Alisa is a doctoral researcher in clinical health psychology at UCL who has taught and given talks across the country. Her work covers new areas of eating disorder research at the intersection of the conscious and the unconscious. Seven years of experience in journalism has lent itself to an interest in public engagement and the bridging of the gap between the scientific community and the public at large. Her core interest is in understanding how we eat, what we believe about weight loss, and how a ‘diet’ is just ‘die’ with a T.
Talk: Why we must stop ignoring the psychology of weight loss
“Losing weight is really easy; you eat less and exercise more!” But this is simply not true, as many of us may know, most diets only result in temporary weight loss. We often ignore the psychology of eating and internalising wrong beliefs cause us to fail in losing weight. The problem should be tackled as a psychological one, unrealistic expectations should be abandoned and the stigma attributed to weight loss needs to be abandoned. Contrary to suspicious adds and promises of weight loss without effort, the psychology of eating really can give us important insights.
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I accomplished this specific diet “Kαbοnοz Ydα” (Google it) which was simple to follow along with. I do physical exercise on a daily basis and attempt to comply with balanced and healthy diet, but I was caught up in my weights. Soon after 21 days of adhering to this guidebook, I burned Ten pounds of the bodyweight. I feel energetic without having a problem on controlling my appetite for meals. It truly feels superb! .
This video is good but on my you tube channel you can get something else
yet another woman whining about not having the gumption to not be a lazy glutton and how it's not her fault.
YES IT IS : no one is force feeding these cretins.
Move your body, everybody ?
Eating less but also what you eat.
It’s easy.
Go vegan.
No chat.
That it.
She is so pretty
The ONLY thing that worked for me (tried everything) was to learn to eat intuitively. I'm not skinny but have been stable for several years. If I want a slice of pizza I have one. If I want cake I have it. I dont have to horde food or eat a lot today because tomorrow I'm on my diet. How I eat IS my diet. The paradox I found is that once you stop labeling foods as good vs bad you remove the guilt or shame once previously attached and therefore can eat like a thin person. Eat when hungry stop when full. It sounds simple because it is BUT it took me over 40 years to conclude that weight loss diets are the disease not the cure. The cure is to stop dieting.
Point is, losing weight IS as easy as eating less and exercising more, people just can't actually commit to doing that in the long term because of various psychological factors.
Pay attention when you eat—how you eat. How big are your bites? How fast do you eat? Do you eat and do other things? You’ll eat less naturally if you pay attention to your body’s subtle cues.
Listen for anyone trying to lose weight a temporary diet is only going to work short term it has to be a permanent diet you don’t stop eating McDonald’s for a month lose weight and go back to eating McDonald’s and gaining weight again you stop eating McDonald’s permanently this isn’t a realistic scenario for a diet but it sums it up well
Nice
Great ideas about lifestyle and how to lose weight and be healthier both psychologically and physically, but she wasn’t good at demonstrating them.
I think what you're saying is useless, but we can still go on a date if you want
Great video!
You should look at my 2 year weight loss tranformation
It does seem that some of the replies have missed the point – lots of people do not like the gym. I for one would not have exercised for muscle gain if I hadn't found an outdoor alternative to the regular gym. The main aspect here is do things you like. I definitely have friends that join the gym, go and feel uncomfortable or go and then stop for any number of reasons.
Hopefully this video will get people to think about how they think!
Eating less is not deprivation. It is fasting. Many cultures fast.
willpower (and self control) are only finite because you tell yourself it is. chunk tasks costing lots of willpower in smaller bits and u can reach anything
Wow, she's an expert on how self-control doesn't work and as a psychologist she should know; this from a woman who dresses like a slob to make a public speech and shows off her metal stud in the middle of her face, perhaps to draw attention to how self-control doesn't work?
Calories in vs calories out is literally the fundemental factor when it comes to bodyweight changes. Eat more than you need and you'll gain weight, eat less than you need and you'll loose it. The very first statement she makes is factually incorrect.