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A Quick Weight Loss Lesson

August 9th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

quick weight loss diet plan Sorry to be gone so long. I was in a major stall (Kimkins diet “speak” for stuck at the same weight) and just didn’t have it in me to post on the blog. In actuality, I let myself fall into a pattern of eating a lot of salads as meals. I chose mostly Caesar salads without the croutons and with grilled chicken. I would always ask for the dressing on the side, but that didn’t seem to cut it.

The funny part is that the salads were never more than two cups, but I the scary thing was that I could actually feel cravings for carbs coming back. I wasn’t starving, but suddenly odd cravings for sweets – things I haven’t even thought of in months were popping into my head.

Dill Pickles to the Rescue

A friend suggested that I eat a dill pickle spear to ward off the cravings. I took the suggestion and it really works. But now I know why pickles are not a basic staple of the Kimkin Diet. I didn’t lose a fraction of a pound! The good news was that I didn’t gain anything either. I thought I was being relatively good – so this was very frustrating.

The bottom line — I lost about two weeks worth of progress during the last month messing around with all of this. Part of the problem was that I had some back trouble and maybe I was feeling sorry for myself. Another problem was that my friends were showing up at my work and wanting to go out lunch. The bad news was that I really wanted to go with them!

Stay Active in the Kimkin Diet Community

I’m sure another thing that really contributed to the lapse is that I basically went dark on the Internet and the Kimkims Diet website (in particular, the Kimkins forum). Since I couldn’t really sit up in comfort, I couldn’t post on the forum or even surf the Net. Shame on me - I didn’t update my ticker, track my foods or even my weight. I did weigh myself everyday though, but now I have a big hole in my Fitday Software.
If there is one quick weight loss lesson to be learned: Don’t go off the grid, it’s too easy to get sidetracked and lose your diet focus!!!!!