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I lost when I stopped fighting. I am over 50 and have maintained 100+ lb weight change since about October 2016

http://downhaul.com/lowcarb/daily.txt

Instead of "Ug, 50" or "Yeah, 50!" I'm learning to feel, "hmmm, 50, interesting"

And "fighting carbs" is like fighting to stay young. There is nothing to fight. We are born, grow old, fall sick and eventually die. Spending energy fighting against a riptide you don't get to enjoy the view as you are struggling against it back to the the beach. If you stop swimming and let it carry you out you will find calm and another way back to the beach that's an easier swim.

For me low carb eating is the path to the easier swim back and I get to enjoy the "ride of life" and am curiously relaxed about things as they come up and go away, good and bad.

For me it's about eating certain way for the sake of itself and the results it seems to produce. It's not transactional, it's transformational.

I wish you well