Here I Go Again

I am a yo-yo dieter. Today I weigh 124.6 pounds. I have been in the process of figuring out why I keep gaining and losing and gaining and losing the same 8-10 pounds. I am not someone who had a weight issue as a child. If anything, I was always on the thin side of average. As a teen, I developed an overactive thyroid and lost weight. Back then (the 1970's) anorexia wasn't something I even knew about, but I looked as if I had anorexia. I didn't. It took many years to regain the weight. Ever since my first child was born, it's required 'effort' to lose weight. After she was born, my thyroid took a turn in the opposite direction and stopped working. I managed to lose the baby weight (down to 118 pounds) so that I could immediately get pregnant with baby number two (which I did, less than three months after my daughter was born).

I had baby #3 a little less than two years after my second child. That child is 16 years old now. And this weight lose/gain cycle is getting old, boring, depressing, discouraging, and frustrating. I can lose the weight. I've done it using many, many different methods. It's keeping it off that seems to be the problem. This time, a part of me won't even let me BEGIN the losing process unless and until I figure out the maintenance part. This is a story about my journey. Looking back on the last 16 years and looking at what's happening today. With insight, I hope resolve this weight loss and maintenance issue for good!