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I really like this blog:

The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl

http://www.dietgirl.org/dietgirl/

There is a lot of “how” on this blog, but a good dose of “why” as well. I love her writing style and her sense of humor!  For example, in Thursday’s post about cravings:

My appetite is a demanding toddler; it’s first words were I want. It likes to throw itself down on a supermarket floor and make a scene. My brain is the appetite’s weary mother. She carries a Handbag of Anticipation, bulging with tricks and treats and distractions. She tries to be ready for any stunt the little monkey might pull.

Great stuff!

Her Top 20 Tips are as good as anything I saw in the bookstore last week, as I scanned the shelves looking at the latest weight loss lit. And that supports my latest Top Tip:

Don’t buy a bunch of books to learn how to lose weight–it’s really not that complicated. Google a few things and do what sounds sensible.  You already know “how.”

So my posts on this blog have slacked off lately, but for a reason which in hindsight I believe is a good one: I didn’t know what to write. Now I believe I do know.

My purpose for this blog has always been to answer the questions, “Why me?” and “Why now?” Why, among all the people who try so hard to lose weight was I able to do it successfully, and why, after so many attempts, did it finally work for me?

I am getting closer to an answer, I think. I was afraid that the real answer was too personal and too complex to blog about, so I stopped blogging. But now I think it might be perfect for a blog.

I don’t have the answer fully figured out, but my initial premise is: it isn’t as complicated as many of the how-to books would have us believe. Yes, physiology and psychology have advanced to make weight loss more efficient, more intelligent, and maybe a bit easier. The bookstores are filled with new and improved diets, systems, and workbooks. Even Weight Watchers has recently updated their program. All these tools are useful, but having or not having the right books doesn’t explain why some people lose weight and others struggle, or why to stick with the program.

Tools, systems, and other answers to “how” did not enable me to lose weight. “How” is secondary. “Why” comes first.

Once there is a “why”—a purpose and a motivation—then all information about “how” is abundant, and one only has to select a method that makes sense and sounds feasible for them.

So I will blog about “why.”