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I was in Borders’ the other day and really looked at how many books there are about diets and dieting. The Atkin’s Diet, The Cookie diet (?), Weight Watchers, The South Beach diet etc, etc, etc. I realized what a huge business weight loss is. It boggles the mind and I said to myself, “Enough!” It makes me sick how much money these authors are making on people that have food issues. So I decided to make a commitment to not focus on the numbers on the scale. I have decided to not set a “goal” weight. This is a BIG change for me. I still have this number of what I want to weigh in the back of my head, teasing me. I don’t want to look at this as a negative, feeling like I am giving up, but rather as a goal to be strong. I started going to Water Aerobics 3-4 times a week and really am liking it. It’s so fun! Plus I feel like I’m getting stronger day by day. But even still, seeing thin people still brings a feeling of if only I weighed that…then I would be happy, successful yada, yada yada. So I need to reprogram myself, to work on feeling okay in my skin… to feel strong and healthy… It’s basically everything Bev has said to me…. DIETS DO NOT WORK! In fact, all they do is change the focus on eating all the food you can to focusing on the food you can’t eat. You become more focused on food… I have a friend who all she does is talk about Weight Watchers… how many points are in this and how many points are in that. I have decided that I can’t live like that… I have to break away from that behavior…. and the addiction. I do not want food to run my life anymore….