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to food now for the elation of childhood joys, the "good" feeling. By being aware of the real reason that you want to over indulge, you are honest with yourself and cannot in good conscious betray your own loyalty.

2) So what then, if you do not binge? What if, like so many of your friends, you enjoy a chocolate treat each day, a little extra peanut butter, and your cup of pasta is more like three cups mashed into one? You can only stick to the rules for so long before you start to get bored. Eventually, counting calories, carbs, fats, sugars, is going to become easy. You know your nutrition. Things go good for a month or so, and then you start to sneak just a little more - - of everything. It all adds up! Stop fooling yourself. You know it, I know it, and the scales sure do too. Go back to weighing, portion control, counting. Not forever. Only while you're losing weight and then re evaluate when you reach your goal.

3) Experts are experts (once you've found the right ones). Give them a go. Listen to them (but do it for your self). Too many people pay good money for good advice, and they don't take it. Say to yourself, "just two weeks. I'll give it a try and see what happens." You're not being honest with yourself when you spout "poor me, I've gone to all these doctors, seen all these nutritionists, trainers, read all these books, tried all these diets," knowing somewhere in your determined-to-remain-repressed subconscious that you did not infact give it your all. (If you give all these things a true and honest, vigilant by the rules two week trial, and still, you don't see results, then you may have some serious health concerns and need hormone tests etc.)

4) Exercise. Even those who do it may be sabotaging their efforts. There is no black and white rule. Exercise is just as dependant on the individual as diet. Some lose weight walking a half hour a day, others need a few dalliances with the gym, and others, like myself, need at least an hour a day. Think about it logically. We look at stars and say, why don't I look like that? Do you do a ninety minute workout, like Britney? Two hours a day, like Gwyneth Paltro? Hit the pavement like Reece Witherspoon?

Until recently, I though it could all be done through food. My diet is beyond perfect. I know what time to eat certain foods, how much, what portion, the entire nutritional table of everything I eat, and I was struggling. I did thirty odd minutes of exercise, daily. But, the rest of my day was ..restful. I simply

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