Processed foods-created in Labs are designed to create chemical changes in human brains. These chemicals throw a monkey wrench into the parts of the brain that regulate hunger hormones and it tickles the parts that create the “addiction” chemicals. Which is why you can’t eat just a few Cheetohs or Doritos or stay out of the McDonald’s drive-thru.
Because these are manufactured foods and not natural foods, our bodies don’t know how to process the chemicals and additives. This “junk” becomes fat. We become addicted to the junk food (junk meaning it adds no nutritional value to our bodies).
Once someone cleans up their diets-eliminates all of the processed foods-including processed sugars & gluten, their body will begin to heal itself. This process takes quite a while. Eating foods that are grown/produced naturally instead of in a factory are much healthier.
I’m not saying that people are going to lose tons of weight. I DID NOT. Probably because I’m a lifetime dieter and my metabolism is ruined-along with some other health issues beyond my control.
HOWEVER, MANY of my body aches & digestive problems DID improve.
I had an INCREDIBLE Endocrinologist/GP who I used to see 3–4 time a year. She treated me for Hypo-thyroidism (under active thyroid) and treated me for Obesity.
My family-both mother’s and father’s sides -are BIG people. Body frames are large and on both sides, there are certain areas where women carry a lot of weight. On Mom’s side: women in their hips & thighs. On Dad’s side: women carried weight in their behinds, thighs & large breasts. Men-in their mid-section. I inherited the behind, hips & thighs from both (I’m probably average in the breast area).
She told me that Body shape is genetic and where weight is carried is also genetic. She told me I would NEVER weigh less than 160 lbs bc my body frame/shape genetically wouldn’t allow that to happen. It would fight me tooth and nail. She told me that my goal weight should be between 180 & 190 (I’m 5'4 1/2–5'5" tall -depending on who measures me). Anything lower than that would be too difficult to maintain and I would look horrible.
She was right. I got down to 160 and I looked like The Walking Dead. My eyes were sunken in. My skin was sallow. There wasn’t anything about me that looked remotely healthy.
When I first began seeing her, I weight 290 lbs. My blood pressure was normal. All of my blood work was normal. My heart was healthy. I was a very healthy morbidly obese 30ish woman. Almost all of my life, I’ve been on the “thick” side and never had ANY issues with BP/Heart/blood work.
I didn’t feel healthy bc of my weight. I had 3 young children that I wanted to be able to keep up with. She and I worked as a team to figure out what I needed to do-medically and out in the real world-to try and get some of the weight off. I’ve lost and gained thousands of pounds. Even under her care.
I think that everyone’s journeys with their weight are the same and different. Stress plays a HUGE part of weight gain AND weight loss. Body shaming is something that should ABSOLUTELY stop immediately. That means passing judgement on ANY BODY-no matter what the size, shape, gender, etc. We have enough sh*t to worry about without being bullied for one more damn thing. Personally, I ignore people; I don’t give a rat’s @$$ what anyone else thinks. I realize that other’s can’t dismiss comments or ignorance that easily.
Recently, I decided it was time to take permanent steps to end the yo-yo dieting and had Gastric Sleeve surgery. NOT bc I need to meet Society’s standards of “THIN”. B
Because of my own health issues-that have nothing to do with heart, diabetes or any other “Obese related” medical conditions-and medications, peri-menopausal, female over age of 50 and a medical condition that slows metabolism by 25% -all strikes against me are my reasons. I was gaining weight at the rate of 10–20 lbs per year and if it kept going at that rate, I would have weight 600 lbs by the time I was 60.
I have to be aware of everything I put into my mouth and plan ahead. Its a lot of work and this is how I will live the rest of my life. I’m not immune to weight gain-even though I’ve surgically altered my body.
Because I’ve been Your Fat Friend and Your Skinny Friend and the one in between, I have experienced all of this-except the part about leaving a ‘puddle of sweat’. I’ve seen thin/not so fat people do the same so its not just a FAT Person thing.
Accept and love yourself. You’re beautiful. Be Proud; Be Strong. Food Addiction IS a thing. If you think you need treatment-seek out a professional. Don’t pay a club to lose weight. Don’t lose weight if you don’t want to. Be YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF. ❤
That’s my story & I’m sticking to it.
All of my Aloha to you-my Fat Friend. Love & peace to you! ❤