Conquering fat logic : how to overcome what we tell ourselves about diets, weight, and metabolism /: how to overcome what we tell ourselves about diets, weight, and metabolism. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Fettlogik überwinden.
• Further Information: Note: Nadja Hermann ; translation, David Shaw.
• Authors: Hermann, Nadja
• Other Names: Shaw, David translator.
• Contents: I only eat 1000 kcal per day, but I don't lose weight -- But I really only eat 1000 kcal a day and still can't lose weight -- Counting calories doesn't work for me -- My slim friend eats way more than me -- My metabolism is wrecked -- Eating too little is dangerous: you're left with no energy and reduced muscle mass -- I only ate an apple a day and I still put on weight -- Disease and medication can make you fat, and there's nothing you can do about it. (My doctor said so.) -- Obesity is largely due to your genes -- Gut bacteria make you fat -- (Fat logic for women) Childbirth automatically makes you fat -- You gain weight as you get older because your metabolism slows down -- My metabolism is slower than other people's -- I can't lose weight because I can't exercise -- BMI is bullshit: my weight is muscle -- Being overweight isn't even that bad for you -- But my blood-test results are great! -- What about overweight athletes? -- It's actually healthier to be slightly overweight than to be normal weight -- Just because excess weight is associated with illnesses, that doesn't necessarily mean it causes them -- Thin people can get sick, too -- Who says it's definitely the weight that makes you sick? -- At least fat people are less likely to get osteoporosis -- According to the obesity paradox, overweight people have a better survival rate for some diseases -- Your set point determines your weight -- The 60 per cent of the population who are overweight can't all be 'lazy' and 'weak-willed' -- We're all being taken for a ride by the diet industry -- I know someone who lost loads of weight on this new diet--it alters your metabolism, so you can eat as much as you want -- Healthy eating is just too expensive. It doesn't matter how much you eat, what's important is what you eat -- 95 per cent of all diets end in failure -- Yo-yo dieting is way more unhealthy than being fat -- You have to give your body what it wants. Constant restriction is unhealthy -- I'd rather enjoy life! -- You have to follow these certain rules to lose weight -- If losing weight was really that easy, everyone would be thin -- XY will speed up your metabolism -- You're bound to put on weight if you stop smoking -- Food with negative calories: eat more to weigh less! -- If you want to lose weight, eat more fruit -- Slimming products just make you fat -- Calorie counting is an eating disorder and spoils your enjoyment of eating -- The day's ruined now, anyway -- You should never lose more than a pound a week -- I could never be really thin, my body isn't built that way -- (Male fat logic) Being a normal weight would make me a 'puny weakling' -- Being overweight doesn't impede me in anything -- If I were thin, all my problems would be solved -- (Female fat logic) Weight training? No, thanks. I don't want to be muscly -- I've gained weight since I started exercising, so it must be muscle mass -- Before I try to lose weight, I need to find out why I'm fat -- I'm doing everything right, but I've stopped losing weight -- Counting calories is stupid--you can never count them accurately anyway -- I can't lose weight because I'm depressed -- Weighing yourself every day is bad for you -- Being overweight is an ilness -- A gastric band is a quick and simple solution -- My family, friends, and acquainances don't think I need to lose weight -- The problem with being overweight is overstated (I don't call it obesity) -- Doctors blame everythign on weight -- You'll slip into anorexia before you know it! -- Overweight people already face enough discrimination as it is! -- This ideal o extreme thinness is just a modern 'fashipon trend' -- Men like women to have a bit of meat on them -- People who say that overweight people are unnatractive are against body acceptance -- When I lose weight, I'll finally like myself -- All that doesn't apply to me, thank goodness... -- Keeping the weight off is the most difficult part -- (Anti-fat logic) Now, I'd still like to know a few tricks!
• Publisher Details: Brunswick, Victoria Minneapolis, MN : Scribe Publications
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.39806; Overweight persons -- Psychology; Obesity; Weight loss; Reducing diets; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Obesity; Overweight persons -- Psychology; Reducing diets; Weight loss; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781925693300; 1925693309
• Related ISBNs: 9781911617365; 1911617362
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from READ title page (OverDrive, viewed January 15, 2019).
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