| The biggest hurdle I found to weight loss was my own ignorance of what good nutrition really was. We all learn the 4 food groups, but we don't really know what it means. I decided to educate myself, and picked up The Comple Idiot's Guide to Total Nutrition. The book is almost all good solid information about what each kind of food does for you, why it's important, and how to eat it right. It also gets into strategies for eating right at college, and for going through the grocery store. There is a kind of plan at the back, not really for dieting, but for making sure what you eat through the day is balanced.
After watching what I ate for a month using that basic plan, I felt so much better. My habit of wanting to fall asleep around 2 o'clock everyday disappeared, and I'd lost about 8 pounds. Plus, I actually found buying groceries cheaper, since I wasn't buying chips, soda, and preprepared foods.
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In the end, you have to find what works for you to take weight off. Balanced eating and a good walk every day is the best I've found. Hope you find what works for you MaxKaladin. Good luck! | 
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