Many people overeat and can’t break free from their bad habits because the habits are serving a purpose. What we really want is to find more meaning and purpose in our lives which makes us feel happier. Research shows that we are not that good at figuring out what makes us happy. There are a lot of myths about happiness. So if you think that by losing weight or fulfilling any one “goal” you will be happy, think again. The real goal is to find a bigger meaning to what you want and focus on … [Read more...]
Obesity and Overeating; Why you have no willpower…
Here's what I have learned in the ten years of working with people who struggle with diet plans and are seeking healthy ways to lose weight. Although Kelly Brownell who wrote Food Fight is focusing on children who are certainly victims of the obesity epidemic, we are all prey to these insidious and dangerous phenomena of the addictive substances in processed food. What is going on? I think we have all been misled into believing and thinking that diet and exercise are the answer. … [Read more...]