Long term weight loss

Kathyjs
on 7/26/17 11:07 am

I was very thin the first 21 years of my life. I simply ate my way to 287. I work hard to keep the weight off but wonder if it is easier for me because I wasn't an obese child?

Au_Contraire
on 7/26/17 12:06 pm

It probably is a little easier, though I know of no studies which back this up. I wasn't heavy as a kid, though I wasn't stick thin, either. I first gained weight when I was 19. Then by age 21 I had lost it and then some, and was very thin. I've bounced around a lot since then.

peachpie
on 7/26/17 12:08 pm - Philadelphia, PA
RNY on 04/28/15

?? You say it's hard work to keep the weight off, but think it may be some semblance of easier since you haven't faced a lifetime of obesity. Hard is hard, it maybe different. I often feel like I can't relate to those who haven't faced lifelong obesity-- but again; hard is hard.

Thats like someone with a family history of cancer saying thier battle is harder then one without a family history. It's still cancer and it still sucks.

5'6.5" High weight:337 Lowest weight:193/31 BMI: Goal: 195-205/31-32 BMI

Au_Contraire
on 7/26/17 12:16 pm

I definitely see your point!

SkinnyScientist
on 7/27/17 11:23 am

Well said

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013; 

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !  

Kathyjs
on 7/26/17 1:03 pm

I am 67 now and lost 100 and gained 110 MANY times, was just thinking is all.

peachpie
on 7/26/17 1:19 pm - Philadelphia, PA
RNY on 04/28/15

I've seen many say they were pro's at losing, stating just as you said-lost and gained substantial amounts over and over.

Not my experience- I had one major loss of about 60#, and slowly regained.

losing was hard, maintaining was never an effort then- cause I foolishly thought- once it's gone it's just gone.

5'6.5" High weight:337 Lowest weight:193/31 BMI: Goal: 195-205/31-32 BMI

ThatMeanOne
on 7/26/17 5:43 pm
VSG on 08/22/16

That's me. I am a pro at losing and I absolutely suck at maintaining.

Min the past I would always say that I am never going back - I think I was pretty ****y about it.

This time around I'm doing a ton more work on my head - and on remaining accountable.

When I quit smoking nine years ago I realized I can't ever touch a cigarette again - with eating that's a lot harder - but I am concentrating on making sure I hold tight to these new habits everyday.

And yes... hard is hard. I don't honestly think it's any easier to maintain a loss based on a lack of childhood obesity. Once you get there you are facing all the same struggles.

SkinnyScientist
on 7/27/17 11:24 am

"That's me. I am a pro at losing and I absolutely suck at maintaining."

-Hahaha! Me too!

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013; 

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !  

CC C.
on 7/27/17 1:08 pm

You're describing me minus the smoking!

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