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Thousandsunny! Yes please do throw your hat in the ring! Wow you have done fantastic with your weight loss! Originally Posted by Thousandsunny
I'm new to this thread so I hope that's alright, but I just wanted to throw my hat in the ring. I struggle with this daily and will often end up bingeing hard. I have tried to curb it but it's been a tough last 6 months and I've regained about 10 pounds. I truly feel addicted to certain foods and struggle daily not to give in. I know people say "Oh, cravings go away!" but I've been losing weight for 4 years now. They never go away. I wish people understood that.
I hope this is not totally out of line, and please ignore /forgive me if it is....It goes without saying that weight is a personal thing and no one should tell us what we should weigh, and our frames vary in size....
Is it possible that your body needs more calories? Looking at your stats, I can't help comparing myself: I'm 5'4" and when I weighed 154, I fit into size 6-8. I had the idea that I 'should' weigh 142-145. After dieting to that lower weight, I began to have powerful cravings. It was nice to be tiny but my life was so filled with cravings, fighting craving, or bingeing that I was not happy. In hindsight, my weight was just right at 154, so that made me wonder if your weight now might be the right one. If so, it would be natural for your body to fight further loss by having cravings.
Once I began to eat more, those cravings subsided a lot. Although I'm a little bigger than I would like, eating 'enough' has given me peace of mind, quality of life. You know your body, so this may not apply at all to you. Might be my wishful thinking for you to have this easier solution to dampen the cravings