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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I wonder about this too. My job stresses me out, my teens stress me out. My default mode is stressed out. So I overeat. On the rare occasions I have a low stress week, eating well is a lot easier. If I were a lady of luxury with no job, tons of money, someone handling college stuff...I'm sure I'd be thin.[/quote]

This was me when I was in my early/mid-40s.  My DD put us through a LOT during her teen years.  Not only could I not get through the stress while being hungry, I needed some sort of vice.  It was sugar, but I supposed it could have been drinking or something else. I made my peace with it and didn't feel bad about myself at the time. I was unbothered by the extra weight.

Fast-forward to age 48, both kids in college.  I was ready to make a change and it only took 7 or 8 months to lose the weight I had put on over a decade (and then some).  I have exercised 6 times per week since then, eat way better and have kept all the weight off for several years now.  I just needed enough time and energy to make it a routine and I just didn't have it when my kids were teens. Kudos to the perpetually size 00 4 am exercisers who haven't had carbs for 25 years, but that just wasn't me.  I had to let something go.

One upside of letting things go - because I never did any yo-yo dieting over the years, I didn't mess up my metabolism. I can eat 2000+ calories a day for maintenance which is enough to keep me from going hungry. [/quote]

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