I just read an interesting perspective on being "Addicted to the Illusion of a Better Body".
The author talks about how many different food-based messages (food refrain and indulge) we are subjected to during the day. How much emphasis is put on "if only I were thinner, x would be better, I wouldn't have to worry about y, and I could do z".
The article cites diet spending at $60 BILLION. The diet industry stirs up our shame for our bodies and the idea that the rich and successful are thin and beautiful, as well. (on a side note -- I was watching the Jackson-Barrett car auction on the Speed Network this weekend and let me tell you -- most of those bidding on the $200k cars were not the male version of a runway model -- so much for that urban legend)
Here's the point. The focus on reaching the goal weight is less important to maintaining the goal weight than for you to learn to make sensible changes to your eating patterns. Remember -- fatness isn't the root problem -- it is a symptom of the root problem. The WHY of why you are eating too many calories is more important to changing the behaviors than to substituting carrot sticks for lunch so you can lose weight.
Figure out why you need to feel a sense of level 10 fullness at lunch before you go back to your desk and then you can see if that coping mechanism makes sense and if you are willing to change it for the long term. If you start to examine those behaviors today and make one small change today -- and another one tomorrow -- you will get to a weight that makes more sense to you -- without putting off your life until you reach the weight you "should be".
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