Weekly weigh in..

I'm not Sherrie but I'm buttin' in.lol  What you said is so true.  I remember when I lost my 100 pounds before and noticed the scale creeping up slowly it was just heart breaking for me.  I kept eating littler amounts of food, but it just kept coming no matter what I did.  I never took away my grains and if I did it might have worked for me.  At the time I didn't even think about it.  At that point I was in starvation mode and the cravings were enormous.  I had such a hard time.  It's hard losing so much and then start to have it slide back on.  Like you, I can't even begin putting a piece of anything in my mouth unless it's in my plan.  My old plan I would eat out once a week, that seemed to work, probably because I knew the rules that the rest of the week I couldn't even lick an extra spoon of something. 

  Doctors have told me it takes several years to stabilize your metabolism. I knew one person that went on a liquid diet and afterward she could only eat a yogurt  (other than shakes) every day for the first year.  The next year I believe she increased an apple I think it was.   After that she pretty much was alright.  I think, lol I lost track of her.  It's hard!  I just wish I knew then what I know now ( I thought I knew) how my body reacted to some foods.  Might have saved me from putting so much back on.

I've lost over 100 once, 50 once, 40 once, etc.,..lol if you never own anything you've gained back I would never be owning another pound again!  Ya gotta claim it somehow!  Your excited it's coming back off, your body feels better, own it!

Okay, I know a lot here get on my case about being on a mission, but Holly, your experience is exactly why I rail against traditional diets and the belief that it's about calories and food.  Not to say they don't have their place, but this is what happens.  If the diet is not forever sustainable and the weight loss came from caloric restriction, this is what we program our bodies to do--regain.  This is the nasty secret of caloric restrive diets.  But no one wants to talk about it and most buy into it.  It's so sad and ultimately harmful! I'm sorry you went through that and hope you never do again....

How can you be butting in?  This is your post and I was the one butting in!!  LOL  Just feel like we're in this together and was really appreciative of all Donnamarie had to share. Have a good weekend and a happy Easter there, little sis!