window.document.getElementById(’post-122′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Ever have a sister-in-law, co-worker, or friend who has dropped several pounds and eagerly tells you all about it? You buy into her enthusiasm, join the class, purchase the meals, and three weeks later you feel like an utter failure. You know what to do, you saw her do it0you just couldn0t do it yourself. You can0t figure out how to lose weight like she did.
In dieting, as in life, there is not a one-size-fits-all diet plan. To know how to lose weight, you must first identify your personality type and work from your own strengths.
Which personality type are you?
When my dear husband and I are planning a vacation, I like to dream about all the possibilities. We could see the mountains in the summer or have another winter ski vacation. Hmmm, come to think of it, wouldn0t skiing in the Alps be great? But swimming in the tropics might be better. You can see right away that my personality type is conducive to dreaming.
But to actually go on vacation, you have to start narrowing it down, and I do, but not without throwing in a couple more options and certainly not without some grief over […]
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window.document.getElementById(’post-122′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;I used to joke with calorie-counting clients that, if they were 0out0 of calories, it was time for bed. They joked back that they really couldn0t imagine going to bed when the sun hadn0t set.
Increasingly though, I began to recognize that it was no joke. A very common problem for people trying to lose weight was late night eating. They just couldn0t seem to close down the kitchen, particularly when they weren0t getting enough sleep.
Finishing what should have been a perfectly satisfying dinner, they would find themselves, an hour or so later, succumbing to late night eating0poking around the cupboards in search of that one-more-thing that would finally gratify them.
It didn0t take a genius to hypothesize that if someone isn0t getting enough sleep, a logical reaction of the body would be to look for more fuel, hence late night eating. But fuel equals calories.
In spite of the resistance, I began to regularly and seriously suggest getting enough sleep, and even getting 0more sleep,0 as a prescription to those people who struggled with the issue of late night eating. That included me.
Well, apparently great minds do think alike. Orfeu Buxton, PhD, who is in […]
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window.document.getElementById(’post-122′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Quick weight loss diets are all a scam. They promise and deliver fast easy weight loss, but in an unhealthy way. Anyone can lose weight fast. We’ve all been there, done that. You are happy and walking on air, and feeling thin and great about yourself. You don’t care at that moment about how unhealthy or harmful this fast dieting can be to your body. But we all know the weight always comes back.It’s easy, but can you keep it off?People may feel great temporarily, but none of them keep the weight off. Just as easily as they lost the weight, people following easy weight loss plans, gain it back…fast!Gaining weight, specifically re-gaining weight lost while dieting, should be the focus of weight loss programs. Other things, like easy diet plans, are distracting and costly for all of us. There are so many of us overweight people who are disappointed, and discouraged because fad diets do not work.Why are easy dieting plans so attractive? There’s never a better feeling that losing 15 pounds and fitting into your skinny jeans? How about lasting healthy weight loss? To lose weight and keep […]
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