I've been battling fat most of my life it seems. I remember my mom saying "Give it to your brother it will look better on his hips then yours"
I knew the calorie count on everything I ate by the time I was 12! I wasn't fat but most of my relatives were on both sides.
I guess my mom helped because I didn't start gaining till I had my first kid. But I was able to lose it most of it. I never really lost the 30 pounds I gained from kid #2. Then I gained another 65 pounds when I had 2 strokes (I was only 32 at the time) and was on medication for 2 years (Prednisone and Cytoxan).
It's been 3 years since my strokes and I have come to the point where now that I'm not at deaths door I cannot stand all the extra weight!
I'm also afraid of another stroke or diabetes.
I've tried Slim-fast and went from 265 to 230. But I've been gaining and losing the same 5 pounds for about 4 months now. I read Sugar Busters and it makes sense.