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[kyburg]

Is this life in the States today or what?

EDIT: I should clarify that a bit. Right now, there's no happy medium on weight. You're screwed either way. And everyone is on a diet. Everyone. Whether it makes good sense or not.

And I'll go on the record. I think Atkins, while not overtly dangerous (any more than any other extreme dieting method, including starvation), is dumb. I think more people lose weight on that diet once they get tired of shoveling grease down their throats and stop eating altogether.

Eat less, exercise more. Repeat daily.

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[musicalchaos.livejournal.com]

Or we could all try my favorite diet which is (as my sister put it since she and I suffer the same thing for similar reasons) "The tears, nausea, and insomnia diet"... Oh, it works... Just go out and find someone to throw you for and emotional loop and WHEE! Watch the pounds just melt away! I'm already down to 250 and extremely unhappy about that development. My size has always been an integral part of my self-perception and losing this much weight makes me very uncomfortable because I start feeling... unhealthy. Proof is in the pudding I suppose.. my blood pressure has been sky high despite taking my meds. *grumps about health in general*

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

You and my friend juan70x should sit down and talk. He understands - oh, he does. You two would really enjoy each other, I think.

I can understand the feeling - most of my life has been a struggle to keep weight on, and now that "training" is beginning to backfire. Being "big" is not healthy - it's what you're used to. And while you don't have to be a runway model to be in a good place, being so big you can see changes in your health status directly related to it - that's too big.

BTW, I had trouble keeping weight on for the same reason you've lost so much - anxiety and depression. It sucks. Hope things improve for you soon!

[musicalchaos.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah, I know being as large as I have been hasn't been the best for my health, but when I'm losing this much weight and not seeing any noticable improvements to my health I generally start to get worried. In particular, when I notice that I spend even more time absolutely exhausted, asleep, or generally lazing about from a lack of energy.
Thanks for the well wishes though, things are bound to improve once I actually bother to learn my lesson, of that I have no doubt. *heh*