I have always admired Jennifer Aniston. She has that beautiful "girl next door" quality and such a beautiful body.
Turns out, she recently admitted in an interview that she does Intermittent Fasting, having black coffee for breakfast and following a 16:8 fasting schedule.
WTH!!
Everybody was always interested in WHAT she ate and I remember reading about what she ate and trying to emulate it. If I could only be OBSESSED with food and continually worry and fret and manage micro and macro content and measure it and weigh it and track it for only FOREVER, maybe I could be a normal weight. I was not even going for thin. Just NORMAL.
This was never sustainable because obesity is the result of a hormonal imbalance.
That is why less than 5% of people keep off significant weight loss, and why there will never, ever be a "Biggest Loser" reunion. They are all obese again because "eat less, move more" did not treat the root cause.
When a pregnant women feels compelled to eat clay (a condition called "pica") we don't look at her and say, "Put your MIND to it. Just DON'T eat clay!!" "OMG, you are so lazy, just try HARDER to not eat clay!!" "Just measure and weigh your clay and exercise more and you will be fine."
We understand her hormones are out of balance and that when they come back into balance, the cravings will stop.
Yet, when I felt compelled to eat beyond what my body needed, (a condition called obesity) society looked at me and said, "Put your MIND to it. Just DON'T eat fats/carbs/too much food!!" "OMG, you are so lazy, just try HARDER to not eat fats/carbs/too much food!!" "Just measure and weigh your fats/carbs/food and exercise more and you will be fine." "Calories in, Calories Out!!"
I finally understand that I can't "just put my MIND to it." I will never out wit, out "think", out maneuver, out exercise, out micro manage my hormones and a damaged microbiome.
I can only go forward one day, one eating window, one fast at a time and allow my body to heal and eventually, given time, healthy food and a moderate amount of exercise, my body will come to its normal weight that (as a bonus) I now know how to maintain.
Cheers!
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