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[quote=Anonymous]OP, just wanted to say that 12 lbs in two months is great. Seems to me that exercise would be a great thing for you-help you to focus that energy elsewhere than on food. Restricting doesn't really work for most people. I finally quit dieting years ago--and have been a completely stable weight (except for pregnancy) since then. For me, dieting was the trigger for all sorts of neurotic behavior--either binging or starving, but either way, deprivation (even if just mental, like "i can't have that') set me down a bad path. I also did some therapy to figure out why restriction was such a trigger for me. (I remembered/realized that sweets were totally restricted in my house--well, my brother could eat them, but i couldn't-- and were part of my mother's neuroses. she kept them away from me because I was not thin enough for her tastes, etc--so for years, i vacillated between   binging (defiance of my mother) or starving (which was another F-you to her). Anyway,  not sure if there's an emotional issue to address, but for me there was. Once I removed food from the weight of the past, it became about nurturing and taking care of myself--so its been about pleasure but also health.  [/quote]

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