Bariatric surger the only option

ShammersPink

I suppose I am statistically a diet "failure", because I do yo-yo.

I gain, slowly, over a few years, and diet, at a moderate deficit, for a few months, again and again and again. I don't really find losing that hard, once I'm in the right frame of mind.

I usually go up to the same sort of point, midway up the "overweight bracket, where UK size 16s are beginning to be too snug, and I start to feel really fat. My normal diet isn't bad, I just sometimes get into a bit of a rut of eating a bit too much of it. I often have good activity levels, but sometimes get de-railed by external factors, get out of the habit, and find it hard to re-start.

BUT, I have only ever gone up into the "overweight" bracket. Suppose I had never dieted, just let my weight creep up, year on year - I'd probably be morbidly obese by now, and unable to do all the things I like to do. So, failure or not, I think this is still better for me than that alternative.

Being overweight certainly makes some things harder work and less enjoyable, it confers a mildly elevated risk of health problems, and I don't like the way I look when I am overweight, so I really don't want to go back there.

But truth be told, I'm not prepared to log daily for the rest of my life, so i suspect that the best I'll manage is to shorten that cycle, pretty much live normally for ten months each year, and have a new year's resolution to lose anything I've gained in the first few weeks of the year - fortunately that is a very slow time for me on the social front. And my average rate of weight gain would only increase 1-2 BMI units in that time, and probably less than a dress size.

If I can keep to that, I should never get close to the "Overweight" bracket again. Big "IF", of course.

xmichaelyx

Don't strive to be the 5% that succeed; strive to be the 1% who excels.

U2Bad1

The statistic is scary, however the good news is that you have control over whether you fit in the 95% or 5% bucket.