The key to successful weight loss

wendybird5
wendybird5 Posts: 577 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
One of my MFP buddies shared this video with me and I had to pass it on. This is a Ted Talk about the psychology of weight loss - why so many struggle with it and what makes some succeed.

http://youtu.be/NWfqBy4sSD8

Key point in is: "Weight loss is not about eating less. It's about thinking differently."

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  • Pearsquared
    Pearsquared Posts: 1,656 Member
    I haven't watched it yet, but the key point is so true for me. It's such a mental game, honestly. Changing my diet has not been hard - it's the lifelong commitment to it is what gets to me. My diet is not restrictive at all, but it can longer be the free wheeling, cheese-dipping, frozen food conundrum it once was.
  • rocket_ace
    rocket_ace Posts: 380 Member
    thanks for the link - I love TED!!!
  • Diamond05
    Diamond05 Posts: 475 Member
    I will watch later. Thanks for sharing.
  • marciebrian
    marciebrian Posts: 853 Member
    bump to watch later
  • pilarter
    pilarter Posts: 49
    bump for later
  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
    A very interesting video. I agree with pretty much everything she proposed; indeed, I've found my own path to success by following the same basic guidelines.

    The only thing I take issue with is the fact that she started the talk by asserting that the ideas that "calories in < calories out" and "eat less, move more" are "wrong" when it comes to weight loss; these two points really ARE the ultimate crux of the matter.

    All of her suggestions/tips essentially produce the same basic formula (i.e., eat less, move more) - but she demonstrates ways that they can be done differently than while under a traditional "diet" mindset.
  • GeekAmour
    GeekAmour Posts: 262
    Bump for later.
  • ErikasOperation150
    ErikasOperation150 Posts: 19 Member
    Thank You for sharing
  • PosterPens
    PosterPens Posts: 172 Member
    LOVED this. its true. its much more about eating less and depriving yourself, but more abt making better choices with the food you love. so good. thank you!

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