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The Secret To Permanent Weight Loss
The other day I was working with a group of people in one of my health and vitality seminars when an overweight man in his forties asked in a sarcastic manner if I could tell him why he’s been overeating throughout his life. I felt inspired and went into action. I started repeating a number of the reasons people have shared with me through the years as to why they overeat. Here they are:
1. I overeat because dieting makes me binge.
2. I overeat to fill the emotional emptiness in my life.
3. I overeat because of unhealthy eating habit that I’ve learned throughout my life.
4. I overeat out of guilt and shame.
5. I overeat to protect myself from intimacy.
6. I overeat to get instant gratification.
7. I overeat to numb my pain.
8. I overeat to punish myself
9. I over eat to punish others.
10. I over eat to relieve stress.
11. I overeat because I love to eat.
12. I overeat to satisfy my need for love.
13. I overeat because I associate food with pleasant past experiences.
After finishing he responded by saying, “A number of them apply to me.”
I then said, “Great, knowing why you overeat is the first step to getting trim and slim.”
You see, diets deal with symptoms. They tell you to stop eating, eat less, don’t eat carbohydrates, or lower your calories.
They deal with the effects but don’t get down and deal with the causes that make you overeat. The only way to get trim and stay slim is to discover what’s making you overeat and fix it. This is how thousands of others and myself have lost the fat and kept it off without dieting.
The secret to permanent weight loss is discovering what makes you over eat and fixing it once and for all. There’s hope through permanent solutions that deal with the root causes of what makes you overeat.
I would love to hear from you concerning this blog!
You’re Friend & Coach,
Frank Bolella
God Bless You
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
My wife and I are very interested in attending your next health and vitality seminar. We work with Primerica under Bill Bajakian and have attended the seminars you’ve done with us and we get a lot out of it. Looking forward in hearing from you!
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Hi Frank… How ironic yet I know there is no coincidence why I’m reading this right now. Last week I started back on my weight watchers plan and working out 5 days per week and it’s amazing how having company over just ruined the state of mind I was so eager to be in. I have set a goal, but have little will power. I need to work on the why! I need to change my attitude and would LOVE some help or guidance! Anxious to get off this yo yo weight ride i’m constantly on.
Thanks.
Kat
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I just want to say thank you for always having something postive to say. It always come at the right time. Being back and forth with reduce meal plans etc, after reading your blog, I now have to sit back and really think about what is causing me to over eat and address it, just as you have advised the gentleman you were talking with.
I have sat in on a ciopule of your seminars and I know that I need to know, understand and work on “MY Why”.
Thanks
March 18th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Hi Frank,
It is me your friend from CT. It has been awhile hope all is well with you and your family.
I started back in the gym in January, 4-5 days a week. I do not over eat..maybe sometimes do not eat enough. I am focusing on my ideal weight of 110 lbs, I am now 118 lbs. I am getting a little toner, but my weight is not budging.
Also, is there any supplements designed for women that could compliment my workouts to gain more lean body mass. I am on the Garden of Life vitamins and take a tablespoon of flaxseed oil as you suggested to me sometime ago, and a 1/2 tsp of MSM every morning.
Thanks in advance for the input, I value every bit of advice you give.
Carol