Related to the above point: no matter how overweight you are, your body does not want you to lose weight. We don't understand a whole lot about how the human body works, but we do know this much. Your body, your hormones, and most certainly your metabolism, have no conception of the word "fat." Your body doesn't really recognize obesity as a thing it has to fight, like a cold. Your immune system doesn't suddenly kick in to suppress your appetite or up your metabolism once your BMI hits a certain threshold. As far as your body is concerned, a diet is a slow starving death. Losing weight is something that your body is primed to minimize and avoid, not to embrace wholeheartedly. This is why everyone who tries to lose any significant amount of weight will plateau, even if they're doing everything right. Which is a mind-boggling thing. Every day we're bombarded with messages from the media about how obesity is this fatty ninja of doom, killing thousands of people in their sleep every year. If losing weight is the healthy thing to do for our bodies, then why are they trying to sabotage our efforts? Because our bodies are evil.
After obtaining a BA in Philosophy and Creative Writing, Katherine spent two years and change teaching English in South Korea. Now she lives in Sweden and edits articles for Turkish science journals. When she isn't writing, editing, or working on her NaNo novel, Katherine enjoys video games, movies, and British television.
