hi and thanks everybody
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hi and thanks everybody
I've been lurking for a while and have started a couple of times and stopped after brief successes (but without dropping weight). My most recent start has resulted in a slow 7-pound drop. Some 20 years ago, I lost about 50 pounds, acquired primarily through my (former) love of beer (I'm of German stock, like Rheinhard), through sensible eating and exercise. I had a few weight creeps of 20 pounds but managed to rein it in. My latest weight creep was about 15 pounds, which happened about 6 years ago. I developed a severe case of achilles tendinitis, which took 18 months to heal and dramatically limited my ability to do much of anything for quite a bit, leading to bursts of overindulging. This led to a period of idiocy. I had begun to think I was destined to become an immobile and severely overweight old lady like my mother and grandmother. I began devouring any and every new weight loss book, never lasting more than 2 days on any one method, followed up by cookie or cake binges. My weight didn't budge up or down! Yet I became obsessed with diets and diet information, while at the same time thinking I should know better. After all, I'm in my 50s; doesn't wisdom come with age? I've gotten much out of reading the posts, picking up tips that resonated for me although addressed to others. Thanks everybody! Thanks Rheinhard!
