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When your body fights against you...

amberlilies
amberlilies Posts: 41 Member
edited January 3 in Food and Nutrition
I had read this article in the NY Times a while back: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/magazine/tara-parker-pope-fat-trap.html?pagewanted=all.

I share it again now because at the time I was able to understand the biochemical reasons for my life-long battle with yo-yo dieting and weight loss. I had been wallowing in emotional eating for about 3 years. The crisis is real, but that doesn't erase the destructive impact on my health and self-esteem. I'm sure you all understand that conundrum. So at the end of August, something snapped; I lost interest in food and the weight starting falling off. When it all started, I was the heaviest I have ever been in my life, but now, 26 pounds later, I'm back in the yo-yo zone trying to lose the same 30 pounds I have gained and lost a hundred times.

And I can feel the lurking hunger subtly creeping back in. I have crossed over the 10% (of body weight) mark, and I can feel leptin doing its dastardly, counterproductive work--nothing crazy yet, but I know it's just a matter of time (and pounds). I desperately want this time to be it, but I'm nervous about battling the hunger and inevitable plateau. Any advice?

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  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Very interesting article. Lots of good information in there.
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