Faster Way To Lose Stomach Fat Easy. My Story

Most of my life, I hovered around a healthy weight and was looking for a faster way to lose stomach fat. It wasn't until 2002 that things changed. My mother was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer right after my husband and I moved across the country to be closer to my parents. I'd just given birth to my first child, and the unrelenting realities of new parenthood and my mother's disease collided. I fell apart — all I could do was eat and cry.

TURNING POINT  Five months later, my mother died, but my emotional eating continued. Grief-stricken, I kept shoveling in more food, and by the time I had my second child, in 2005, my weight was at an all-time high. My clothes were skintight, and I was so full of self-loathing, I'd regularly refer to myself as a "fat pig." Once in a while, I'd exercise like crazy or stop eating to skim off a few pounds, but I was always too lazy to start a formal routine. Finally, last fall, I hit bottom. I'm only 5'3", and my most forgiving size 12 pants were too tight. I couldn't accept being a size 14. At that point, I knew I had to make a change.

HOW I DID IT AND FOUND FASTER WAY TO LOSE BELLY FAT  Like many working moms, I often come home spent — so I wasn't interested in a complicated plan. A coworker told me about Weight Watchers' online program and it seemed convenient, so I gave it a try. There were no meetings, but I logged in daily to record my activity and food, and, once weekly, my weight.