Have you tried many times to lose weight and keep it off? Are you sick of fad diets? Are you overwhelmed by the copious amounts of weight loss information? You are not alone. Most dieters have tried over and over again to reach their weight loss goals with poor and disappointing results. Why? Because they have never learned how to “think” about food in an appropriate and healthy way. This workshop, based on the “Beck Diet Solution”, is a cognitive-behavioral approach to dieting. This is different because it focuses on the psychological factors that cause weight gain and obesity.
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Think Pink and Eat Healthy
Recently, I went to a brunch where the guest speaker was Dr. Therese Mulvey: A medical oncologist and director of the Breast Center at the Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center. She was a lively and entertaining speaker, and it was an extremely informative talk. There were many charts and graphs illustrating the risk factors and the benefits of early detection and mammograms. One statistic, however, stood out from all the others.
THE FACT THAT BEING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE WAS THE GREATEST RISK FACTOR FOR GETTING BREAST CANCER.
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
If I were to ask you “Why do you want to lose weight and get healthy?” You could probably rattle off a few reasons: “I want to live longer”, “I want to have more energy”, “I want to look better”, etc., etc. But, how many of those reasons come to mind when you’re staring down a piece of birthday cake or a plate of your favorite pasta dish? I’m going to guess 0!! Wouldn’t it be easier to make healthy choices if those reasons popped into your head when unhealthy options were right in front of you?