lonestarb

Having read your post and the long list of replies.... I favor the calling your doctor answer. Something going on with your body that a few medical tests might reveal.

It's really all about knowing your food choices. If you know that one chicken strip from Sonic has as many calories as a whole banana, then you can make the informed choice as to which one you want to eat. I didn't get fat by eating bag after bag of potato chips every night. I did it over the years, by not knowing that the…

For all of us, it takes 3500 calories to add (or subtract) a pound of body weight. What is in between is just a matter of choices. Do you really want to add cheese to that broccoli, knowing how many calories it adds? Some days the answer really is yes. In the grand scheme of things, we will work it out. A scoop of ice…

Most likely it took a while for your body to put on the weight? In my case it took years to "pack on the pounds". It seems only natural for it to take a while for your body to reverse direction and slowly let the pounds slip away. Be patient. This is no fad/crash diet, just a way to keep track of calories in-calories out.