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Originally Posted by christine123
. . . until I accept that I struggle with food and that having control over food doesn't come naturally to me, I think I'll fail every time
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Absolutely! I think that one reason I have failed for years (i.e., regaining any weight I lost) is that I have an inner three-year old that would eventually rebel against all that I had to do to stay thin. My inner three-year-old would whine, "It isn't fair!! Why can't I eat like [fill in the blank with someone I know who seems to effortlessly stay thin]?!" Then, because of that perceived "injustice" in life, I would give in to the tantrum and eat to oblivion.
This time around, I believe I will be successful because I have
finally accepted that I am the way I am, and I can either work with that or not. If I choose the latter, then I need to accept that I'll be fat. I'm unwilling to accept that, so I know that I'll have to work more than
some (not even most) people, and right now, I'm okay with that.
What annoys me about that article is that it treats all people as generic, but we're all not wired the same.