could ever hear is DON'T go on a diet. What I mean by that is what I tell people all the time: find the plan that will work for you, follow that plan as prescribed by the author, and then keep doing that plan for the rest of your life.

That's it! Nothing fancy or difficult. Super simple!

For me, I had tried many diets in the past, but didn't ever think of ANY of them as a lifelong, forever-and-ever-amen, never gonna eat another way lifestyle change--until I started on low-carb in January 2004. Every other diet was merely a temporary way that I HAD to eat so I could lose weight and get back to eating the way I want to again.

It just doesn't work that way.

Until you wrap your head around this idea of making permanent changes in your way of life, then you'll always be stuck in "diet" mode. Sadly, this is where most people live and they keep wondering why they can't lose weight and keep it off. It's a rude awakening for most people to learn you have to change your habits and keep them changed.

The GREAT NEWS is that changing is not as difficult as some may think. When I started livin' la vida low-carb over three years ago, the process of radical change was happening inside of me that enabled me to reject sugar, white flour, rice, potatoes, pasta, and other garbage carbohydrates that my body doesn't need. It just happened and now I'm utterly repulsed by those things.

It's a lesson for people like this reader who e-mailed me to heed about what they should do. She lost 18 pounds on the Kimkins diet, but now is having a hard time trying it again. It sorta begs the question--why did she stop if it was working? Now she's on the high-carb, low-fat Weight Watchers diet and has lost 7.5 pounds.

But she says she's "bored" with it and every other diet she's ever been on?! Aw, come on! If you are seeing success, then you need to let that motivate you to continue on with your plan with expectancy, not give up for no other reason than being "bored." UGH!

My best advice is to find the plan you are LEAST "bored" with that will help you lose weight, get on that plan and read everything you can about it, find people who are on that same plan to help encourage you along in your weight loss journey, and STICK WITH IT until you reach your goal and beyond. It's a proven strategy for success!

THANK YOU for your kind comments about how my writings are encouraging you, but I hope you take what I have written today to heart. This isn't a game, it's REAL LIFE we're talking about. And your health and wellbeing is at stake here for the sake of those who love you the most.

Incidentally, the "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge is not about losing 30 pounds in 30 DAYS! Yikes! No, "30-In-30" means 30 pounds in 30 WEEKS! Pick your plan, work it as the author recommends, and push for that goal of 30 pounds in 30 weeks. If you hit your goal early, then start another "30-In-30" or however much you need to lose and MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

Just stay focused on the task at hand and DO IT!

You can't be successful at weight loss if you keep dropping out just when you're doing GREAT! Yes, you will have a few stalls and weight gains, but that's all just a part of the process of losing weight. YOU CAN DO IT, but now you need to get serious.

Are you ready? :)

Do you have any nuggets of wisdom to share with this precious Mississippi woman about her dieting dilemma? Maybe you've been there (or perhaps you are in the same boat as she is!) and can tell firsthand stories about how you overcame it. Let's hear from you!

All opinions are welcomed and I look forward to hearing from you!

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