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Maria’s Last Diet
(a weight loss story)

A book by psychologist Kenneth Schwarz, Ph.D. and Julie North Schwarz, Founders, Maria’s Last Diet

Women with weight issues have so many secrets to share. Read about Maria’s journey and discover your own weight loss motivation in this “everywoman” dramatization.

Latest Excerpt from Maria’s Last Diet (a weight loss story):

So she turned away from herself.

This was a regular in Maria’s repertoire of behaviors. It would swing into play with impressive force at times like these. It plunged her into darkness, she couldn’t see clearly, couldn’t make out what was happening. There is no better explanation of why Maria stayed fat than this.

This abandoning herself insured that she would not hold on to her true desire to lose the weight. It resulted each time in blowing her plan, quitting, giving up what she had purposefully set out to do.

March 13th – I think I’ve had a breakthrough. When I normally would have raced to food, I stopped. I actually could feel me giving up on myself. It was like I was about to turn away from myself completely.

I thought, what if I don’t do it this time? What if, when I feel like this, as though there is a mountain in front of me suddenly impossible to climb, what if I keep the focus on what matters? What if I don’t go to sleep on myself but stay alert and attentive? What if, faced with this impossible, wild inclination to give it all up, I can tap into some deep reserve of energy and self respect?

What if I can stay conscious and let the whole picture stand out clear and sharp?

Nobody can wave a magic wand and just do it. But for once I stayed mindful, and in doing that I turned back toward myself. This just might be a brand new glittering solution. It makes me think I can learn to climb out of a two-dimensional point of view and open up different sides. This is what I’ve decided to do.

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