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[quote=Anonymous]My mother introduced the concept of yo yo dieting and body image issues, she also had model looks, it created havoc in my mind. I have gone between 130-250 and my skin shows. In my late 20s i finally confronted emotional eating and realized I picked up such unhealthy ways of coping, I have since been between 140-160  which probably equals to 130-150 if I had tight skin. I have three daughters. I cannot speak about others, but even with medical reasons for weight gain-for example I had an untreated (unaware at the time) thyroid- tsh of 15-20 for a couple of years before I found out and treated it, ultimately all of my weight changes were due to psychological needs and not hunger. My experience and what I share with my daughters is that being overweight or obese is never about the food but rather about so much more to do with body image, coping, seeing ourselves as sexual beings and that needs to be worked through rather than counting calories(even though counting calories is fine). I also firmly believe that being ow/obese -especially in formative years not only can cause diabetes and htn but also autoimmune issues-specifically inflammation of gaining and loosing weight. [/quote]

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