How does one enjoy thanksgiving dinner without overstuffing or overdoing it on the pie?
Why does one do it in the first place?
How so many us have gotten into the "deprived" mind set without ever actually experiencing true deprivation with the hamster wheel weight loss cycle and how do we address the depth of deprivation for those that have experienced it and cannot get off the hamster wheel?
I'm in my 5-6th week of noom and have experienced such freedom both consciously and unconsciously in my food choices and it gets me excited to step on the scale. I started off somehow worried that I wouldn't be able to eat the foods I wanted so I over indulged and every day I overshot my calorie balance and I saw it on the scale and finally it clicked that if I wanted to see a change on the scale I had to make some different choices but I also had to rid myself of this idea - that piece of chocolate is going to be there when I have more room in my "calorie budget."
After awhile as is natural for our bodies to crave healthier foods, it doesn't have as much of a draw.
The point is the psychology is intriguing and the idea of deprivation is complex. As we try to motivate people toward a healthier relationship with food and a real solid attempt at losing weight, we have to understand how the depth of that deprivation has played a role in unhealthy eating habits.
