The ABC’s of Weight Control - Part 1
Carolyn Classick-Kohn,MS,RD
At
some point in their lives, people who are
overweight learned some eating behaviors that
caused weight gain. For some, it was in
childhood, when they were told to finish their
plate (regardless of how full they were), or
were punished or rewarded by food. For others,
food became a way of dealing with stress, of
avoiding or putting off difficult tasks or
dealing with difficult people, or a way of
comforting themselves in good and bad times.
If
you accept that your habits or behaviors have
contributed to weight gain, then it makes sense
to use an approach that goes beyond just
reducing calories to lose weight. To make
permanent changes in your body weight, you must
change the behaviors that caused the problem in
the first place. Behavior modification is
an
approach that has been used very successfully to
change life habits like smoking, overeating,
stress management, and exercise. Over the past
35 years, much has been learned about how to
apply behavior modification more successfully
and it is now accepted as a very important part
of a good weight control program.
The
Basics of Changing Behaviors
Eating is a behavior, not a part of your
personality. Many of you have identified
yourselves as “emotional eaters”.
Instead, think
of...
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