Quote Originally Posted by Starfish View Post
I admit I was ASTOUNDED that I could work up to exercising, pretty hard, for 12-13 hours/week, included a ton of climbing & lactate threshold work, without losing a single pound...in fact, gaining weight through compulsive eating.
Me too! I really ramped up my cycling this summer and managed to gain weight at an alarming pace. And before anyone makes the suggestion....there is no way that I gained 10 lbs of muscle. It's fat. I ate too much. Cycling was my excuse. Anyway...

There are some really well written and insightful posts here lately! Thanks to all who have contributed, it's really inspiring to me.

And for my update: I have to say that my new mindset really seems to be working for me. I've spent the last week trying to undo all the 'learning' I did over the past 10 years of weight struggles and I'm absolutely making progress. Yesterday I weighed in 2 lbs lighter than the previous Tuesday and that's pretty amazing considering that I baked over 40 dozen cookies this past weekend (and sampled all of them!). While I know I have some real challenges ahead of me, I do feel like I've turned a corner (so to speak). It's less about the food, and more about how I view both the food and myself and my journey. I won't make 10 lbs down by Christmas, but I am absolutely starting down the right path to be at least 10 lbs down by my 40th birthday in Feburary.