How many times has Willpower failed to help you lose weight?
How many times have you lost weight then regained it back after you stopped trying
to lose it?
Will Power is the concept that you can fight a preordained path.
That simply by mentally muscling yourself into an action, you can get your
desired result. I won’t argue that the emotional battle often delivers
impressive results; rather it my experience that it won’t last. It is akin to
walking along a narrow board or tightrope. Certainly you can do it – we both
know it, but for how long? And then, how do you feel when you “fall off”
the path you have been so focused on dedicated on?
For me, I would feel horrible, and filled with self-loathing.
Obesity, in our society, is a social disease; yet it is viewed with far more
disdain then alcoholism. We are taught from early on, that being fat is a
choice. I can’t actually argue that point. We have created our extra weight –
and with the proper support and education, we can eliminate it. However, the
prejudice against us is overwhelming at time – and the health care professions
propensity to prescribe dangerous surgery over behavioral modification is
frightening.
Men and women are losing their lives and putting themselves in
debt…and we, the obese, do not learn how to modify our eating and our exercise,
it won’t matter how small our stomach is; we will continue to overeat.
Surgery is not the only option. Learning, in small, steady steps
to cut back on a food here, or a food there is the key. Moving just a little
more today than yesterday, is a way to conquer a lifetime battle with food and
fat.
