Weight regain and fear: Why looking more closely can feel so frightening

Weight regain and fear: Why looking more closely can feel so frightening

If you've ever found yourself putting off looking more deeply at your weight regain, I don't think it's because you don't want to understand it. Most women I've spoken to have spent years searching for answers. They've read books, followed diets, listened to podcasts and promised themselves that this time will be different. That doesn't sound like someone who isn't interested in change.

What I think is happening is much more understandable.

Looking more closely can feel risky because we've been taught that if we discover what's causing our weight regain, we'll immediately have to stop doing it. If the answer is chocolate, we have to give up chocolate. If it's eating late at night, we have to stop eating late at night. Understanding has become tied to giving something up.

But what if that isn't the purpose of investigation at all?

What if the purpose is simply to understand what your eating has been doing for you? Not so you can judge it, but so you can finally see why it has been so difficult to change.

That single shift turns investigation from something threatening into something useful. Instead of asking, "Why don't I stop?" you begin asking, "What problem is this eating solving?" They're very different questions and will lead you to very different places.

So, before you start another diet, perhaps spend a moment with one question instead.

What are you afraid you might find if you looked more closely at your weight regain?

You can read my Blog post here or, on Apple, copy and paste the link below

https://www.weightingforhappiness.com.au/post/weight-regain-and-fear

For answers you can start here or, on Apple, copy and paste the link below:

https://www.weightingforhappiness.com.au/weight-and-diet-history-diagnostic

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If you have any questions, please email me at: bronwyn@weightingforhappiness.com.au

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