http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/successful-weight-loss-may-change-the-brain/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/successful-weight-loss-may-change-the-brain/#comment-23063 Julia Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:26:53 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4543#comment-23063 Interesting!!! Abstinence is a good thing after all. For someone like me who lost 30 pounds in a year, I would say the once in a while indulgence is as therapeutic as abstinence!! Interesting!!! Abstinence is a good thing after all. For someone like me who lost 30 pounds in a year, I would say the once in a while indulgence is as therapeutic as abstinence!!

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/successful-weight-loss-may-change-the-brain/#comment-22864 Marsh Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:34:29 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4543#comment-22864 Losing weight has given me a lot of confidence and am now able to do a lot of things that I was previously unable to. This really has boosted by confidence levels and am now a totally new person. Losing weight has given me a lot of confidence and am now able to do a lot of things that I was previously unable to. This really has boosted by confidence levels and am now a totally new person.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/successful-weight-loss-may-change-the-brain/#comment-22847 Liz Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:38:27 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4543#comment-22847 ugghh. Losing weight and keeping it off has always been so hard for me! I wish that there was a way for the brain to change in its way of thinking about food once the weight is gone, but it is like I can lose the weight and do so well for a while and then the compulsion to eat will take back over and I end up going through the same dieting motions over and over again. Nothing ever feels permanent. But maybe once I do achieve that permanence I will get those control issues in my brain too and will learn how to keep the weight off for good! ugghh. Losing weight and keeping it off has always been so hard for me! I wish that there was a way for the brain to change in its way of thinking about food once the weight is gone, but it is like I can lose the weight and do so well for a while and then the compulsion to eat will take back over and I end up going through the same dieting motions over and over again. Nothing ever feels permanent. But maybe once I do achieve that permanence I will get those control issues in my brain too and will learn how to keep the weight off for good!

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