Anyone can make the changes needed to control your body’s weight.  The changes are mental.  You just have to stop thinking like a person who is gaining weight and start thinking another way.  Yes, people who are thin and remain thin as adults have to work at it.  I have learned about it and so can you.  

OK, it is asking a lot for you to rewire your brain.  I am asking you to give up your old self, your old values, and develop a new existence.  To reinvent yourself as a person who is in control.  You are the only one who can do it.  On an ordinary diet program, you are making temporary changes, often forcing yourself to do it.  It’s not sustainable and many people fail.  Even those with the iron willpower needed to lose weight that way (not me!) the weight often returns when they go back to their old self and lifestyle.  That is what has to change.

Daily, this comes out as a transformation in how you think and act.  You first decide that controlling your weight is more important to you than anything else in your life.  That’s right.  Nothing else takes precedence.  

You must decide to eat only for physical need and not for any other reason.  You will have to learn to be honest about that and to unlearn your old habits of eating for non-physical reasons (boredom, tiredness, emotions).  You can and should still take pleasure in eating and you can eat your favorite foods and still control your weight.  It all comes from preparing yourself (getting hungry) and then eating a measured portion (eating for the right reasons).  

I have done it and so can you!  It does take work, but less willpower than you would think.  And it is rewarding in many ways.

-The Doctor