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Man loses 27 pounds on Twinkies and snack cakes (and vegetables and vitamins, as well). He's a professor of nutrition, running a bit of an experiment to prove to his students that weight loss is, at its core, down to calories in vs. calories out.

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[tehkittykat]

Hey, you may be in that lucky 2% who can get a whole lot off and keep it off-- even if you aren't most people's weight setpoint is a range, not an exact figure, and many people can manage to get in and stay in the low end of their setpoint by doing the things you've been doing. Good luck on that-- it sounds like you'd be more comfortable in your low range. I'm also not saying that food security, access to proper foods, and getting regular movement to stop being considered a chore wouldn't be a good idea for everyone-- regular exercise and veggie intake are good things that should be spread around. I'm just saying that metabolism, metabolic issues, and weight loss/gain aren't as simplistic as a lot of people seem to think, and it's not helped by the fact that science in general REALLY hasn't put a whole lot into figuring out how it all works aside from setting food on fire and seeing what happens.

I will pass on that you might want to try and cut back the aspartame-containing beverages. I made the switch to diet soda several years ago for reasons similar to yours.. and I managed to develop a sensitivity to it that makes me nauseated whenever I have anything with the stuff in there. A little checking around told me that it's a pretty common sensitivity to develop. (I haven't heard anything terrible about sucralose sensitivity, though I know some people develop problems with other sugar alcohols. Haven't heard about stevia derivatives yet, but they're new on the market.)