Dieting results in long term changes to hormones and muscle fibers.

[nadinbrzezinski]

64. I think it really depends on how YOU DO IT

no serious. I followed a simple plan, and lost and maintained fifty pounds off (need to lose another twenty but doc and I think perhaps not possible due to adrenal issues, adult metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance)

Anyway did not count calories, did not chose right or wrong foods... none of that nonsense.

I simply paid attention to my stomach and ate until full, not a morsel more. I do that to this day. I was never hungry...

It got even more interesting, as I paid attention to my body... I started to crave fruits and vegies. Due to the diabetes I need to control my input of carbs anyway. But it is not that they are bad foods... just pay attention.

I used McKenna (Paul McKenna four golden rules)... and you know what? It works.

Now traditional diets... I agree... and I was a yoyo, even if I gained those fifty pounds in three months over the side effects of one medicine. It took almost four years to lose them.

Granted these days I have zero appetite for bread, but that has to do with my gluten allergy. I see donuts, like today I had coffee at a donut shop... they are all but attractive at this point. They did look beautiful though. (And the size of those monsters... nope they were not one portion, even two... they were five donuts in one... the largest donuts I have ever seen in my life)

We went to the movie theater. We ordered a small popcorn for two people... and it was enough... sometimes we have some left over for the conures. They love popcorn.

And unlike the poster who talked to you about self control... I admit, I don't have any self control... what is that? I learned to listen to my body, period.

I have pointed to "I can make you thin" in the past, because at least IMHO it works. And one reason it works, is that there is no judgement on it, there is no self control, there is no good or bad foods, or any of that nonsense...and yes, it is puritanical nonsense.

And you know what? There are days I am hungry. A few times it is emotional, have learned to tell the difference too. At times it is real hunger. When it is emotional, water... when not I eat... even if "out of schedule."

There are days I am hardly hungry. Those days can be a challenge since I have to actually eat something to keep diabetes under control... I eat, a small portion... but most of the time, I eat, and that is it.

And to the but you have to have self control... I just say.. .bullocks...

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