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" Dear E. Jean: To get straight to the point, I&amp;#039;ve tried going on diets so many times, and I just can&amp;#039;t seem to stick with them. All I want to do is lose weight once and for all!\u2014No Willpower Miss No , you delightful knockwurst: Many of us struggle with &amp;quot;diets&amp;quot; (loathe the very word!) because they lay idiot &amp;quot;rules&amp;quot; on us. It&amp;#039;s too much. So first, put a check mark next to three rules you can actually live with.  Weight-Loss Rules That Are Not Deeply Full of Crap \u00B7 If I&amp;#039;m hungry, I&amp;#039;ll eat (just not a lot). \u00B7 I&amp;#039;ll keep my calories around 300 less than I need a day. \u00B7 I won&amp;#039;t hate myself if I go a little wild. \u00B7 I won&amp;#039;t eat anything I can&amp;#039;t lift (e.g., cow, pig, sweet little sheep). \u00B7 I&amp;#039;ll eat close to the ground\u2014grazing on vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, and seeds. \u00B7 I&amp;#039;ll stop hanging out with all the boring people in my life (boredom sends me straight to the Lardy Place) and I&amp;#039;ll throw out all my damn scales. Second, try wearing large hoop earrings. I don&amp;#039;t know why, but I swear they make you feel fuller at meals.  Third, the motivation: I wrote about this a couple of months ago, and I wouldn&amp;#039;t mention it again but for the staggering 83 percent success rate. Go to Flaab.com, and fill in the three blanks: (1) how many pounds you want to drop; (2) your deadline for dropping them; (3) how much money ($10, $25, $100) you want to bet that you&amp;#039;ll drop them (which you&amp;#039;ll send to me).  If you lose the weight, I&amp;#039;ll send you back your money (with a bar of scrumptious homemade fudge). However, if you don&amp;#039;t lose it, Miss No, I&amp;#039;ll send your money to your worst enemy, the person you most detest in this world\u2014your ex-boyfriend, the boss who fired you, your old college roommate who went on to become a Lanvin runway model. Just the thought of an ex-boyfriend getting your cash may be enough to keep you motivated for months! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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