REALITY CHECK

Reality.  That is what I am dealing with now.   As most of you know, I have battled obesity since I was 8 years old.  I have abused my body trying to be thin as much as I have eating too much food.

For the first time in my life I have lost weight consistently for almost two years.  Skinny Fiber has been a great tool for me.  And yet, I still struggle.

Not every day but often enough that I have hit a place of not losing and having my weight fluctuate 10 pounds up and down.   I’m not feeling as well.  My energy levels are down. 

So what’s it all about, Alfie?  

I’m a diabetic and I take oral meds for it.  Now maybe some folks who are diabetic can just take the meds and eat whatever they want.   I can’t.   To keep my blood sugar low, I have to severely limit my carbohydrate intake.   I cannot eat more than 20 grams of carbs a day to maintain low blood sugar.   I do best between 10 and 15 carbs a day.   And I must tell you, I am not happy about it.

Sometimes you just want to eat a bag of chips, a sandwich on bread, a bowl (or two of ice cream), a stuffed back potato.  I’m ticked off that my body just doesn’t function very well when it comes to food and processing it.  I’m like that klunker of a car most of us have had that you have to pamper and watch all the time just to get back and forth to work. 

I want to be able to eat 2000+ calories a day and still be healthy and lean.  I can’t.  I have to eat less than 1500 calories a day just to lose weight.

When I was jogging 3-5 miles a day, 5 days a week, I didn’t lose a pound.   Oh, my legs toned up for sure but how the heck can you be expending 300-400 extra calories a day and the needle on the scale just sits there?

And then there is that thyroid problem.   I take one of the highest dosages because my thyroid just doesn’t work properly.   So my metabolism is very slow making it harder to lose weight which means less food.  The flip side is, if I don’t eat enough food, my body goes into starvation mode.  My body has me coming and going!

I had a diet doctor tell me once:  “I have good news and bad news for you.   The bad news is, you will never be thin.  The good news is, if there is ever a famine you will be one of the last people to die.  Your body is overly efficient.”  Thanks, Doc.  I already feel better.

Where does this lead me?  To the truth.  Acceptance. 

I don’t strive anymore to be thin.  I want to be healthy and just be able to buy my clothes without going to a specialty store.  I want to be able to move without hurting all over or being out of breath after less than a minute.   I want to control my diabetes instead of it controlling me.

And how does this happen?  By choosing every day to eat healthy, stay away from carbs, move my body, drink lots of water and take my Skinny Fiber. 

I admit some days I don’t want to do these things.  That’s my choice too.  But what I have come to realize is that I’m the only one who can decide.

Life isn’t fair.  It really isn’t.  But you have to play the hand you are dealt.   As Kenny Rogers sung in The Gambler, “you gotta know when to hold ‘em; know when to fold ‘em.”

I don’t want to die a young death.   I want to see my children marry and have children.   What is more important?  Crying over how life is unfair or just realizing that this battle is no different than many battles that others face every day.

I get up every day ready to face it all anew.   Some days I am a great success.   And some days, not so great.  I’ll be honest with you.   More times than not, it is a struggle for me.

But still I press on.  For me it is a reality check.   As long as I always get back up, I am making progress.  And that is what keeps me going.

Want help losing weight?  Check out Skinny Fiber!   It has and continues to help me in this battle for the best life I can have.

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caryn Cannatella

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BREAKFAST! WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?

BREAKFAST!  WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? 

Breakfast means to BREAK FAST.  You have not eaten in 10-12 hours.  Your metabolism is sluggish.  Your body is using very little energy.  You've probably been sleeping.

You need to break that fast to get your body moving and your metabolism lit!  You need food.  Yeah, I know, you want to lose weight!  That's great!  But you have to eat to lose weight!  Unlike most addictions, you cannot avoid your addiction.  You have to eat every day. 

Eating breakfast starts your engine.  It gets your body warmed up.  You are letting your body know that rest time is over and it's time to start working again. 

Be sure to include protein in your breakfast.  That is easy to do.  Eggs, protein powder, Greek yogurt.  Protein is so important, especially if you are trying to lose weight.   It helps you feel full and it will keep you from getting hungry much longer than carbs will.

