{"id":14114,"date":"2009-11-21T01:01:46","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T06:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=14114"},"modified":"2009-11-16T16:32:23","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T21:32:23","slug":"how-one-woman-achieved-weight-loss-succes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/how-one-woman-achieved-weight-loss-succes\/","title":{"rendered":"How One Woman Achieved Weight Loss Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"suzanne<\/a>Guest blogger, <\/em>Suzanne Zaleski<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is an account manager at Six Sigma Blackbelt in Indianapolis.\u00a0She is also\u00a0a strong supporter of philanthropic organizations and is seeking to use her newfound love for running as a platform for charitable contributions. <\/em><\/p>\n

Over several years I gained weight by\u00a0overeating and being inactive. I slept poorly, was stressed out and had headaches daily. My energy level was lower than ever. The calories I needed to feel full kept increasing and my largest sizes became snug. Finally one day I had enough. I became committed to get back in shape.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I reduced my caloric intake to 1,200 per day. My diet included dairy, monounsaturated fatty acids<\/a>\u00a0(MUFAs), fresh fruits and veggies, fiber-rich foods and a gallon of water every day. Drinking water<\/a> before and during eating helped me feel full. Over time it was hard to finish the small portions on the diet.<\/p>\n

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I started with three days a week of low impact exercises and\u00a0then I\u00a0began using an elliptical machine.\u00a0During the\u00a0last two last months of my diet,\u00a0I took up running<\/a>, which had a major impact. A friend encouraged me to sign up for a race to benefit a charity. While skeptical, I committed to the 5k and had a decent run-time for a novice runner. I was elated and signed up for the Indy-Mini. I have also registered for additional races this fall. I love running. Like the\u00a0wind in my sails, it energizes me and helps me to mentally process my thoughts, emotions and actions. Unlike a machine you can’t just quit, you have to walk back to where you started. There’s something about running that keeps drawing me back.<\/p>\n

I lost\u00a0more than 20\u00a0pounds and seven inches off my waist. I’m down three sizes and hope to lose another by spring. I love being in shape again. The best part is that all\u00a0of\u00a0my smaller sizes fit\u00a0me again.\u00a0This summer was the first time I wore a bikini<\/a> in years. I’m ecstatic at my progress and I’m\u00a0surpassing my goals. I never want to go back to that stressed-out couch potato that I let myself become.<\/p>\n

My advice to anyone out there who wants to lose weight is to stop seeing your weight as happening to you. You CAN take control. You can do anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guest blogger, Suzanne Zaleski\u00a0is an account manager at Six Sigma Blackbelt in Indianapolis.\u00a0She is also\u00a0a strong supporter of philanthropic organizations and is seeking to use her newfound love for running as a platform for charitable contributions. Over several years I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[23,29,74],"class_list":["post-14114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-guest-blog","tag-nutrition","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14114"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14117,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14114\/revisions\/14117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}