Dr. Ania Jastreboff

He may be living exactly where his brain wants him to be.

His brain wants him to carry a certain amount of fat.

That's where he is, and that's where he stays.

For you, you were working at trying to decrease your weight, to lose some of that fat.

And so let's say you were 15 pounds away from wherever you were going to be.

Your brain was trying to pull you back up in a great way that your brain, your brain's super smart.

It's like, uh-uh, you got to eat more, you got to eat more.

So it was manifesting that biology of not having enough to bring you back up to where it wanted you to be.

So the farther away you are from your enough point, the more food noise you are likely to have.

Thank you.

Yeah, that is such a great question.

So thank you.

Your story is incredible.

You have persevered.

You've tried all sorts of different treatments for your obesity throughout your entire life.

You developed obesity at a very young age.

For people who develop obesity at a very young age, so less than five years old, there's likely more of a genetic component

So I don't know, obviously, your history and your medical history and everything, but likely there's a stronger genetic component for you than for other people.

There are many patients who require bariatric surgery and then medications afterwards.

So around 12 to 18 months after bariatric surgery, we can start to see some weight regain.