It's Gotten Harder to Lose Weight- And Not for the Reasons You Think

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40. A load of pet theories here, my anecdote

In 1994 my spouse and I spent a month in rural County Cork Ireland. We ate everything, fresh baked goods slathered with local butter, fish and chips, salmon cooked in many ways, porter cake, apple flan with heaps of fresh whipped cream, pints and pints of stout, vegetables and fruits in season and cheeses from local producers. At the time back in the states I was bicycling 150 miles a week, I did hire (rent) a bicycle in Ireland for the 1st 2 weeks but I did not cycle like at home. My wife did no more walking than at home.

Here's the mystery- we both lost a stone (13 pounds), that came back to roost shortly after returning home and to our highly processed and long time storage diet.

I have no real explanation but I lean to that all the food we ate was local and fresh. I think that some changes in food that has been in storage triggers a famine response to the metabolism. This would be a survival trait for the "starving time" which comes in spring and early summer for primitive peoples.

Are there other factors- I would bet on it.

One other anecdote, we have raised dairy goats for nearly 40 years and have observed that some of our girls are "easy keepers" who get fat easily, others never have a gram of extra flesh and can eat us out of house and home. The latter are the ones that put lots of mile in the pail.