Hey guys, it's been a while.
About 4 years ago, I changed my eating habits and started exercising regularly, ad I lost 35 pounds in 5 months. After maintaining that weight for several more months, I returned to school, became very depressed, and eventually gained most of the weight back.
The major source of my difficulty in losing weight has been 1) my dislike of exercise (I really don't get endorphins from it) and especially 2) my cravings for sweets that haunt me all the darned time (which I've suffered all of my life).
When I fell into depression, I was put on medication that helped a LOT but made me more lethargic, and it became nearly impossible for me to get myself to exercise without making myself feel miserable.
However, after complaining to my doctor about my lethargy and constant cravings, she adjusted my medication, and BAM, suddenly, NO cravings.
I feel like I can eat like a normal person now, without having to exert any willpower, or think about it, or anything like that. During my weight loss craze, I read a LOT about healthy eating/living, so I already have all the knowledge, but the cravings were out of control...I either had to eat the offending food and feel guilty or resist but think about it all the time and feel miserable.
I posted in this subforum because I take it that other ladies here find cravings to be a major problem. This sudden change, due to a tweaking of medication, makes me feel that cravings are really NOT anybody's fault, and highlights for me how horribly unfair the "fat-shaming" the media and public love to engage in is =/
I'm wondering if medication could be the answer for other people too? This loss of cravings (NOT loss of appetite, I still have a healthy appetite) is just a happy side effect of my meds, but it makes me wonder if giving people tools to help with cravings would make them better equipped to deal with the rest on their own? Does that make sense?