The formula for losing weight: "You will eat less, you will move a lot." Well, if it's that simple, why can't we reach our ideal weight even if we keep dieting?
One of the most important reasons diets fail is that we ignore the psychological aspect of our relationship with food. However, there is a much deeper and stronger relationship between our overweight and mental health than we think. However, we ignore this fact and start new diets that will fail again and again.
It is very important for a person to feel psychologically ready before entering the diet. For this, it is necessary to eliminate the factors that push us to eat a lot or to eat constantly. Among these factors, our emotions have an important place.
Among the main emotions and situations that sabotage the diet; Anger, anxiety, fear, stress, frustration, dissatisfaction, boredom, frustration, unhappiness, and guilt. Among negative emotions, especially fear, anxiety and feeling under stress not only create a craving desire, but also physiologically trigger weight gain in some people.
Not beer, cortisol belly!
Normally, there is a hormone called cortisol, also known as the "stress hormone", that our body secretes for protection. Some bodies can perceive daily stresses or fears as if they are vital and secrete cortisol. As this hormone increases in the body, it causes fat especially in the belly area. In order to lower the cortisol level, we need to spend more time with our loved ones, to do stress-reducing sports such as pilates and yoga, and to eat healthy.
Mistakes learned as a child
Another reason we cannot lose weight is related to the relationship we established with food in our childhood. People who have been fed heavily, rewarded with food, or consoled by their parents as children tend to be happy by eating a lot when they grow up. If behaviors such as giving candy to a crying child or celebrating a happy event by eating cake are constantly performed in a family, the child learns this and sometimes this attitude continues in adulthood.
It's not your stomach that is "empty"
Of course, we can consume food in response to an emotion, regardless of how we ate as a child. For example, people who are not satiated by their jobs are able to eat more at dinner to fill that void. People who cannot find something to satisfy emotionally, intellectually and spiritually when they come home also find it difficult to maintain "restrictive" diets because of these shortcomings in their lives.
Consult a psychologist before a dietician
We counted the main psychological factors that make it difficult for us to lose weight. So how can we eliminate them? If you find it difficult to follow a diet plan, avoid high-calorie foods and drinks, and this situation has become chronic, you need to get to the root of the problem. You cannot do this alone either. Before the dietician, you should see a psychologist or psychiatrist and seek support from them to find the psychological reasons for your excess weight. Because constantly failing diets can worsen your already fragile psychological condition.
Stop being stubborn with your body
You first stop being stubborn with your body and listen to your soul and wrap your wounds. Psychologically it will make you feel good; Take a step towards a healthy life by doing outdoor sports such as walking, cycling and pilates. Once you have found spiritual balance, you will find that you can make many decisions about yourself much easier, including losing weight.
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