to be pissed off that losing weight is easy

[mercifulTehlu]

when you have no choice? Not a stealth boast. I have, like many people, spent years and years of my life tinkering with my diet, trying to lose weight. Slogged away at different kinds of fitness regime. Lost weight sometimes but always put some back on. Fed up with my willpower being so crap.
Then 3 weeks ago I had a massive and excruciatingly painful attack of what turned out to be gallstones. 3 weeks on a strict low fat diet and the weight is falling off me. My clothes feel like tents. 3 weeks! That's all it has taken for me to be the slimmest I've been in years. And with virtually no exercise.
I don't know why it's making me so cross really. I know IABU really. It just seems ridiculous that we are all in thrall to the whims of the massively lucrative diet industry and spend our time beating ourselves up about it, when it's actually so simple. Why is it so hard to actually lose weight when you really want to? As soon as they whip my gallbladder out, I expect the weight will start going back on again .
I'm probably just stroppy because I'm thinking about all the Christmas food I'll have to watch everyone else eating.

[donajimena]

I could say the same about stopping smoking and drinking alcohol. I quit both at the same time.
After years and years of trying to stop both. Hypnotherapy, patches you name it I tried it.
I'm really annoyed that I didn't do it sooner
Something clicked this time and I have had no major health scare. I'm baffled.

[mercifulTehlu]

blobbityblob and walkinginmercury, I seem to be able to prevent further attacks (so far!) through diet. I wouldn't want to do it long-term as it's bloody tedious and inconvenient, and I actually don't want to keep losing weight at this speed (never thought I'd say that ). But it's certainly worth it in the short term to avoid the pain.

[mercifulTehlu]

Oh and walkinginmercury - apparently yo-yo dieting, overly fast weightloss, as well as fatty food, can cause gallstones!

[blobbityblob]

I think I go through phases of eating low fat then go back to bad habits again. But this year's been the worst I've had healthwise so it might be the year I change for good. I'm about 3 stone overweight, which could be lost in maybe six months if I put my mind to it. What usually happens is I do well in january and february then maintain it for a few months. But by october I'm gaining again and end up back to square one after christmas. So yes it could well be the yoyo dieting causing mine, if it is gallstones. It's not too bad at the moment but there's always some pain. I think it does go down some when I get so nauseous all I can eat is rice and vegetables. It's the lack of energy I find really hard.

[YeOldeTrout]

This happened to my grandmother. A lifetime of grumbling about her weight, and in the last 5 yrs she struggled to keep weight on. Be careful what you wish for.