We have all heard for years that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  It is.  Even when I had blown up to 317 pounds I retained the habit of eating breakfast.   Now, I probably wasn't eating healthy or filled with protein but the habit remained.  It has helped me during the last 18 months of weight loss.

Whether you are on a weight loss program or not, commit to eating breakfast for the next 30 days.   At the end of that time, let me know if you don't feel much better.   I bet you do!

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ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING OVERWEIGHT?

ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING OVERWEIGHT?

Are you tired of being overweight?  Whether it is 10 pounds or 100 pounds, most of us want to take off the extra weight and get healthier.

And if you are like me, you know what to do.  I probably know as much about food as a nutritionist.  After 50+ years of dieting, I know the caloric content of most any food I eat.  I know how to exercise.  I know the basics.

So what is the problem?  Sometimes we just need that extra little help that motivates us to get started and keep going.  That's what I needed 18 months ago.  And that's what I still need! 

You are no different than me or anyone else.  We have all the knowledge.  I have probably been a patient of 30 weight loss drs.  They have all the answers.  And every one of them was FAT.    We are no different than all those drs.  Knowledge will not make you lose weight.  Action will.

This is one of the reasons I love Skinny Fiber.  No, it is not a magic pill.  No, it won’t make you lose 30 pounds in 30 days.  No, you can’t eat like a little pig and expect to lose weight when you take it.

BUT!  It will help suppress your appetite.  It will help with your metabolism.  It will help with your digestion.  And it will help prepare your body to lose weight.  Will it make losing weight a breeze and something you can do without thinking about?  Not completely but it will help.  Will you lose inches even when the scales scream at you, YOU ARE STILL FAT!  LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON THE SCALE!  Yes, you will lose inches even when the numbers don’t move as quickly as you would like.

I’ve been on the diet train for more years than I’ve been off of it.  There are days that I do great and eating healthy isn’t a struggle.  But let’s be honest here.  Losing weight has its days of struggles.  If it didn’t, well, you know.  None of us would be fat.  That’s the truth.

Skinny Fiber is a supplement that will help you lose weight.  It will help you with your appetite.  It will assist you with your metabolism.  It will improve your digestive system.  It will help you stay focused.  It can improve your sleep.  As you lose weight you will have more energy.  More energy means movement is easier.  More movement means more calories burned.

It’s one big process.  None of it is a stand alone deal.  In 1979 I had my stomach stapled.  I lost about the same amount of weight I have lost with Skinny Fiber.   After a year, the weight started coming back.  It wasn’t long before I had gained it all back and more.

Skinny Fiber is a tool.   It can help you.  But it will not do all the work for you.  There is nothing, and I mean nothing, that is going to magically transform you from an overweight person to a healthy weight person.  You have to have skin in the game.  It has to be important enough to you that you choose to commit to it.  You have to want it enough that you are willing to take that journey no matter how long it takes.  If it takes two years, so what?  In two years you will be 2 years older.  You can be two years older and be the same size you are now (or larger) or you can be two years older and be a lot slimmer.  The choice is years.  But either way, you will be two years older.

I have struggles even after 18 months of using Skinny Fiber and losing weight.  There are times that I just want to eat 2 servings of something or even 3.  Sometimes I do.  Then I feel terrible.  I feel like I’m a failure.  It’s just something that many of us have to face on a regular basis.   Sometimes we just have to face the facts.  We are never going to be able to eat anything and everything we want or as much as we want and have a healthy weight. 

So what should we do?  Give yourself a chance.  Try Skinny Fiber.  What if it works for you?  Decide to dedicate 3 months to losing weight and getting healthy.  That’s what I did and for the first time ever in my life, I have consistently lost weight.  Is everyday a success?  No, but more days than not are.

Come join me on my last weight loss journey to health and fitness.  Once you are on the path you will find out what I have.  The only magic to losing weight is YOU.  You are all the magic you need. 

Step out in faith and give yourself another chance.  It worked for me.  It’s worked for thousands of others.  It can work for you too!  Let’s do this together!  Order your Skinny Fiber here:  www.caryncann.com

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caryn cannatella

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