People look at me today and tell me that they find it hard to believe that I ever had  weight problem.  But I did. I'm the one on the left (see photo right, circa 1998).  

 

It doesn't help that everyone else in the picture is skinny.

 

For decades, over thirty years as a matter of fact, I struggled with weight that - in the words of my mother-in-law - went up and down like a toilet seat.

 

 

If you are - as I am -  one of those people with a  genetic predisposition to easily gain weight - and who also finds it 'hard to lose' - then you may be caught in the grip of fear over eating what we all have come to fondly call " comfort foods":  whole grains, potatoes, bread, and pasta. You may have cultivated - as I did -  the habit of cutting back on the 'carbs' to get a grip on your weight 'problem'.

 

This fear - resulting in the restriction of healthy carbohydrate foods may - and quite likely has - run deeper than you ever realized.  It may also be contributing to your weight problem in a manner you least suspect.  

Eat, move, be!

 

P.P.S. This weekend I will be presenting and signing books at the Plant-Powered Fitness Expo in Oakland, California.  If you are going to be there, promise you'll say hi!