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As a plus-size nation, we are obsessed with weight loss. To achieve that picture perfect body, we have tried every possible fad diet, every magic pill, every gimmick in the book: tapeworms, zapping belts, cotton balls, tongue patches ... You name it, it's been done.
It goes without saying that one shouldn't expect anything from zapping belts except irritating shocks, while sharing one's meal with 20-foot long tapeworms is obviously a very bad idea. But how about those approaches backed by science, like calorie restriction and exercising? Common sense suggests that these methods should work beautifully.
But do they?
Multiple studies indeed show initial weight loss and health improvement upon the adoption of a sensible diet and/or exercise regimen, while the results are even better with consistent professional monitoring. However, follow-up studies have consistently demonstrated that we immediately lose motivation to maintain the regimen when the weight loss goal is achieved. The consequences of this attitude are very predictable - any weight that was lost is rapidly regained. We need some sort of a proverbial Drill Instructor to keep us going.
Various quacks and confidence artists suggest that this propensity to put the weight back on is due to a variety of factors, from genetics and glandular issues to moon cycles and astrological signs.
Hogwash! There is one word for why many of us can't keep this weight from coming back: willpower (or lack of it)! Everything else is secondary.
Some would say that willpower isn't really relevant in this day and age, when life has become so comfortable, predictable, and organized. But, as it happens, scientific and social progress doesn't make contemporary life less tough or demanding.
Modern life presents different type of challenges. Daily stresses and anxieties, sedentary lifestyles, and bad diets have been killing us just as effectively as sabertooth tigers, poisonous critters, and the fury of the elements had been slaying our ancestors thousands of years ago.
These new challenges and stresses seriously impair the willpower of modern people. They don't do it in a violent manner but attack us insidiously without being clearly recognized, which makes them even more harmful. To cope with them, we have to engage our resolve not once and not even ten times a day - we must exercise willpower and self-control almost constantly.
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We have to prioritize in order to survive in the world that is getting more and more complex. We need to parse through our obligations and responsibilities and select the ones that are most important.
These first tier responsibilities can't be ignored or placed on the back burner. Most of us pick work, family, and personal wellbeing as the most important obligations. The big question is do we have the required resolve to keep them as such.
