Is eating less and moving more a big myth? Psychologist reveals 3 major weight loss mines
Why is it easy to fail to lose weight? What are the key factors that keep people from giving up halfway? Psychologist Su Congqi, director of the Four Seasons Heart Psychological Counseling Center, pointed out in a social post that many people often “put their efforts in the wrong place,” causing frustrations in the weight loss process. If you hold wrong myths about weight loss, or place too much emphasis on weight figures or the opinions of others, weight loss will create a huge source of stress and make it harder to achieve your weight loss goals.
Is “eat less, move more” a myth? It is more important to develop the habit of “eating and moving enough”
Psychologist Su Congqi pointed out that “eating less and moving more” is actually a behavior that violates “human nature”. What we should really pay attention to is “eating right and exercising enough”: “Eating right” refers to whether the individual can realize the core physiological or psychological needs every time he eats. For example, choose balanced prototype foods or happy foods that you like to eat, and stop eating them immediately after eating a sufficient amount, instead of blindly prohibiting and suppressing them. A healthy eating pattern should help you lose weight more efficiently.
“Move enough” does not emphasize the importance of aerobic or strength training, but “consciously” increase the amount of activity in the early stages of weight loss. Simple activities such as walking or brisk walking can promote metabolism and improve health. When the body adapts to the current intensity of exercise, engaging in higher-intensity and high-frequency exercise will help further improve your posture and maintain your weight loss results.
Emphasizing numbers makes people fall into the “self-blame trap”. If the direction is correct, there is no need to care too much.
In the process of losing weight, many people will be “overly concerned” with changes in various numbers, such as body fat percentage and kilograms, which often causes mood swings. Psychologist Su Congqi pointed out that weight figures are a reference value for behavioral results and can confirm whether the direction of efforts is correct. However, they are affected by physiological, psychological and environmental factors and are difficult to accurately control and master.
Psychologist Su Congqi emphasized that the weight number is not unimportant, but it should not be a source of “scoring” oneself. Maintaining a healthy posture should be a long-term principle. When an individual is troubled by the weight number, he should start to think about more correct methods and implement them. With the help of professionals, he should confirm that the weight loss method is safe and sound. Continuous implementation of diet and exercise recommendations is more important than blind pursuit of weight figures; therefore, before achieving your weight loss goal, weight figures are only for reference and do not need to be overly concerned.
We should not blindly follow the concept of “thin is beautiful”! Psychologists urge “taking care of yourself” to be the focus of efforts
Psychologist Su Congqi said that due to the influence of social media and slimming culture in recent years, most people regard “slimness” as a “social medal” and believe that a slim figure represents hard work, self-discipline, superiority and success; some even Some internet celebrities, intentionally or unintentionally, show that they are not fat or make fun of others. This phenomenon can easily cause individuals to be subtly influenced by the slimming culture, which can lead to “self-deprecation.”
Psychologist Su Congqi pointed out that in fact, the “thinness” shown on social media is often the product of “griefing to eat less” and “reluctantly moving more”, which only temporarily meets external expectations, but ignores one’s true inner needs. In the long run, repeated weight loss becomes a normal behavior that has to be done. On the contrary, “physical and mental health” is the core of everything. Use consciousness to be aware of the needs of the body and mind, eat well and move appropriately, and the physical and mental state will be in the best state. This state may not be called “fiber”. thin".
Therefore, psychologist Su Congqi calls on us to first clearly distinguish between things that “can be changed” and “things that cannot be changed”, and then further clarify the difference between “what you want” and “what others show off”. As long as you face up to your inner voice and act on it, the process of weight loss or weight loss will no longer be as painful as it once was.
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