Exercise, pride and diet psychology

Day 54 of the 20 lb struggle      Some days are diamonds. This was not one of them. Until I took Snickers out for his evening walk. That’s when I met my neighbor Sarah walking her dog, Emmy. I hadn’t seen her in three weeks and the difference was remarkable. “Sarah!” I called out to her. [...]

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Breaking the yo-yo cycle

Day 45 of the 20 lb struggle. Rick may be a yo-yo dieter, but he has learned a few things along the way. He’s learned what works for him and what doesn’t. He began as a teenager with a very structured weight loss program at the Diet Center where his main task was simply doing [...]

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Yo-yo dieting: Is this story familiar?

Day 44 of the 20 pound struggle. My son-in-law, Rick, says that he is a yo-yo dieter. Yo-yo dieting (also known as weight cycling) refers to excessive and extreme food restriction leading to rapid weight loss. Such a diet is impossible to sustain, so eventually the dieter, unable to continue to reject food starts to [...]

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