Now I'm the first to admit that I only started reading it yesterday and am only about 1/4 of the way through the book. But wow, is the only word I can use to accurately describe my reaction to this book.
I find myself nodding along as I read through page after page, the way he describes people's relationship with food is amazing. Especially the cycle of dieting and then breaking your diet in spectacular form as a result of feeling denied of your favourite foods.
From what I've read so far, I'm not sure Dr George would approve of the optifast program, considering how many favourite foods I'm excluding. However, I'm not quite ready to bow out of this challenge just yet. Hopefully by reading this book, I can understand some of the psychology behind what happens when I break the diet and hopefully (try to) stop it in its tracks.
I think one of my favourite things that I've read so far is his description of the "What the hell?" effect.
The what the hell effect refers to circumstances where people break their diet. You often think "what the hell, I've had one glass of wine, I've already ruined everything, I may as well drink the rest of the bottle and eat this whole cheesecake while I'm at it".
I had a similar experience last week - you may have read about my slip-up with some wonderful hot chips (day nine). After eating the chips I was so close to eating one of the chocolate-chip muffins my friend had given to me, but used every ounce of strength I had to step out of the kitchen. If I had eaten the one muffin, I'm sure it would have led to all three!
Now I'm not saying I'll be able to resist falling victim to the what the hell effect each time. But having an awareness of it is at least a starting point!
For anyone else out there who is trying to lose weight, I highly recommend this book.
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