29-12-2016, 04:01 AM
By Bob Barnett
Step off the scale now and no one will get hurt. Focusing just on weight loss can lead to cycles of losing and regaining weight, lower self-esteem, and a preoccupation with food and body image.
“You’ll do better if you have goals that have to do not with weight, but with health,” says Carol Landau, Ph.D., clinical professor ofpsychiatry and medicine at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University. While a New Year’s resolution is a great way to get in touch with what’s important and how you want to change, “Most diets don’t work,” she says.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/make-your-resolution-wellness-not-weight-loss?ecd=wnl_fit_122816&ctr=wnl-fit-122816_nsl-ld-stry_1&mb=eW%2f%404B6M6I9SBYmYLM9rhyhonS%2fH3cwyvdHTnPBecO0%3d#1
Step off the scale now and no one will get hurt. Focusing just on weight loss can lead to cycles of losing and regaining weight, lower self-esteem, and a preoccupation with food and body image.
“You’ll do better if you have goals that have to do not with weight, but with health,” says Carol Landau, Ph.D., clinical professor ofpsychiatry and medicine at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University. While a New Year’s resolution is a great way to get in touch with what’s important and how you want to change, “Most diets don’t work,” she says.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/make-your-resolution-wellness-not-weight-loss?ecd=wnl_fit_122816&ctr=wnl-fit-122816_nsl-ld-stry_1&mb=eW%2f%404B6M6I9SBYmYLM9rhyhonS%2fH3cwyvdHTnPBecO0%3d#1