On Feb 27, 11:01*pm, doug lerner wrote:
This is Doug in Japan. I haven't posted in a while.

People who are long-time members will remember that three years ago I
started at 125 kg and then got down to a low of 78.8 kg over a year
and half or so.

Unfortunately , since last year I've been regaining and regaining and,
sigh, I'm back to where I started and have been at my original weight
for several months now.

It's very depressing. I really thought I had the problem beat this
time, but I ended up regaining like I did twice before.

I don't really have the mental energy to stick with it again. I can't
understand it. I could go 700 days without even ONE time going off my
diet and now I can't even stick with it a full week.

Very depressing...

doug

Yes, and I bet when you were losing, you often weighed yourself, and
exercised and were very careful about what you ate.....then you made
the decision to overeat and miraculously nothing happed at first.
Subconsciously though, you knew it would. You stopped weighing
yourself and exercising and the next thing you know you ballooned back
to where you were. Ah, yes, the yo-yo. Only one thing
works......NEVER, EVER, overeat. Not for your birthday, not for
Christmas, never. People who have problem with overeating are like
alcoholics. If you are a recovering alcoholic, you don't ever take
that first drink. Since we need to eat, where we need to draw the line
is by never overeating. Once you cheat, there is no going back until
you become disgusted with yourself..your lack of control and looks,
and health, and decide to torture yourself all over again with a
strict diet. Unfortunately, you do need to do that again, but this
time promise yourself never to overeat. That's how I did it afer
several yo-yo diets and I have kept the weight off. People who do not
have problems with their weight don't understand that overeaters can
pack away 8-10,000 calories in one day because they crave food not for
the nutrition but because their primal, genetic makeup tells them that
if they don't gorge themsleves, they will starve. We overeaters have
to use our brains and not trust our appetites or emotions where food
is concerned because nature has played a cruel joke on us.