Beat Unwanted Weight Gain

Based on decades of his research in the medical literature on weight gain, obesity, and Type 2 diabetes, Dr. John Poothullil offers common sense but scientific-based advice on 7 ways to lose weight. Readers will learn how they begin by reconnecting with their "authentic weight" -- the natural weight that they intuitively know best fits their body. Next, Dr. John discusses the reasons why people tend to overeat and how one must become aware of being truly hungry. The third step reviews how to recognize the hunger and satisfaction signals that the brain sends us. One clue Dr. John teaches is to notice when each successive bite of food begins to taste not as good as the first bite. This is a signal to stop eating. The fourth way to beat weight gain is to change one's long developed eating behaviors by unlearning the triggers to overeating and learning new habits. Dr. John provides tips on changing how one shops for food and eats in restaurants or at dinner parties. He discusses how not to be swayed by the advertising and marketing of food. The fifth step is about realizing that the most substantial contribution to weight gain is eating too many carbs from grains like wheat, rice, and corn, as well as grain-flour products--breads, pizza, tortillas, muffins, doughnuts, and so on. It is grains, not fat from meat or dairy, that fills your fat cells and causes one to gain weight. The sixth step is about eating a diverse diet, learning to read food labels, moderating alcohol consumption whose calories add to weight gain, and learning to eat mindfully. The final step is about using exercise to be healthy but not to expect it to lead to weight loss. Reading this book will be life-changing for anyone who is gaining weight or who is already overweight or obese.