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28 August 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/opinion/sunday/why-you-cant-lose-weight-on-a-diet.html?_r=0
Susan Aamott, neuroscientist, recommends exercise and mindful eating as the only path to a stable weight. Interesting, but mindful eating can be hard if a history of yoyo dieting has ruined the ability to tell when full and when not.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/mind-what-you-eat/?_r=0
Counter article saying that calorie counter lose more weight than mindful or intuitive eaters who typically lose none.
The second study was small and only covered about 9 weeks. The two don't really contradict each other that much, because Susan Aamott doesn't dispute the fact that "diets," work well in the short run, it's the almost universal re-gain, plus more, that worries her and that's why she recommends the mindful eating approach.
My personal take away from all this is that we should do everything we can to discourage that first diet in teenagers. Their young brains can so easily start a pattern of dieting followed by bingeing, and permanently mess up their ability to tell true hunger from a desire to comfort themselves with food.
Older women who have already made these mistakes may find intuitive eating to be a lost skill. For us, calorie counting may be our only way to get control.
My goal is to lose weight before December Christmas party, 3&1/2 months away.
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28 August 2016
Weigh-in:
205.0 lb
lost so far:
0 lb
still to go:
80.0 lb
Diet followed N/A
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