I don't know how I stumbled across this (I know I'm supposed to be working), but I had to scroll up and check the author's name more than once to check that I didn't write this myself . My last bout with Ana was 15 years (and a long inpatient stay) ago. That means I'm all better, right? Slap a shiny bow on my ass and consider me RECOVERED. Then came surgical menopause and a me I didn't recognize - or particularly care for- and I'm up all hours Googling "weight loss meds" to skirt a pesky insurance company and stubborn doctor who won't play ball with my long suppressed Ed habits. I have nothing helpful to contribute. I'm just grateful to feel a little less alone.
This is so interesting. My eating 'condition' is Type 1 diabetes. I see food as fuel more than anything else and am frustrated at how the rules keep changing as my body changes. The most seismic shift was surgical menopause 10 years ago when I started gaining around 1 kg per month with no change in diet. After much research I discovered LCHF and managed to reverse that gain with 1kg per month, and continued to lose weight to almost school-days weight (12 kgs). I found LCHF very restrictive so allowed some carbs to creep back in. 5 years of being slim and the weight slowly started creeping back on. I don't care about how I look so much but I do care about my overall health and fitness, and my weight is a part of that. I've tried to go back to LCHF a couple of times but I didn't lose any weight at all. I started exercising more but still no impact. So I reluctantly accepted this weight and gave all my small clothes to charity. Reading this has erased the mild resentment I was hanging on to, I'm at me set point and that's fine.
I don't know how I stumbled across this (I know I'm supposed to be working), but I had to scroll up and check the author's name more than once to check that I didn't write this myself . My last bout with Ana was 15 years (and a long inpatient stay) ago. That means I'm all better, right? Slap a shiny bow on my ass and consider me RECOVERED. Then came surgical menopause and a me I didn't recognize - or particularly care for- and I'm up all hours Googling "weight loss meds" to skirt a pesky insurance company and stubborn doctor who won't play ball with my long suppressed Ed habits. I have nothing helpful to contribute. I'm just grateful to feel a little less alone.
Hi, Jen. Thank you for reading, and I’m so glad we connected 🖤 I hear you!
This is so interesting. My eating 'condition' is Type 1 diabetes. I see food as fuel more than anything else and am frustrated at how the rules keep changing as my body changes. The most seismic shift was surgical menopause 10 years ago when I started gaining around 1 kg per month with no change in diet. After much research I discovered LCHF and managed to reverse that gain with 1kg per month, and continued to lose weight to almost school-days weight (12 kgs). I found LCHF very restrictive so allowed some carbs to creep back in. 5 years of being slim and the weight slowly started creeping back on. I don't care about how I look so much but I do care about my overall health and fitness, and my weight is a part of that. I've tried to go back to LCHF a couple of times but I didn't lose any weight at all. I started exercising more but still no impact. So I reluctantly accepted this weight and gave all my small clothes to charity. Reading this has erased the mild resentment I was hanging on to, I'm at me set point and that's fine.
Thank you for reading and sharing your story, Clair. I’m so glad set point theory feels liberating to you, too.