"Loosely put, after you've lost weight, you have more of an emotional response to food and less ability to control that response," says Michael Rosenbaum, lead author of the study in this month's Journal of Clinical Investigation.
it is hard to tell what comes first, as someone who loves to eat and has relied on food and eating as an emotional crutch for decades, and then relied on food restriction and dieting to deal with the symptoms of that ... i.e. weight gain,
I think the issues are complex.
if you are someone like me who has used food as an emotional crutch that in itself would make weight maintenance difficult, i.e. life doesn't stop and we keep having emotions.
For me the challenge is to learn to use other things than food. It is also important for me to not feel hungry or deprived, that is why I love NO S. If I was feeling hungry all the time I would feel miserable.
I guess there are some people who want to have a certain weight and live with the hunger, I am just not one of them.
Diets screw us up emotionall and physically, there is pretty much no doubt about that, three and a half months into NO S I am completely fascinated as my "psychological diet residue" surfaces.
The amazing thing about NO S is this is the FIRST TIME EVER I have had nice slow steady weight loss and KEPT IT OFF, it is not uncommon for me to lose weight in two or three months and already be starting to gain back in 4th month.
I had two wacky S weekends and am shocked I have not gained weight. However, I am certain I cannot blame those weekends on leptin as it was not physical hunger that was urging me on
I guess what I am saying is that our HABITS contribute to our weight gain and difficulty with maintenance true and, yes to keep weight off you have to change HABITS and that CAN be very difficult.
I know for me when I binge it screws up my blood sugar and it takes awhile of eating right to get that stabilized. Also, gaining weight many people don't exercise so to lose weight and keep it off you need to move, That is a complete change in lifestyle for many people.
I had terrible eating patterns in my twenties. Forunately I not only eat healthy most of the time, I ENJOY and PREFER healthy fresh food. so if that is a complete makeover then that is what that is
I have kept 26 pounds off for over 17 years, it is not 100 but it has stayed off. My freshman year in college I weight 161. For past 17 years my highest weight has been 135 pounds. Three and a half months into No S my weight is incredibly stable at 125-126. Maybe its just perspective, but NO S is just, for me the "easiest" thing I have done food wise.
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