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Great post! Can't wait for more to come. I love reading your contributions as it help to stay focused after having lost 40 kilos over 13 months. Now the challenge is to keep it sustainable. Tips and information like above certainly helps

I have a weight problem. I have tried and tried to eat right and work out. I've struggled with my weight since puberty. I don't really believe in the eat less and move more approach. I didn't work for me. I've recently started taking diet pills and if those make a difference I will stick with those. It seems stupid, but I reall really struggle to lose wight. When I was doing my best I cut out all simple carbs and worked out 4x week 2 hours a day and nothing happened. I was hungry all the time, but saw no results. I've tried a lot of different things to lose wight and nothing seems to be working. I also am female and tend to crave sweets, but I try to only have a small peice of chocolat. I LOVE dark chocolate, but only eat a little. I don't drink pop, coffee, tea, alcohol or milk. I usually only have water and eat protien, healthy fat and complex carb (fruit or veggie) with all my meals and snacks, but nothing works for me. Any tips, advice or answers?

Well my problem is sugar and fast food. I'm on the go a lot so its hard for me 2 eat a healthy meal. I'm working on toning my stomach but I know the reason I'm not seeing any results is because of the food I'm consuming. Hw would I avoid eating a lot of sugar and fast food. Because I'm not sure when and how 2 start.

For emotional eaters especially, addiction to food does not go away, much like recovered drug addicts and alcoholics will always be at risk for falling off the wagon no matter how long they have been clean. When breaking sugar addiction, I did enlist the help of the amino acid L- glutamine and the herb gymnemna sylvestare. They didn't do all the work, but helped. I tried rhodiola rosea, btw, and I found it caused some mood swings and acne, though I have heard it works great for others (and is amazing in my skin cream). In order to maintain a sugar free life, I avoid my triggers, meaning I shop at farmers markets in order to avoid the bakery aisle, I never order dessert, and I don't fall into the "just one bite" trap because that doesn't work for me. I tried baking faux brownies and cakes with xylitol, but it made me want the real thing too much, so I gave that up too. Just like with fat and salt, I've learned to think differently about the taste of food.
Anyway it's hard for me, but those are just things that have been working for me.

Hey Doug, I just wanted to drop a note to thank you for all the posts you make on mindfulness and how that effects weight gain/loss. You can eat all the right things, but still be doing it wrong. I don't keep bad foods in my house, rarely "cheat," but overeat ALL the time from stress, loneliness, boredom, you name it. I know it's happening, but it's a hard cycle to stop. As a result, even though I train hard (crossfit) 5x a week, I'm perpetually 10-15 lbs overweight. (I'm 5'2"). I have the tools there to make it right, but it's a difficult road. Thanks for recognizing that health is not just about what we eat, or what we burn, but how and why we eat, too. While I have all the trappings of a healthy lifestyle, I think we can agree binge eating is not!

hi am 22 yrs old female, and am 1.58 cm tall and my weight is 43 kg is it ok or should i gain more weight ? am afraid that i will look different , the heaviest weight i have ever gain all my life is 45 so i don't know how my body will look like if i gain more weight so is it ok to stay the way i am right now ?????????

Great post, Doug. My personal favorite techniques for avoiding junk food throughout the day are to:
1) Keep busy, so that my mind stays away from it
and
2) Plan what to eat ahead of time, so that I know that the next thing I eat will be helpful and not detrminetal to me.

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i'm 17 & weight about 72 &5.3 in hight i just want 2 reduce as sooon as possible so what 2 do & i'm female.

I'm a whole foods eater 90% of my weekly food intake, I allow myself those few snacks that aren't typically the best choice but again nothing terrible, I have noticed that usually 2 weeks prior to my menstrual cycle that all my good habits go out the window, despite the fact that I am excellent at eating healthfully when not 10-14 days out from my period. I really think that more studies need to be done for our sake, to develop supplements for women that are whole and safe, effective that we can take that will help with our hormonal swings, I'm not a binge eater until prior to my cycle and I think that it affects more woman than will admit. I just recently started taking extra calcium, magnesium, a small amount of B6 and evening primrose oil, because these things have been touted to help and I refuse to take BCP's and antianxiety/depressants to treat something I'm going to be ailed with my whole reproductive aged life because of the long term effects they have. Not only does my eating become affected, but I'm a marathon runner and very high energy, but there are days during this time that I have to force myself to do anything at all, even just walking to go grocery shopping. But I totally agree, cognitive behavior regulation is key for not letting the swings get totally out of control, raising toddlers eliminating stress is almost impossible hahah.. But I really enjoyed the read and think these things are great common sense goals to achieve prior to a weight loss program itself so all that hardwork and dedication doesn't go to waste with rebounds. Thanks!