Healthiest Loser 21-Day Challenge

I only dieted (I mean seriously dieted to lose weight) once in my life, and it was such a negative experience. I was starving all the time! I felt deprived and miserable and to make things worse, I lost maybe a pound. I look back on it now and think, "What was I thinking?" That was the problem; I wasn't thinking. I felt stressed, overwhelmed, and unhappy with the way I looked. I mindlessly reacted to my feelings and put myself on a diet. This happened right after my first baby was born 26 years ago. I was trying to adjust to my new life situation. I was learning how to nurse my newborn which didn't come easy for me, dealing with the fact that I had a C-section, functioning on very little sleep, and I had to say good bye to my old life (and body). When I finally got a few hours (in a row) of sleep, I came to my senses and realized that I wasn't helping myself by dieting. So I stopped the calorie-counting and restriction, and stepped back to re-assess. ...