PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eileen Barton, Atkins Diet, Weight Loss
16 Apr 2016
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Is trying to lose weight a healthy goal or maladapive, false hope? (willpower chapter 10) Baumeister argues that quesioning whether we have good self-control, oten leads to examining our weight loss which is not necessarily related as research shows. 35 year old admin assistant & free lance writer weight and exercise are always on my mind . She has struggled since freshman year of university. She was 120 pounds and 5"7 and never had to think about eaing or exercising. Then at 18 she was warned about freshman 20 , but no one warned her about to freshman 60. She dieted and lost weight but then gained it again. Doctor tested her thoroughly but there was no medical explanaion. Ater university she was able to get down to a good weight but she was always nervous and thinking about weight. She let her weight drit up to 145, and at that level she could maintain that weight less nervously.
