This is an interesting topic for me, i dont know where to begin with this. First i can say i am 26 years old and i have been overweight for probably the last 5 years of my life. Before I really started to gain weight i was average to slim. I started to gain weight as a means of rebelling against people who told me i was gaining weight just cause i gained 10lbs i guess it (gaining weight) was my way of telling them i can do whatever i want its my body. Its funny how when you gain weight your eating habits really differ from when you are slim. For example when i was slim i didnt crave junk food and sweets as much as i do now. When i was slimmer i ate only what i needed, if i didnt feel like eating chips i didnt eat it but now that im bigger and weight has become an issue for me i dont know how to say no to junk food. Its like my mind has taken full control of me and i have absolutely no will power. If i think about ice cream whether i feel like eating it or not if its in sight i will eat it. I dont know if its emotional eating cause my mood is always the same i think its eating because i am bored. Before recently i had always been able to lose the extra pounds, what changed what when i was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism/graves disease. So to correct that i did RAI (if you dont know it google it) anyways once i did that i developed hypothyroidism almost immediately and i gained 25lbs in like a month maybe two and for the first time in my life i weight over 200lbs (that was a year and a half ago). I must say even though i am plus size i am comfortable with the way i look (mostly thats probably due to the fact that my bf supports me and loves me for who i am). Anyways i have recently decided for future health reasons i would lose weight, i have tried low carb diets but the only thing that works for me is following a low glycemic diet eating mostly fruit and veggies with lean meats. I hope to lose 70lbs by next year april But to do this i have to make a lifestyle change. Diets do more harm than good but regardless i think the most important step is to love myself in the skin that i am in and then work on the body i want.
