article_snippet: Jess says: 'Like most women, I had tried every diet under the sun but none worked for Jess. '
article_snippet: I thought I was doomed to be overweight for ever
article_snippet: If I didn't stick to the diet I wasn't just letting Jess down, I'd be letting down all my followers too.
article_snippet: Jess had tried 'every diet under the sun' but nothing had worked for Jess .
article_snippet: Jess recalls: 'I wanted to lose weight and was a sucker for a fad diet. '
article_snippet: First I tried cutting out sugar, then I tried a low-carb diet. '
article_snippet: I tried the Paleo and Atkins diets but never managed to stick to anything for more than a few weeks and nothing seemed to shift the weight.'
article_snippet: it allowed me to put in my height, weight and goal weight and it told me to eat no more than 1,600 calories a day.'
article_snippet: My Fitness Pal outlined Jess new diet - to eat 50 per cent carbs, 30 per cent fat and 20 per cent protein - and although Jess stuck to the plan at first, Jess began to struggle to keep Jess motivated.
article_snippet: I did mostly cardio as I was too scared to use the weights. '
article_snippet: You can try all the fad diets but all you need is to eat healthily and to have some encouragement.