Keeping it off
1985
Colvin, Robert H. | Olson, Susan C.
Abstract: Very little information is available in the literature about permanently thin individuals who were once fat. The authors studied individuals who lost 20% or more body weight and kept the weight off for at least 2 years with no more than a 5 pound gain from the lowest weight reached. They attempted to identify the explanation for permanent weight loss. Major facts discovered are that weight loss is a highly individualized process and successful programs are almost always custom-made. Also those suc cessful people were not always able to identify what made their weight loss so successful. The "winners" had three things in common: they were not super human regarding will-power; they all followed distinct predicatable patterns to lose weight; and positive and powerful change occured in all their lives. Topics presented in relation to analyzing the successful participants are: the guarantees of failure;
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]Stopping the vicious cycle and starting a positive spiral; taking action involving small wins, experiments, foods, eating and exercise; groups and other helpers; self-image; lifestyle; relationships; and special problems-carboholics, chocoholics, drinking dieters sneakers and bingers. An appendix provides recommended reading and tables of the nutritive value of foods and the sucrose content of selective commercial foods.
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出版者 and Schuster | New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1985
出版者 and Schuster | New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1985