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Originally Posted by lin43
People who have struggled with losing weight for much of their adult life often have habits that would be considered "obsessive" by people who have either not had a weight problem or by people who have a weight problem but don't plan on doing anything about it. It seems that a certain level of "abnormality" is often needed by formerly overweight people to stay trim. Take a look at that famous book Thin for Life, which details the habits of those who have lost weight and kept it off. Most of those people monitor their weight more closely than the "average" person does, but that is one of the habits that has helped them keep off the weight. I think the same goes for exercising. Many of us are out of the mainstream with eating and exercise because that what is takes for us to actually keep the weight off.
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Exactly! People who have never had a weight problem will never Get It.
My husband often says, "You're obsessive!" but he means it as a compliment, because he admires my dedication. He says that anyone would need a certain amount of obsessiveness to lose as much weight as I have, and keep it off for a long as I have. As long as he Gets It, I really don't care what other people think.
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Originally Posted by lin43
I'm through with giving into mainstream ideas of how I should live my life.
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That too.
