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Mxsmanic wrote:

Mr. F. Le Mur writes:

I wonder about that though, since I never get fat no matter how
much I eat.

That's because you don't eat that much. If you tried to eat as much as
the average fat person, you might feel stuffed and sick.

I've lost over 70 pounds, and to eat the way I used to eat would leave
me feeling very stuffed and sick.

The simple answer to "why was I so fat" (I still have a bit to go) is
that I ate too much. It was a major fluke that I discovered WHY I
was eating too much. I thought it was because I had no self control.
That IS true, when faced with certain kinds of foods.

For health reasons, I found myself eliminating foods containing
refined sugar and flour, dyes, additives. Upon embarking on this
new way of life, I found that not only was I making better food
selections, I also was NOT constantly craving craving craving.
I suppose you can call it a low-carb way of life, but I eat real
fruit on a regular basis (I don't go searching for "low carb tang"
or any crap like that)

"Eat less" is the very obvious answer to "how to lose weight".
However it's extremely PAINLESS to start eating less when totally
getting rid of the foods that trigger those cravings. It takes
brutal honesty with oneself to determine exactly which foods they
are for you, personally.

We live in a world where if we describe a diet in which flour and
sugar are eliminated totally (and yes, it's in "everything" packaged,
in one form or another - under different names), as well as chemical
additives that are not fit for human consumption but somehow made
it into the classification of food.... we eliminate that and people think
of it as a "highly restrictive diet".

It's amazing because over a hundred years ago, half of the stuff that
people would "feel deprived" without, didn't even exist.

Crafting Mom
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Modified WOL since spring '02 || Weight at start: over 250 lb
Today's weight: 180.5 lb || Goal/Maintenance: 140 lb