I ate low-glycemic for 3 years. I lost 55 lbs. the first year and kept it off. But my life became a pressure cooker of stress (for unrelated reasons) and I fell off the wagon. I cheated for a couple days and when I went back to eating the way I had for maintenance, it was too late. My metabolism had shifted. That was back in 2004. I tried many times to get back to low-glycemic eating but I wasn't getting the results I had gotten before and it was hard for me to give up the foods I liked without the results to reward me for that.

Now I'm at a new all-time high for weight. I feel miserable. Not only health-wise, but self-image-wise. Is there anyone else in this tribe that's had a problem like this and managed to get past it? I'm 42 and it's harder with each passing year to get my metabolism to be anything but glacial.