After the December holiday season, with all the associated over-eating and over-consumption, it’s back to normal in January… Or is it? Most of us have put on weight and probably have some extra fat rolls that have mysteriously appeared, and which make fitting into the same size clothes just that little less comfortable….
So what’s the solution? Many of us rush to sign up to a dieting club or weight loss website, or start that exercise regime we’ve been avoiding. But after a few weeks, somehow the endless calorie counting and physical stuff just doesn’t seem to be doing the trick – the extra pounds are still there, stubbornly refusing to reduce, and that familiar feeling of dread creeps up every time we think of stepping on the scales.
The sad truth is that diets and dieting don’t work!
If diets worked, the majority of people would only need to diet ONCE in their lives – and most of us would be SLIM, not overweight.
Let’s look at diet plans, particularly the 600 calorie meal plan, and unpack them:
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So what really is the solution then?
Did you ever notice how eating in our society is closely linked to emotions and feelings?
- When we feel a little tired at work, it’s time to take a break and drink or eat something…
- When we’re feeling a little down, someone will think they’re doing good by making you a drink or meal to “cheer you up”…..
- When we feel good, we treat or reward ourselves with a meal or a snack (often involving chocolate)….
Unfortunately this has been responsible for scrambling the information between our bodies and our brains – we no longer eat when we’re really hungry or when we need certain nutrients, but we eat just because we want to, and to fit with various emotional states.
So it’s time to get the balance back.
The one and only weight loss secret is this: Be happy. Be truly happy with yourself, your family, your partner, your work, your life as a whole. Fix the things that make you unhappy, and not with food!
Once you have reconnected with you, you will be much more in tune with your body too. It’s then much more likely that you’ll eat only what and when you need, and you’ll slowly lose weight over time to reach your ideal weight in a few months.
This is not a process you can rush – it’s a new attitude to food – but the benefit of taking longer to lose weight is that your healthy eating habits become more ingrained in your eating psychology, and you’ll keep to your ideal weight forever!
Read Yael Cohen’s story of her dieting journey, and how she eventually learnt to love food and lose weight at the same time: My “No Diet” Diet.
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