The Diet Myths: What makes us lose weight?
updated the 12 June 2014 à 22:00Do we really have to get rid of all the sugars? Marie France Asia investigates…
“Hunger controls the weight,” says dietician Marie-Laure Thollier. It is true, you can always eat according to an infinite number of rules, which may seem logical (eating copious amounts at dinner makes you fat), highly specific (we should only eat certain food at certain times) or just simply bizarre (like the “fork” diet, where you can eat whatever you want as long to do exclusively with a fork, excluding bread, sauce, chocolate squares, ice…). In fact, the only irrefutable “rule” that prevents excess, worries, vicious cycles, consists, naturally, of relying on your hunger. As we did before… to start a diet! “All patients tell the same story – when they were not paying attention to the food, everything was fine,” says Marie-Laure Thollier.
How?
Renounce the myths that limit our meals, thanks to the 3 exercises developed by GROS in order to learn to reconnect with his feelings and be more confident. “These experiences are not made to be pleasant,” warns the dietician, but it is an opportunity to discover something about yourself, of hunger, of satiety, and leave behind all diet logic – or, for that matter, nonsense.
Read more in our ‘Diet Myths‘ report:
What makes us fat?
Is chocolate really fattening?
Do we have to follow a strict regime to lose weight?
Should we deprive ourselves of our favourite food?
Mathieu Rached
