After the past several years of being stuck on the always-dieting-but-never-losing-weight-that-sticks roller-coaster, I finally got fed up. I decided to take a leap and turn over this struggle completely to my right brain (instincts), as my left brain just wasn't cutting it.

Keep in mind that I've always been thin until a few years ago, when I gained about 20 pounds. So I don't look very different than I did before, but I'm two sizes larger and it really shows in photographs. And I can't wear just anything anymore--but only clothes that flatter my new size. It used to be that anything I wore looked good on me.

Anyway, I took the leap. I decided that worrying constantly about my weight, and weighing myself everyday, and feeling guilty, etc. etc., was probably only contributing to my defeat. If you worry about something and focus your mind on it a lot, you're more likely to make it happen. So I decided, first of all, that I was no longer going to worry or even think about my weight anymore.

I went back to eating whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I put away the scale and completely freed myself!

And you know what? It's working!...