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Respecting both your disclaimer on #3 and the older date on the article, it's amazingly depressing to realize that probably most participants in a program DON'T

Respecting both your disclaimer on #3 and the older date on the article, it's amazingly depressing to realize that probably most participants in a program DON'T reach their goal weight. This is saying that even of only the relative few who do reach their goal, still, the vast vast majority will not be able to maintain it. Personal experience, I worked hard to lose about 40 pounds and keeping it off is an interminable nightmare. First, people said "oh, when you lose the weight you'll feel better and other people will treat you better..." and so on... Well I lost the weight and I don't feel any different and people don't treat me different (except for all the awkward "wow you look so different" type questions). It feels like it's not worth it. Plus the fact that every day, day in and day out I have to struggle with limiting my calories and monitoring my weight. It just takes all the joy out of life. (Of course this is personality dependent! For me, stuffing myself with sweet, rich food until I felt like I would burst is just one of the best most satisfying feelings ever... if I could just somehow reprogram the mental pathways there......)

Nadya 10y ago
>Of course this is personality dependent! For me, stuffing myself with sweet, rich food until I felt like I would burst is just one of the best most satisfying feelings ever... if I could just somehow reprogram the mental pathways there...... What worked for me: Find a flavor you absolutely hate. Be it some hot sauce or mustard or whatever. Top whatever sweet, rich food you enjoy with that topping any time you wish to enjoy said sweet, rich food. This corrupted my memories of "this food was sweet and rich" with "Oh god, last time I did that it was terrible I nearly threw up". I don't drink alcohol, so I put some rum in my Dr. Pepper. Now I don't drink soda anymore. Ever tried chocolate icecream with mustard? The memory will have you avoiding chocolate icecream like your life depends on it. It took a bit of self control (actually taking a bite of mustard covered chocolate icecream was tough) but I have such bad memories of the things I used to crave that I no longer crave them. I know they're amazing by themselves but I can't bring myself to partake in them anymore.

Nadya 10y ago

>Of course this is personality dependent! For me, stuffing myself with sweet, rich food until I felt like I would burst is just one of the best most satisfying feelings ever... if I could just somehow reprogram the mental pathways there...... What worked for me: Find a flavor you absolutely hate. Be it some hot sauce or mustard or whatever. Top whatever sweet, rich food you enjoy with that topping any time you wish to enjoy said sweet, rich food. This corrupted my memories of "this food was sweet and rich" with "Oh god, last time I did that it was terrible I nearly threw up". I don't drink alcohol, so I put some rum in my Dr. Pepper. Now I don't drink soda anymore. Ever tried chocolate icecream with mustard? The memory will have you avoiding chocolate icecream like your life depends on it. It took a bit of self control (actually taking a bite of mustard covered chocolate icecream was tough) but I have such bad memories of the things I used to crave that I no longer crave them. I know they're amazing by themselves but I can't bring myself to partake in them anymore.