Sometimes men want to "encourage" their wives to lose weight and end up doing the one thing that is making it hard for them to lose. They threaten their wives, saying, "If you don't lose weight I'm leaving you." It pains me to write those words, but they are words that patients have actually quoted to me.
When people are losing weight they often have a sense of discomfort known as hunger. Hunger isn't always a pleasant feeling but it can be more pleasant when we consider what it means. It means we are losing weight. Let it serve as a constant reminder that you are cheerfully accomplishing your goal. We can almost be sure that if we aren't hungry we aren't losing weight. We can embrace hunger as a welcome sign that we are losing weight.
Has it ever seemed that your body is fighting your efforts to lose weight? Well, it is. In addition, when the body temperature drops during dieting, it can often remain lower even after the dieting is over.