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[quote=Anonymous]I was naturally slender despite a tendency to emotional eating until my early 30s, when I finished my education and began my demanding career.

Over the decade of my 30s, chronic stress and very long hours sitting at a desk job coupled with sleep deprivation and poor eating habits (mostly eating takeaways a lot due to time constraints) landed me 30lbs overweight.

At age 40 I had one ovary and part of another removed because of growths which ended up benign. The surgery launched me into hard and sudden perimenopause which resulted in years of chronic insomnia and elevated cortisol, while my ever more stressful and demanding career piled on the stress. I developed neurological issues which stemmed from a chronic vitamin deficiency that took doctors more than half a decade to diagnose. During those years I became more and more inactive because the neurological issues resulted in multiple falls and fractures and I became reluctant to move my body. The vitamin deficiency and chronically elevated cortisol levels drove an insatiable appetite and I overate by thousands of calories daily. More weight piled on, until I was 150lbs over my ideal weight, the weight I had maintained from high school until my early 30s.

After getting on HRT and having my sleep restored, and being properly diagnosed and treated for the chronic vitamin deficiency, and being well rested enough to get my depression into remission, I have lost 30lbs and am steadily losing.

I’ve purged added sugars and UPFs from my diet and drilled down on feeding my body the super foods on a daily basis. I allow for the occasional treat day, but in general I am eating healthier than I ever have in my life - I have embraced home cooking and learned to make a repertoire of recipes that are phytonutrient packed but also delicious.

I had to ditch the toxically stressful career when my health fell apart, and I am now laser focused on stress management as I build my next career at 52. I have increased my activity levels a ton and in the process learned firsthand that the best treatment for the aches and pains of an aging body is regular movement.

I am on track to reach my goal weight in another 18 months, which isn’t too bad considering it took a couple of decades to pile on the weight. My body won’t ever be the same shape and weight distribution that it was 20 years ago, but I am confident I will feel good about how I look and how my body moves going into my elder years.

This has been the hardest work I’ve ever done in my entire life, because most of it is grappling with demons between my ears which contributed to my lack of self care my entire life.[/quote]

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