I AM will power!

I have no time to write the well researched blog post that I've been imagining for the past 16 hours as I work and sleep and work and sleep and work....

But I've touched on this topic before.

When we "diet and exercise" and regain the weight it's because of biological causes not because we're weak willed or 

addicted

or out of control.

There's an imbalance there.

That's why many weight loss surgery patients regain their weight.

That's why many who have been on low fat diets regain their weight.

That's why calorie restricted diets don't work for most of us to keep the weight off for good.

The starve/regain cycle needs to be looked at physiologically

not emotionally (emotions are a component but not the whole picture).

I mean, c'mon....look at me.

I gave up one of my favorite things in the whole world: COFFEE!

I loved it from Starbucks.

I loved it from Dunkin' Donuts.

I loved it from Quikc Chek.

I loved the smell of it slow dripping in my kitchen.

The caffeine kept me going and going and going like a strung out Energizer Bunny.

Then, in the snap of a finger, I gave it up.

All gone.

No more coffee.

No more soda.

No more caffeineatd tea.

No more energy drinks.

No more Ritulin.

Done.

Just done.

Tell me about will power.

Really.

I AM will power!

Do you have any idea how tired I am??

How badly I need to sleep right now???

How badly I want some caffeine?

Yet I'm running on deep breathing, Joy essential oil from Young Living and prayer.

So don't tell me I'm heavy because of lack of willpower.

When I make a decision to change, it sticks.

Diets don't stick because there's something about them that's wrong.

Our bodies have a set point. In order for that set point to change some deep

physiological changes have to be made.

Portion control isn't the answer. We already have it built into ourselves. We know when it's time to put the fork down and if we don't there are reasons for that behavior that indicate an imbalance.

Low fat is definitely not the answer. I'm still trying to heal my body and regrow my hair after years of dry, low fat eating.

Whole grains are not the answer (unless you're a carb type metabolically but I have yet to meet an obese person who is).

I don't have time to expand on this, but trust me I will.

Part of my mission in life is to get to the bottom of this.

*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*

Gary Taubes author of "Good Calories, Bad Calories" may have the answer.

I'll need to get his book!!

Thanks to Tom Naughton for his wonderful documentary!

click here or click below