Asleep and Stuffing Food Into Your Mouth with No Memory of It
Weight loss is a struggle during the best of times, but there's a sleep disorder that works feverishly against your dieting.
The man battling to lose weight was reaching the point of frustration for himself and his physician, who told him, in no uncertain terms, "You've got to lose weight because your health is at risk if you don't."
During the day, the young man carefully monitored his meals, counted his calories, looked at how he could make substitutions for items, read menus with a vengeance, and prepared himself to hit the scale the following day.
The battle of the bulge for him had been going on since his early 20s, and he had seen experts in weight control who had put him in group therapy and provided individual therapy to explore why he didn't seem able to lose weight. The bottom line for him was that no one believed him.
No matter what he said or how carefully he monitored his food intake and maintained an exercise regimen, they all looked at him as though he were secretly sneaking high-calorie foods. If anyone looked at the calorie counters he kept during the day and perused the meals he claimed he had eaten that day and any soft drink he had had, they all concluded that he wasn't telling the truth.
