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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The first stop is therapy. If you treat all the emotional issues that got you to this weight and has kept you at this weight, you will lose weight without dieting. 
-- Trauma survivor and formerly obese person with 20-yr eating disorder who did EMDR + CBT (and a LOT of it). [/quote]

I don't want to take over this thread with my own question, but I'm curious about your experience. Did you know that your untreated trauma was the reason for your weight issues? I'm also very overweight and I know I have unresolved trauma from my childhood. I've been thinking about finding a trauma therapist and working through it. I have a hard time understanding the connection between my emotions and my weight, but I'm sure there must be an emotional aspect to it. When you started to feel better about yourself, did the eating healthier and being more active come naturally or is it still a constant struggle?[/quote]

DP. I had a lot of childhood and young adult trauma and have always struggled with my weight. I never in a million years would have linked the two. But the last two years I have made a substantial effort to just like, work on myself I guess. It involved exercise, diet changes and therapy. I’ve tried to lose weight plenty of times and failed and there were extenuating circumstances this time that set me up for success (namely COVID, as it kept me home not eating out all the time and my outlet for stress turned out to be cardio). But there were also circumstances that should have meant instant failure (I had three kids under 5!).

It worked, I’m down 50 pounds, I’m no longer in the obese classification and I don’t think I’ll regain. Hard to draw a direct correlation but I honestly think working through a lot of my trauma, which I’ve been doing concurrently with a therapist, has really really helped and improved my chances of success. I am just generally calmer and more stable and in control of my emotions and life. And that does lead to less emotional overeating and honestly just less health problems overall[/quote]

Wow - I applaud you with losing weight with three kids. I have been very healthy during pregnancy but gained so much weight in the first 18 months of each child’s life. It’s like I’m steeling myself for the monotony of it all by going to the drive through because there is nothing else. So sad [/quote]

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