Last week I talked about some of the (many!) reasons why diets don’t work.
A huge pattern I’ve noticed is that people do not trust themselves around food.
They believe that if left to their own devices they would begin eating and never stop.
This reinforces the need for someone — an expert, a coworker, a friend — to tell them what and when and how much to eat.
I was like this for many years. I felt downright out-of-control around food, like my hunger was completely insatiable. [Read more…]