It has been my experience that you don’t get permanent results as often with quick weight loss, as opposed to weight loss over a longer period of time. By that, I mean that the longer it takes t lose the weight, the longer it stays off. As least that is what I hear most often. And also that has been true for me, for the most part.
Someone asked me what my feelings are on the importance of being happy and healthy or skinny or both. And if I feel you have to be skinny to be healthy. Not necessarily is my answer. I feel that you can be “skinny” and not healthy or “fat” and unhealthy. Healthy doesn’t mean you have to be a tooth pick. I think someone who is 10 pounds over their “ideal” weight can actually be healthier than someone who is their “ideal” weight.
Of course it depends on the person, too. MY goal for this next year is to eat things I know are healthy for me (fruit, vegetables, lean meat, more fresh food/less processed, and whole grains) and to get more exercise (walking, gardening, jogging, jumping on my trampoline). And if I don’t lose a lot of weight even though I do all these things, then I will at least be healthier!!! Healthy is what is important to me!!
