{"id":27394,"date":"2010-08-14T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=27394"},"modified":"2011-10-17T23:08:35","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T04:08:35","slug":"the-never-ending-story-of-my-weight-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/the-never-ending-story-of-my-weight-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Never-Ending Story of My Weight Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Susan Wenner Jackson is a 33-year-old mother of two, living with her husband in Cincinnati, Ohio. She blogs at WorkingMomsAgainstGuilt.com<\/a> and runs her own writing and social media business.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 33 years, I’ve learned a few things about losing, gaining and maintaining weight<\/a>. For people like me who have “what doctors call a little bit of a weight problem” (as Chris Farley put it in Tommy Boy), the struggle never ends. It may get easier for a while, or harder as the years go by. It may even go into hiding for a brief time \u2013 just long enough to lull you into a false sense of security that you’re finally free! Obesity will never trouble you again!<\/p>\n

And theeeeen, you\u2019re right back where you started on the scale \u2013 or worse, heavier than where you started \u2013 and wondering if you\u2019ll ever get the upper hand again.<\/p>\n

Currently, I\u2019m staring down a huge mountain made of the 80 pounds of fat I desperately want to be rid of. Two years ago at this time, I was on top of the world with a 60-pound loss that made me look and feel like Queen Skinny Mama (hear her roar). And prior to that, I\u2019d experienced numerous ups and downs with my weight.<\/p>\n

Every time I’ve achieved significant weight loss<\/a> in the past, I fell into the same trap of feeling like I’d “arrived.” With my guard down, old habits quickly took over the healthy ones that helped me slim down. And even as I knew I was gaining (pants that refuse to button or zip are always the first to tell), I felt powerless to stop. Until one day, something happened and I realized with a sigh, “Here we go again. Time to lose some weight.”<\/p>\n

I wish I could say this time will be different. I’m doing all the right things: tracking my food<\/a> (by now, I know exactly what I should be eating), working out at a gym with a trainer (this is a new one), and seeking support from friends and family who are on my side. But I also have to accept that this battle with weight won’t be over when I hit my goal. It’s a lifelong journey for me and my fat, and I\u2019ve got to live with it.<\/p>\n

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