Chris Kresser’s recent podcast — Why It’s So Hard To Lose Weight – And Keep It Off — is a must-listen! A highlight (emphasis mine): Anybody who says obesity is as simple as, you know, too much fat or too much carbohydrate or something like that is either misinformed or is intentionally misleading you. It’s [...]
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Chris Kresser: Why It’s So Hard To Lose Weight – And Keep It Off
Posted in Weight loss on January 25, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Dr. Oz is flabbergasted!
Posted in HAES, Obesity, Weight loss on December 4, 2011 | 9 Comments »
The above is Dr. Oz’s reaction after hearing from his guest, Dr. Glenn Gaesser, that “as carbohydrate intake goes up, body weights goes down” (Can You Be Fat & Fit? 3:30, part 2). Seeing that expression was well worth the watch ;). I love that Dr. Gaesser was on the show talking about obesity as [...]
One down, one to go
Posted in Weight loss on November 26, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Thank you Martin Berkhan! I have tested your Cheat Day Strategies For A Hedonist during two vacations, one conference, and Thanksgiving, and I am giving it two big thumbs up! My Thanksgiving indulgences included two small glasses of wine, some homemade cranberry sauce (my mom’s recipe), a tiny slice of apple pie, and a date [...]
Ho-ho-holidays!
Posted in Weight loss on November 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
While I’ve written that I believe that most “emotional” eating is really physiological, it’s certainly true that emotions play a part in triggering desires to overeat. If you’re like me, the holiday season can be a “code red” time for overeating. So with a little under three weeks to Thanksgiving, now’s the time to come [...]
Michelle goes on a diet
Posted in HAES, Weight loss on October 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Nice counterpoint to the ‘disturbing‘ “Maggie goes on a diet.”
All or nothing?
Posted in Food addiction, Weight loss on September 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
One of the posts in my queue has been my take on the concept of food addiction. This is not that post. But I saw this in my reader yesterday and just wanted to tease up a bit of the subject. Emily Boller writes, re “cheating” vs following diets 100%: It’s much easier and simpler [...]
HAES & weight loss: mutually exclusive?
Posted in HAES, Weight loss on September 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Like Debra, I go back and forth with my thoughts about HAES and size acceptance, reconciling those with my efforts at weight loss (in her case, weight loss maintenance). Sometimes it’s harder than other times. Case in point: this recent post from the official HAES blog. I’ve got very little issue with the article itself [...]
Today’s annoying study
Posted in Weight loss on September 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Smart move on Weight Watcher’s part. Fund a weight loss study (free; login required) where your only competition is “standard treatment in primary care” and you get your name plastered all over the place with headlines like “Dieters lose more on Weight Watchers than visits to doctor. Well, like that’s a high bar huh? Since [...]
About willpower
Posted in Food addiction, Weight loss on September 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m a Steven Pinker fan, so was happy to read his recent review of the book Willpower for the NY Times. A few highlights (emphasis mine): What is this mysterious thing called self-control? When we fight an urge, it feels like a strenuous effort, as if there were a homunculus in the head that physically [...]
Hunger, setpoint and willpower
Posted in Brain & appetite, Weight loss on August 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I wanted to pull out this important nugget from Paul Jaminet’s weekly roundup post (emphasis mine): Stephan summarizes two early papers indicating the existence of a fat mass setpoint that regulates appetite. One of the papers says: In the present experiment, the subjects reduced their intake voluntarily and were always in good spirits, while in [...]
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