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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, have you ever read Judith Beck's books? Her approach to weight loss is based on cognitive therapy. I've just finished her first book and in it she explains how most thin people think about food differently than overweight people. The responses from the skinny moms on this thread reinforce what Beck says in her book. They don't think about food very often. They're disgusted by large portions. They dislike feeling full. They eat for fuel not pleasure. Hunger is not an emergency to them...they can withstand the discomfort and wait until the next meal to eat.

So what seems simple/natural to these thin moms requires much more effort from us fat moms.  [/quote]

I've always been thin - was underweight till I was 30.  (5' 7.5", less than 125lbs - as low as 115 when I was in grad school)

Now I am 42 and weight 145 - definitely have the mom belly but the rest of me is still pretty thin.

The Beck book does not sound like me at all. [b] I think about food all the time.  I definitely eat for pleasure.  I hate being hungry.  I love feeling full.
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I struggle a lot to keep my weight down now.  2 kids - ages 6 and 3.  I try to exercise 3x week - two zumba classes & a muscle conditioning class.  I use My Fitness Pal app to track calories.  If I stay under 1300/day (I do eat more on days that I exercise) then I can lose about 1 lb/week.  But I find it extremely difficult to do that, given my stressful job.

Recently I tried cutting more carbs and had more success w/weight loss.  I'm about to start up again and the general plan is:

breakfast:  small, nonfat mocha; oatmeal w/cranberries or a cheese stick & serving of fruit
lunch:  salad w/spinach, chicken, feta cheese, cranberries, cucumbers, balsamic vinaigrette; 90 calorie Coke (HATE diet coke and I need the midday caffeine)
snack:  70 cal yogurt
dinner:  depends... often a small serving of pasta; large serving of vegetables.  I'm trying to do more protein so rotisserie chicken or salmon.

My normal inclination is more like 2000 calories/day and lots of carbs & sweets...[/quote]

Oh, thank the lord. I thought I was the only one who felt this way. [/quote]

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