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Originally Posted by pamatga
Thanks for the link. I honestly don't know what to think. I do know that I have learned a lot about myself and losing weight overall as time goes by. I have learned what doesn't and what does work for me. I have come to the conclusion that those people who are truly successful have to have what I have heard called a "paradigm shift". I think along with the extra weight we also develop a certain fat mindset. Thin people are different because they think and behave differently. I have been around enough thin people in my life to know this. I also used to be one. I do think that in the past three years I have begun to turn the tide. I feel more hopeful for myself than I ever have. If I have a binge, like I did last week, I don't freak out about it. In fact, I still managed to lose a little weight in spite of it.
I no longer think about "have to do this" by such and such date. It will happen when it will happen and in the meantime I plan on doing what I know works and try not to do as much the things that hurt me.
One thing I do is listen to what works for others and then I try it myself. If it doesn't work for me, I don't stop there. I just keep trying until I find out what works for me. One size does not fit all!
This made me think about the fact that most people in the registry who have kept weight off are in their 40's I think it said?
By then I think a lot of us, even though we took the long hard fat road, ha, have learned along the way.
(I'm 31 but have definitely made an extra 10 years worth of mistakes
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