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What are you willing to give up?

Posted on Jul 14th 2007 10:12AM by Martha Edwards
Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss
Fitsugar asked the following question in a recent poll: What can't you give up when dieting? The choices are: Ice Cream, Chocolate, Pizza, French Fries, Soda, Donuts or Other. Me? I wanted to pick 3, Ice cream, chocolate and pizza to be exact. But that's not an option -- you can only pick one. Maybe I should just pick one to indulge in and eliminate the rest until the extra 15 lbs I've been carrying comes off? Is that the solution I've been waiting for?

This poll made me think -- most people who are overweight say they're willing to do anything to lose weight. Oh, except give up this. And that. And there's no way that they can work out that much with their crazy schedule. I have a friend who has been trying to shed weight unsuccessfully for years and she's desperate, but she steadfastly refuses to give up french fries. And chicken nuggets. And Chinese food. And slurpees. Losing weight shouldn't be about deprivation, but it also should involve some sort of healthy change, and if we're unwilling to give up at least some of our bad habits, we're never going to lose weight. And what are we holding on to anyway? It's just food -- surely our health is more important?

What will you give up? What will you hold on to no matter what?

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