Valentine’s Day 2011 was a memorable day. I stepped on the scale and couldn’t stifle a “Woo-hoo!” as I saw my goal weight appear. I had finally lost the 70 pounds I carried for 13 years since pregnancy and the beginning of thyroid issues.  Losing the weight was hard, but tougher still has been the struggle to maintain my goal weight as I no longer have a sense of satiety after eating.

Why? How does one lose the ability to feel satisfaction or fullness after a meal? That question has driven me toward research into obesity and appetite. The birth of this blog reflects my desire to organize and simplify this information. I hope you, the reader, might find it interesting and your comments might spark new ideas and insight, but I am not writing to give medical advice. This is simply my search toward restoring my own sense of satiety.

A few events coincided around my loss of satiety three, long years ago: reaching goal weight using HCG hormone, having a gallbladder attack (or so my doctor said), and following a clean diet to be symptom-free from my Fructose Malabsorption (or possibly mild Hereditary Fructose Intolerance according to my genetic profile.) Are these events significant individually or collectively? I have no idea, but they have been my springboard into the large pool of research on appetite.