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Originally Posted by jiffypop
why is it that we can either lose or gain, but we can't maintain????? drat drat drat.
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Because,
until we are willing to permanently change our lifestyle, we will always be caught in this vicious cycle.
Look at it this way, for most of us our obesity is directly related to a) our diet and b) our daily exercise or lack thereof. For a few of us, medical reasons may also contribute. For me, perimenopause played a part.
Temporarily changing our diet to reach a weight goal (with a view to returning to our regular eating patterns) will NOT result in permanent weightloss since our "regular" diet is what helped make us obese in the first place. It's not enough to find "low carb" versions of ice cream and cake. For many of us, it's about giving up ice cream and cake and finding healthier alternatives (sorbet, perhaps, and mousse). It's also not enough to simply eat LESS of our current diet - Eating LESS of what is essentially an unhealthy diet is a poor long term weightloss strategy.
Remember these truisms are particularly apt when it comes to weightloss struggles:
Doing what you've always done will get you what you've always got
AND
Doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result is one definition of insanity.
So what if your neighbor/sister/friend can eat cake every day and not gain an ounce? Life is not fair. Get over it!
(I did!)
Find an eating plan that you can stick to
for life, and then go make your life the one you long for - healthy, slender, full of energy, love, and laughter.