Nine years and another child later I decided to try it again, this time I was going to stick to it. I was 25 years old 5’8’ tall and I weighed 197 pounds. I hated myself.

I started my diet with a week long colon cleanse program. It was very hard at first because I would get really hungry. But I couldn’t each anything.

I lost 8 pounds with that. Then I replaced two meals a day with a high protein meal replacement. I ate whatever I wanted with the other meal. When I started to get real hungry I would suck on a piece of peppermint candy and drink a tall glass of ice water.

I took a multi vitamin and dared to eat anything after 8:00 pm.

Everyday I made sure I walked at least 2 miles a day. I didn’t have any money for a gym membership, times were hard, so I exercised through popular taped Aerobic programs.

Oh, and I also made sure I drunk one whole gallon of water for the day. I kept up with this program for about three months.

Negative twenty two pounds later, and I was closer to my goal weight of 135 pounds. After the weight loss I adjusted my protein meal replacement to only one replacement meal a day.

Through meditation and determination I have gained the confidence to achieve many other goals in my life. I guess the best is yet to come!

A good support group would also compliment an exercise program, just in case you tend to lose focus of whats important. The greatest weight loss secret is determination. Whether it is the will to see your children grow up, or the will to see another birthday.