I can assure you the more prevalent problem is EATING HABITS. That being said, genetics do play a substantial part in determining how your body stores and metabolizes food via the production or cessation of the hormone leptin.

As someone who has had issues with weight for pretty much my entire life, it has been personally experienced by me that your metabolism DOES in fact dictate how your body processes food. Case in point:

Before I lost weight, I ate a lot of little things throughout the day- totaling to about 1400 calories, while walking every other day for two miles. I wasn't trying to lose or gain weight, but I gained very very slowly, but steadily kept it on. When I did try to lose weight, for periods at a time involving eating my calories as healthy grains and lean protein and fruits and vegetables for months at a time, I stopped gaining but did not lose any weight.

I have insulin resistance, which essentially means my body releases insulin- a chemical used to stabilize and lower blood sugar- but my cells were completely resistant to it, so my sugar would remain elevated. This causes more fat storage- particularly around the stomach and hips. My wrists were incredibly thin, my legs were great looking, but my stomach was very obese.

In February, I had a severe problem keeping down food- every time I ate, it would come back up. Many thought I had bulimia, but that wasn't the case. 3 months (and negative 35 pounds later) I found out I had gallstones, and got my gallbladder removed. I now eat back to normal, a lot of veggies and lean meats with olive oil and some butter, but I've been rapidly dropping even more weight. It seems my essentially three month starvation period drastically altered the way my body processes and metabolizes food; my blood sugar levels are now normal, and the weight loss is now effortless.

It's like a little case study in and of myself. I've found that the diet I've adopted via my boyfriend and his family is ideal- we have fatty foods, like oils and butter and meats, but in moderation and with tons of vegetables. His parents are FANTASTIC cooks, and I feel satisfied. The trick is not to sacrifice fats for weight loss; rather, control the amount and TYPE of fats you eat, as well as your sugar intake. I am a firm believer that processed foods are terrible for the body- there's nothing wrong with having a Twinkie once in a while, but if more than half of the foods you eat are not prepared by you with base ingredients, then it's not healthy.
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