Overweight women are likely to blame themselves because they have
gained weight. They tell themselves: it was because they binged,
over-ate, stopped exercising, or they find fault with something they
did, or didn't do.
But what if blaming yourself, hating your body, and negative self-talk that you tell yourself may the chief contributing factor that caused your weight gain in the first place?
What Caused Your Weight Gain?
First of all, there are circumstances totally beyond your control that may be responsible for your weight. You inherited other physical characteristics from your parents. Weight can be one of those things that you "got" from your parents. In fact, twin studies show that these siblings raised apart their entire lives have nearly identical weight and body shape when their statistics are compared.
If you were born by C-section this can also have an effect on your body weight later in life. Your bacterial flora is responsible for properly digesting your food. Babies born via C-section don't get the same benefit of swallowing the amniotic fluid during a normal birth in order to build up the proper bacteria. This could be responsible for your weight challenge. Should you blame yourself for that?
But inherited factors aside; it's been estimated that 80% of overweight people report that an incident in their lives precipitated their weight gain. And NO, it wasn't a chocolate brownie.
The Role Of Emotions and Stress
Stress, alienation, isolation, bullying, abuse, poverty; all of these factors in your childhood, and in your present life, have a physical reaction in your body! Those events can lead to a low self-esteem, hating your body; a feeling that you are not good enough; or even that you are not safe. NOTHING effects your weight more than "safety" issues.
Your body's Number One priority it to keep you alive; and when it perceives that you are not safe, those stressful feelings change every function in your body. Digestion, and metabolism are high on the list of body functions that become inhibited from stress. Stress makes your body store fat on your belly.
And dieting is stressful. It sends a signal to your body that there's a lack of food. In order to keep you alive and prevent your from starving, your body slows down your metabolism. And once you start dieting, it's all uphill from there. 95% of all diets result in weight loss in the beginning, but then the weight you struggled and deprived yourself to lose is regained in a few months to a couple of years.
But the Diet Industry is happy to have you blame yourself, instead of the flawed diet. That way they have you are their returning paying customer. "Try, try again".
Don't fall for it. Weight gain is a symptom, NOT the cause of your over-weight. Stop blaming yourself, and deal with your stress as a beginning step. Use your meals as a time to relax, and nurture yourself. You'll not only see your stress level go down, but you'll notice you may stop using food as a drug to stuff your feelings instead of addressing your unhappy, stressful emotions in a better way.
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But what if blaming yourself, hating your body, and negative self-talk that you tell yourself may the chief contributing factor that caused your weight gain in the first place?
What Caused Your Weight Gain?
First of all, there are circumstances totally beyond your control that may be responsible for your weight. You inherited other physical characteristics from your parents. Weight can be one of those things that you "got" from your parents. In fact, twin studies show that these siblings raised apart their entire lives have nearly identical weight and body shape when their statistics are compared.
If you were born by C-section this can also have an effect on your body weight later in life. Your bacterial flora is responsible for properly digesting your food. Babies born via C-section don't get the same benefit of swallowing the amniotic fluid during a normal birth in order to build up the proper bacteria. This could be responsible for your weight challenge. Should you blame yourself for that?
But inherited factors aside; it's been estimated that 80% of overweight people report that an incident in their lives precipitated their weight gain. And NO, it wasn't a chocolate brownie.
The Role Of Emotions and Stress
Stress, alienation, isolation, bullying, abuse, poverty; all of these factors in your childhood, and in your present life, have a physical reaction in your body! Those events can lead to a low self-esteem, hating your body; a feeling that you are not good enough; or even that you are not safe. NOTHING effects your weight more than "safety" issues.
Your body's Number One priority it to keep you alive; and when it perceives that you are not safe, those stressful feelings change every function in your body. Digestion, and metabolism are high on the list of body functions that become inhibited from stress. Stress makes your body store fat on your belly.
And dieting is stressful. It sends a signal to your body that there's a lack of food. In order to keep you alive and prevent your from starving, your body slows down your metabolism. And once you start dieting, it's all uphill from there. 95% of all diets result in weight loss in the beginning, but then the weight you struggled and deprived yourself to lose is regained in a few months to a couple of years.
But the Diet Industry is happy to have you blame yourself, instead of the flawed diet. That way they have you are their returning paying customer. "Try, try again".
Doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results is the definition of A DIET (most people say, insanity).
Don't fall for it. Weight gain is a symptom, NOT the cause of your over-weight. Stop blaming yourself, and deal with your stress as a beginning step. Use your meals as a time to relax, and nurture yourself. You'll not only see your stress level go down, but you'll notice you may stop using food as a drug to stuff your feelings instead of addressing your unhappy, stressful emotions in a better way.
If you've found this article helpful, click the green smiley face below, and Pay It Forward. By sharing your comments and thoughts below you can help others. (just scroll down)
Best selling author, and Coach-sultant, Lianda Ludwig, M.S. works
with overwhelmed, stressed out, frustrated dieters who have lost weight
and regained it time and again. Losing weight is not just about what
you eat; it's about what's eating you.
Learn about the Mentabolism Mindset Transformation Program < http://www.MentabolismMakeover.com > that creates a successful mindset to eliminate cravings, binging, starving yourself and vanquish the stress, so you can lose weight, and keep it off without naturally, without ever dieting again.
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Learn about the Mentabolism Mindset Transformation Program < http://www.MentabolismMakeover.com > that creates a successful mindset to eliminate cravings, binging, starving yourself and vanquish the stress, so you can lose weight, and keep it off without naturally, without ever dieting again.
Get her free report: 5 Dirty Secrets the Diet Industry Doesn't Want You To Know at http://www.MakeItSoMindset.com/free-report
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