When a new client comes into my office for weight loss counseling, I begin by asking two questions to assess motivation: How is your weight hurting you? How is your weight helping you? Most people can easily respond to the first question. Almost all are puzzled by the second. How could being overweight possibly be … Read More
Take a moment to see if you can name one occasion, gathering, celebration, or holiday that does not involve food in some fundamental way. Really try to think of one. Having trouble? I’m not surprised. We live in a food-centric culture: a society so obsessed with eating that we implicate this behavior in almost every … Read More
I’ll admit it. I talk to myself. You talk to yourself too. In fact, we are all constantly talking to ourselves as thoughts run through our mind all day. We are not even aware of all of the thoughts that arise, and that’s fine. It wouldn’t be adaptive to pay attention to all your thoughts … Read More
“Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” “Hunger hurts, but starving works.” “The difference between want and need is self-control.” “Without food I am beautiful. Without food I am perfect.” Welcome to the Pro-Ana movement, an underground cyberworld full of “thinspiration” –motivational tactics for extreme weight loss behaviors – targeting individuals in the depths of … Read More
“This will be the year!” you tell yourself. This will be the year that you finally start eating right, exercising, and losing those unwanted pounds for good. You concoct a detailed and somewhat elaborate plan, which includes cooking the majority of your meals at home, exercising daily at the local YMCA, and abstaining completely from … Read More
Myth: Muscle weighs more than fat Fact: One pound of muscle actually weighs the same as one pound of fat: they each weigh one pound! There are, however, two important differences between muscle tissue and fat tissue. For one, fat tissue is bulkier than muscle tissue, so it occupies more space under the skin. Thus, … Read More
Q: New diets are always popular because so many people want to lose weight. Why shouldn’t someone get too excited about a new kind of magical solution for getting the perfect body? A: Simply put, if some kind of magical solution for achieving the perfect body did exist, we would all have the perfect body. … Read More
A study that was published in the Oct. 27, 2011, edition of The New England Journal of Medicine (Sumithran, et al., 2011) found that one year after a completing a 10-week low-calorie weight loss program, dieters secreted more hunger-inducing hormones than they did before starting their diet. The authors of the 2011 study concluded that … Read More
Most of us have an intense fear of being uncomfortable. In fact, we are taught to fear discomfort from infancy. As babies, our expressions of discomfort are adaptive. They inform our caretakers when we need to be fed, changed, or put down for a nap. A baby’s scream is built to be heart-wrenching to surrounding … Read More
Why does the Structure House plan work for everyone? Despite having different tastes, attitudes toward food, background, and body types, people consistently make progress toward their goals while they are here participating in the program. There are many aspects of nutrition that can help, but two of the biggest contributors are two of the simplest, … Read More
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