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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, go see your doctor to have your thyroid checked (underactive thyroid is related to weight gain), as well as your cortisol levels (this stress hormone makes you feel like you want to eat more) and other hormones (esp. estrogen, which controls how your body stores and deals with fat, so when you get into perimenopause and beyond, it's much harder to regulate), and do an insulin check to make sure you are not prediabetic.  Tell your doctor how much you are sleeping, too, because lack of sleep disrupts the entire endocrine system as is associated with weight gain.  (When I saw that you have 4 kids, that's the first thing I thought of.)

It's self-defeating to blame "lack of willpower" in cases where hormones and other bodily factors are involved. 
If you are depressed or if your cortisol levels are sky high you will have increased urges to eat more.  If you are having any kind of insulin issues then what you eat might be impacting your weight gain/loss as much as how much you eat.  My sister-in-law is prediabetic and recently lost 60 lbs over the course of a year by eliminating all simple carbs (and even some complex carbs) from her diet.  (She did this under the direction of a doctor.)

Your body is telling you something and it's important to listen.

Please read this recent article, too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/opinion/sunday/always-hungry-heres-why.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0

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While I appreciate the support, this is actually very harmful advice.  I know some people have health problems that cause weight gain or inhibit weight loss, but I dont. I am very healthy and have had my thyroid and hormone levels tested.  I tend to give up easily bc I want to believe that I cant lose weight, so if I am going to be fat, I might as well eat what I want. But the truth is, that I probably can if I really tried and didnt constantly self-sabotage by eating too much of the wrong foods and half-assing my workouts. Its way easier for me to blame some outside force but as I said in the original post - I am fat bc I eat too much and dont exercise enough.[/quote]

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