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My heart goes out to you. I cannot even begin to imagine the hell you are going through every day. I only went through bulimia and depression in my twenties, and depression again in my forties. Fortunately I was able to overcome both with a therapist, no medication, but had wild swings in my weight. My mental state has…
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I wonder how much of that addiction might be gluten more than sugar... I gave up both, gluten first - before that term was widely known I was diagnosed with a sensitivity to wheat. All the things I was craving and binging on had both (cookies, cake, pie, bread...). So much later I put a stop to refined sugar, too, but…
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Well, I tried, in a way. I paid for a "guaranteed" weight loss program (Quick Weight Loss Centers), got the written guarantee that I would lose 19.6 pounds in seven weeks. Turns out, the condition is that you buy their overpriced supplements, protein bars and shakes. I found equivalent stuff at a fraction of the cost at…
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Congratulations on planning ahead. I've seen too many friends putting on the pounds right after retirement. I put on 5 pounds the last year of work (allowed myself to sit down half the workday, instead of pacing the whole time); then another 5 in the glorious days of first year's retirement (July 2013). When it didn't come…
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Rebeccabecca, some people made a reference to addiction to McD food. Maybe it's as "simple" as a sensitivity to gluten. Before I was diagnosed almost 20 years ago with it I was obsessed with food, any food... Now I'm the master of my universe. I love to eat and had put on weight at the rate of 2 pounds per year, that's why…
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"Macros are macro nutrients - fat, carbohydrate and protein. Micronutrients are vitamins minerals etc. Don't ignore fibre though. And you DON'T need to start drinking protein shakes like almost every other person on this website." - Pattience. thanks for the clarification. I capitalized the "DON'T" because we have a…
