Dr. Phil's Weight Solution

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This ring is for people who are interested in, have found success on, have been frustrated on, or who otherwise want to read about Dr. Phil McGraw's weight loss challenge and ultimate weight solution. It is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Dr. Phil, his companies, or his producers; it was started by someone who lost weight and changed her life successfully, happily, and healthily by following his advice, guidance, and philosophy, and reading his books. A fan of Dr. Phil's since his Tuesdays on Oprah, and 38-year-old woman who's been overweight since college, I started the weight loss challenge on June 2. I started at 183.5 pounds--10 pounds less than my all-time high 10 years ago after plenty of yo-yoing in between, but plenty heavy for my 5'7 inactive frame nonetheless. I started reading the book and the food guide the week before, but started officially on 6/2 because that's when my first grocery order would be delivered (I order groceries, which also means no temptations from candy aisles!). Anyway, I was expecting to lose about 1.5 pounds per week on average over the long term. But I am nine weeks in and have lost 22.5 pounds--2.5 pounds per week. Best of all, I do not feel like stopping. Not because some chart says I should keep going or because I still feel fat or because I have to fit into some particular size. But because I am still losing and I'm eating healthily and I figure my body will let me know when it's ready. I may have five, 10, or 20 more pounds to go. But what I do know is that I am really really REALLY happy with the changes on the inside, with how I think about my body and food and life now. That has never happened with any of the other things I've tried in my life. So yes, I'm excited that I'm lighter in weight than I've been in at least 15 years (I've lost track now), but I'm more satisfied that my thoughts have changed and I feel like a healthy person in my brain. My happy, healthy, wrinkly brain. What's a web ring? Join the ring See a list of sites in the ring See a random site in the ring Ring powered by RingSurf	To join this web ring, perform these steps: 1. In your web browser, open http://www.ringsurf.com/?action=addform&ring=DrPhilWeightSolution. 2. In the Site Title text box, type the title of your web log or web site. This is the title that will appear in the list of sites or lots that are members of this ring or in search results. 3. In the Site Owner text box, type your name. 4. In the EMail Address text box, type your e-mail address. 5. In the Site URL text box, type the uniform resource locator (URL, or web site address) of your web log or site. 6. In the Ring Code URL(optional) text box, type the URL of the page where you store your ring code, if you store it on a separate page from your web log or web site. If this doesn't sound familiar, you don't do it. You would have had to have made a deliberate decision to create a separate page on which to store your ring codes on a separate page from your site. 7. In the Year of Birth text box, type the year in which you were born. 8. In the Password text box, type a password. I have yet to figure out whether RingSurf actually checks this against anything or what it needs to be. 9. In the Password (verify) text box, retype your password. 10. In the Keywords text box, type some keywords that might help someone searching RingSurf find your web site or log. For example, I want people who enjoy knitting, writing, dogs, and cats to find my web log, so those are typically my key words. Cooking used to be one as well, but I don't blog so much about cooking any more, so I don't remember to include it very often any more. 11. In the Site Description text box, type a description that will appear beneath your site title in the list of blogs and sites that are members of the ring or in search results. 12. Click Add your site to the Ring!
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Last updated 30 July 2004