2009 Diet Of The Year

Dr. Bernstein Diet - First Month Reflections

May 31, 2009

I can still remember the day. We ladies, kibitzing in the boardroom eating our lunches and engaging in random thoughts of the day and opinions on this or that. When to my surprise we started chatting about weight loss. My dreaded topic. I was peaking at 207 lbs - the equivalent from my highest weight during the pregnancy of my second child. However, the problem was, she came into the world three years ago and I still couldn't shed the weight.

Somewhere between the rum & cokes, Mike's Hard Lemonade, red wine and rich foods, I lost my figure and sense of self. I tried to lose it the usual way; reduce portions, load up veggies and even hired a private in-home trainer to whip my ever-expanding ass into shape. Nothing worked.

So my curiosity peaked when a colleague talked about Dr. Bernstein. Everyone else knew about the wight loss clinic and raved about people they knew who had lost pounds and pounds of weight quickly and kept it off.

That was it for me. Quick weight loss? I mean, stories about a hundred pounds and rapid visible results. That's what I needed. That's what I wanted. I needed to see results to do it.

I had tried other methods - other groups, such as Weight Watchers. I didn't need a cheering squad or a coach, like an AA sponsor, that I could call to talk me away from the fridge; talk me down from the precipice of chocolate cupcake sugar suicide.

No, I liked the thought of medically-supervised serious results. After all, I'm a public servant. I like results. I believe in quick, fast, meaningful investments to get tangible results. I work that way. I live my life that way.

I had to give it a try.

So, I made a call and I was booked for my consultation on the Tuesday morning. I read and filled in the background documents and was really excited to go in and get started.

I was really impressed by the professionalism and medical seriousness...

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