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There comes a time when you have to assess what you are doing to see if it is working.  And as harsh as it sounds, there comes a time you have to admit defeat and try something different.

Extreme low carb dieting did not work for me.  Now, I could not tell you why.  I have no clue.  I read the books.  I did it letter perfect.  I lost weight the first week, never to lose again. 

And after three or four months of it not working, and even registering a gain, I admitted defeat and moved on to the next thing.

After a year of jogging produced only a 27 pound loss, I had to admit this method was not going to work for me either.  Unless I was OK with not making goal till 2038.

Sometimes, we think that we can force something to work for us.  I wanted that jogging to work for me in the worst way.  But who wouldn’t want that to work?  You see, I made no changes to my eating habits.  And who wouldn’t run a few miles a day to eat anything they wanted to?

But reality had to kick in.  I had to admit that my plan failed.

I was all about the low carb thing as well.  My goodness, you bet this 256 pound chick wanted that way of eating to work.  I mean, I could eat as much meat as I wanted.  What obese person wouldn’t love this?  This is practically a dream come true.

But I felt bad.  My skin grew sallow.  My energy plummeted more each day.  And, I don’t want to scare you, but….I….wasn’t….perky.  I was bleak.  I was moody. 

And, y’all…Adina doesn’t do moody.  I have three moods: perky, perkier, and disgustingly, vomit-inducing perky.

So…again, I had to admit defeat.

But admitting defeat did not make me lose the war.  It meant I had to go back and prepare myself for battle.  It meant I had to find another method of attack.

And you know what?  I won that war, because I was brave enough to admit defeat.

Two roads diverged, and I took the one many take, but few stay on.

Look at what you are doing.  If you have been doing the same thing for six months with no changes, it’s time to do something different.

They say insanity involves doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.  Doesn’t that make obesity eating the same thing over and over expecting to lose weight?
Today might just be a good day to raise your white flag and admit defeat.

You can’t make a plan of attack if you are stuck in a fox hole.

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