Weight range?

Trianna said:

The conversation Ignoramus, Roger, revek, Luna, and various other
people were having about the prison experiment in which only a minority
of the prisoners trying their hardest to gain weight could do so beyond
a certain point was really thought-provoking for me.

Since my adolescence, my weight has varied by more than 100
pounds--from 120-something to 240 or so--at my current 5'9".

However, in the 10 years since I turned 30, my weight hasn't changed
very much at all--when I was 30, after a solid decade of eating
whatever I wanted, drinking more alcohol than was probably good for me,
and getting next to no exercise, I weighed 240 and wore a size 18.

I didn't feel healthy or comfortable at that weight, which inspired me
to join a gym and start eating low-fat, low-calorie. I wasn't crazy
about that eating style, but it did help me get down to a relatively
fit size 14 (I don't ordinarily weigh myself, because I associate
weighing myself with the adolescent eating disorder that took me down
to 120, a really unhealthy weight for me). Then, a stressful job which
involved lots of business lunches, business dinners, and eggplant
parmesan subs eaten at my desk (with a concomitant lack of exercise)
sent me up to a flabby size 16.

Then I discovered low-carb, and now I am a pretty solid, fit size 12.
I have the feeling that if I ate whatever I wanted, every meal, every
day, and gave up on exercise completely, I wouldn't be likely to go
higher than a size 18.

I love to eat; I love to cook; I love lots of calorie-dense foods, like
pate, chocolates, rich sauces, etc., etc., etc. But I also can't keep
eating after I'm full, or my stomach hurts.

Am I the only person here who got much heavier than he/she wanted to be
while still having a fully-functioning "satiety setting"? Because that
discussion made me think that I am probably very unusual for someone
with a lifetime of struggling with weight issues in never having had a
"binge" that I can remember.

T.

For a while, I used to believe that I had a functioning "satiety
setting". That I ate pretty healthy with green salads, meat and carbs.

Later, after good Atkins results (including lots of exercise) and a 50
pound loss, I finally came to understand that my "satiety setting" isn't
very good.

The food choices are still good, but I have too much of it. No matter
how much I put on the dinner tray, it all gets eaten. I don't have an
internal functioning system that helps me say "NO, NO more food."

Congratulations on your progress.

Your use of size as a measure of success seems good. I am shooting for a
size 34 waist, rather than a weight.

Trianna wrote:
:: The conversation Ignoramus, Roger, revek, Luna, and various other
:: people were having about the prison experiment in which only a
:: minority of the prisoners trying their hardest to gain weight could
:: do so beyond a certain point was really thought-provoking for me.
::
:: Since my adolescence, my weight has varied by more than 100
:: pounds--from 120-something to 240 or so--at my current 5'9".
::
:: However, in the 10 years since I turned 30, my weight hasn't changed
:: very much at all--when I was 30, after a solid decade of eating
:: whatever I wanted, drinking more alcohol than was probably good for
:: me, and getting next to no exercise, I weighed 240 and wore a size
:: 18.
::
:: I didn't feel healthy or comfortable at that weight, which inspired
:: me to join a gym and start eating low-fat, low-calorie. I wasn't
:: crazy about that eating style, but it did help me get down to a
:: relatively fit size 14 (I don't ordinarily weigh myself, because I
:: associate weighing myself with the adolescent eating disorder that
:: took me down to 120, a really unhealthy weight for me). Then, a
:: stressful job which involved lots of business lunches, business
:: dinners, and eggplant parmesan subs eaten at my desk (with a
:: concomitant lack of exercise) sent me up to a flabby size 16.
::
:: Then I discovered low-carb, and now I am a pretty solid, fit size 12.
:: I have the feeling that if I ate whatever I wanted, every meal, every
:: day, and gave up on exercise completely, I wouldn't be likely to go
:: higher than a size 18.
::
:: I love to eat; I love to cook; I love lots of calorie-dense foods,
:: like pate, chocolates, rich sauces, etc., etc., etc. But I also
:: can't keep eating after I'm full, or my stomach hurts.

What do you mean by full? I generally stop eating when I'm full, too. (not
in pain) But, I find that eating until I'm full is eating too much!!! I
don't need to eat until I feel any pressure at all in my stomach. I need to
quit eating once I'm not longer hungry, but not full.

I think this is hard to discuss in general because we have no way of knowing
if we all mean the same thing when using the same words.

::
:: Am I the only person here who got much heavier than he/she wanted to
:: be while still having a fully-functioning "satiety setting"?
:: Because that discussion made me think that I am probably very
:: unusual for someone with a lifetime of struggling with weight issues
:: in never having had a "binge" that I can remember.

What is a binge? Is that eating until you hurt in some out-of-control
fashion? Or is that eating so much and/or often that you're always feeling
stuffed or never even the slightest bit hungry? I rarely have eaten to the
point of being in pain...but I have eaten so much/frequently that I was full
feeling all the time, throughout the day and evening, without a clue what
the meaning of hunger was. Even on a high-carb diet, I was rarely
hungry...but yet, I wanted to eat, eat, eat. Others here say they would be
hungry soon after eating, but for me it was never hunger, but yet there was
a desire to eat - even with a stuffed gut. I secretly think that what others
call hunger I call a desire to eat.

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:22:01 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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Quoted message said:

What do you mean by full? I generally stop eating when I'm full, too. (not
in pain) But, I find that eating until I'm full is eating too much!!! I
don't need to eat until I feel any pressure at all in my stomach. I need to
quit eating once I'm not longer hungry, but not full.

I agree. Eating too much, even of low carb foods puts an uncomfortable
strain on the stomach. I have grown to dislike that feeling very
much.

Quoted message said:

I think this is hard to discuss in general because we have no way of knowing
if we all mean the same thing when using the same words.

True.

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"Trianna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > Am I the only
person here who got much heavier than he/she wanted to be

Quoted message said:

while still having a fully-functioning "satiety setting"? Because that
discussion made me think that I am probably very unusual for someone
with a lifetime of struggling with weight issues in never having had a
"binge" that I can remember.

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If you check my website you will see I was always thin to average. I gained
80's lbs in less than 2 years when I was bedridden with a foot problem. At
the same time, by coincidence, my thyroid stopped working. I was about 54
at the time. My normal adult weight varied from 115 to 125 until this
Fasciitis and hypothyroidism struck. Some of us gained abnormal weight not
because we had defective "satiety settings" but because of other health
problems. I am now still struggling to get that 80 lbs off.... :-( I
doubt I will ever see 125 lbs again.
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Wysong
Age 60. Height 5'6"
Starting date: 1/8/05
171/ 165 / 140 lb
Starting date LC 7/01 at 207lbs
Stopped losing on LC 11/01 at 165lbs
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Quoted message said:

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:22:01 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

I agree. Eating too much, even of low carb foods puts an uncomfortable
strain on the stomach. I have grown to dislike that feeling very
much.

Who let you back in?