Using Simplicity to Crush Overeating

When people start trying to make a significant change in their diet or their lives, they often begin with an attempt to micromanage lots of details. This makes it far more complicated than it needs to be, but an artifact of evolution seems to make us distrustful of simplicity in complex environments. Today Dr. Jacobson and I talk about how and why simplicity usually trumps complexity when it comes to health plans. Have a listen or grab the transcript here. Click here for help in simplifying your Food Plan, your weight loss, and your life.

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If you struggle with binge eating, emotional eating, stress eating, or if you repeatedly manage to lose weight only to gain it all back, you may be approaching things with the wrong mindset. Most contemporary thought on overeating and bingeing focuses on healing and self-love. But people who've overcome food addiction and weight issues often report it was more like capturing and caging a rabid dog than learning to love their inner child... Open the cage even an inch—or show that dog an ounce of fear—and it'll quickly burst out to shred your healthy eating plans, undoing all your progress in a heartbeat. From his perspective as a formerly food-obsessed psychologist—and previous consultant to major food manufacturers—Dr. Livingston shares specific techniques for isolating and permanently dis-empowering your “fat thinking self.” He reveals much of his own personal journey in the process.