The Click: How I Lost 90 Pounds & Finally Found Fitness ... After 60 - Couverture souple

Odom, Sharon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0971897115 ISBN 13 : 9780971897113

Editeur : GeoLocal Media Group, Inc., 2018

Synopsis

Published Dec 2018, updated Mar 2024

Have you ever felt like you'd reached the end of your rope, that something had to change in your life? There are many terms for it – the last straw, rock bottom, wake-up call – but they all refer to a defining moment when you realize that you are DONE with whatever is holding you back. Something has to change, and it all begins in your mind. This is especially true if that something is weight loss.

That's the essence of “The Click”, which I experienced on January 15, 2016, the 1 year anniversary of my mother's death. For years I had struggled with my weight, yo-yoing up and down the scale. I'd lose 20-30 pounds, only to gain it back. I couldn't keep weight off, and it frustrated me to no end.

After getting married in 1995 and having triplets in 1997, the struggle continued. Then in 2006, I discovered the treadmill desk. Finally, an easy way to exercise at home! I lost 50 pounds, and thought I'd solved my weight loss problems forever. Wrong. A series of devastating setbacks left me overweight yet again, this time without my mother's calm voice of reason and loving support.

Which brings me to that cold January day in 2016. I was 60 years old, standing at my mother's grave, and … something clicked. It was like the flipping of a switch. It was time to reboot my life. I didn’t have a name for it yet, but knew that it had to start with shedding the pounds that were weighing me down.

What would be different from before? After all, I'd lost weight many times. The big question was, how to keep it off for more than a few weeks? Well, a lifetime of yo-yo dieting had taught me what NOT to do. Here's what I finally realized.

The way you eat has to be a way of life, not a diet that you start and stop.

“Diets” in the traditional sense don't work long term because they are temporary. Any weight you lose on a diet will usually find its way back.

Looking at diet as a verb, you can do anything for a short time and lose weight. So technically, diets do work, but most aren't sustainable. Find a way of eating that you can do forever.

I had lost weight before, but it was always temporary. This time would be different because of the lessons I'd learned along the way. I knew better than to follow any diet, or to deprive myself of anything I wanted. I was not giving up any of my favorite foods.

So I came up with a plan. Not a diet … a customized lifestyle created just for me.

I was ready and determined. With age comes the awareness of how precious time is. Tomorrow is promised to no one. And we know for sure that time is limited and WILL run out. The time to do anything is NOW.

My journey began on Monday February 1, 2016.
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In “The Click”, you'll discover:

• Why DIETING doesn't work. Think diet the NOUN, not the VERB.
• The beauty of mindless exercise and how you can use it to trick yourself into losing weight
• Why there should be NO foods that are off limits
• The most important change you can make (does not involve diet or exercise)
• 8 steps to sustainable permanent weight loss at ANY age
• How to change the way you think about weight loss

Instead of forcing yourself to follow a "diet", create your own lifestyle based upon your likes, dislikes, and must haves. If you want permanent weight loss, you must create a way of eating and living that you can happily follow... for life.

Get “The Click”, stop dieting, and create a lifestyle that supports you at a healthy weight, at any age.

🌟 Update: The Click wasn’t just a moment — it became a lifestyle. Over 7 years later, I'm still living it, and you can too.

Take the next step with my Self Care Workbook for Women — and grab your free printable self-care tracker at SharonOdom.com!

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sharon Odom is the mother of 4, author and internet consultant. After several stints in Corporate America, she left The Walt Disney Company in 2000 to strike out on her own, developing lead generation websites and raising triplets. After a painful divorce and her mother's death, she ate her way up to 222.5 pounds. Then ... something clicked. Finally after a lifetime of yo-yo dieting, she was able to lose 90 pounds and keep it off. Visit www.SoarAfter60.com to find out more and stay in touch.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: GeoLocal Media Group, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0971897115
• ISBN 13: 9780971897113
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 185
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible