I was always limber and strong and I kept busy , I ate fairly well.
I never drank soft drinks, ate chocolate or candy
or had much of a sugar intake,
I did however love, LOVE pasta!
I remember hitting 200lbs when I was about 20 yrs old
and thinking it was the worst thing ever.
But I kept eating more than I needed
and somewhere in my late 40′s I hit 300 lbs.
I didn’t binge or even eat as much as most people I knew,
my very slender aunt always said if she ate what I ate
she would starve to death.
I do have a hypothyroid and that is some of the problem
but not to blame for all of it.
A few yrs ago I was diagnosed with diabetes and put on Metformin,
it was then that I cut out all sugar and limited pasta and bread.
My cholesterol levels have always been very good.
The bottom line was that I ate more than I needed.
I ate too much of the wrong thing,I ate at the wrong times
and I ate for the wrong reasons.
I did not generally eat because I was hungry,
I ate to keep unresolved issues repressed, I started doing that when I was 10
and those issues did not surface until I stopped emotional eating.
Slowly they surfaced ,one by one and I was able to work through them
once I stopped emotional eating.
I had to learn how my body felt when I was hungry and when I had enough,
not when I was full because by that time I have eaten more than I need.
With slow metabolism I do not need as much food as I want to eat.
It isn’t only about dealing with the reasons for emotional eating and eating less,
it’s about moving more and making changes that you can live with.
sit less, walk more,
drinking more water,
finding a food plan that works for you
and a workout partner,
it’s about a whole lot of other things I have yet to learn.
After losing 90 lbs I am still overweight, I have another 70 lbs to lose.
I bike 6 miles a day ,
I got my glucose level to normal and am off of the Metformin
I see a light at the end of the tunnel with this life long weight issue,
it isn’t easy but I feel a lot better and I almost have ankles!
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