7 Mistaken Beliefs That Prevent Weight Loss

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Seriously, I think you should be arrested for saying that online! That is bogus information! You wasted 5 minutes of my day!

Katherine Hobson: I'm not quite sure what I should be arrested for, but if my response to the other commenter doesn't answer your questions, please feel free to raise more specific points and I'll respond here. Thanks!

Chuck of IL 10:29PM January 26, 2009

What planet are you from?? Hunger IS indeed bad. People should eat 5-6 times a day and never get to the point of hunger. Hunger makes the normal person eat more than they would normally eat because their blood sugar levels drop. Hunger lowers your fat-burning metabolism. Food is a necessary fuel for the body.
Don't give into cravings?? Why not? They don't go away; they get worse!! Then you binge and eat twice as much as you would if you ate what you craved in the first place!!
Sure it's okay to take a break from exercise. As a trainer and avid exerciser, I do allow myself a break. Once in a while, your body needs it and actually reboots itself from a few days off, once you start up again.
Where in the world did you get all of this stuff from???

Katherine Hobson: This info is all from cognitive therapy, as the story indicates. As far as hunger goes, her point is just that hunger will not kill you. If it's 5pm and you're eating at 6pm, you do not need to have a snack because you're terrified of being hungry. Many people do not actually know what hunger feels like -- they are eating constantly because they think they're "hungry" but actually just want to eat for other reasons. Her point is to know your body enough to know the difference. As for cravings, if you eat what you crave all the time, you may find yourself in calorie imbalance if you crave nutritionally dense foods all the time. And as to the breaks from exercise -- that was slightly misphrased (my bad, not hers). Her point isn't that you should never take a break from exercise -- everyone should schedule some time off-- but that simply "not wanting to work out," absent some physical or other reason, is not necessarily a reason to depart from your planned workout. Most of us don't feel like working out a few times a week, but once we do, and after we do, we feel great. That's her point, not that we should drive ourselves into the ground and never allow ourselves a day off or a treat.

LG of CT 4:41PM January 26, 2009