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5 Things I Have Learned (and Continue to learn) the Hard Way About Weight Loss

Back in the fall of 2008, after battling weight issues for 17 years, something just clicked in my brain. I don't understand why it clicked, all I know is that when I look back on my weight loss journey during the next couple of years things were different.  It might have had something to do with my gall bladder being removed and being told I had a fatty liver. But, even with that, the doctor wasn't worried; he just told me to lose weight, and do it slowly. Why would that have been a catalyst for change? I'm not really sure but it started a chain reaction with me.  For some reason my thinking changed and I started to believe in myself. I got down to a really great weight. For the first time in a long time I was happy with me. My body was healthy, I was active, and I didn't dread getting dressed in the morning. Then, at some point in the latter end of 2010 stress hit.  Well, let's be honest, it hit in all of 2010. My 18 year old daughter fell in love and got married...