[...]... mistaking Gina’s message: changing your life starts with changing your perception, but your perception can only change if you manage to rewire your brain This is why weight loss is a brain game first and foremost If you are going to change your body, you must begin by changing your mind—literally That’s exactly what the program in this book will help you do Eating on Your Brain When you order a midnight... same: lazy brain! Think of it as a little like forgetting to set your watch forward for daylight saving time or back for standard time Your watch will still work, but your life will be out of sync In the case of weight management, your brain is managing your weight all right, but it’s always a step ahead or behind Your brain tries to regulate your eating—maintaining balance in all systems is, after all,... something is the brain If you are overweight today, the fault is not so much in your snacking as in your cerebrum—the part of your brain involved in conscious, planned actions such as healthy eating If your cerebrum takes cues from your stomach more often than from the urgings of your willful common sense, then you will likely find yourself overweight Looking at the mushrooming rates of obesity in the United... attacks only the symptoms of your weight problem, not the cause To get off the diet weightloss/weight-regain roller coaster, you’ll have to retrain the one organ in your body that really manages eating behavior and weight your brain This book tells you how xi Copyright © 2008 by Georgia D Andrianopoulos Click here for terms of use xii • Introduction It Really Is All in Your Head Of course, the fact... street, it’s actually the second time you are ordering it Your brain ordered it first, and you obeyed by pulling a sweatshirt over your pajamas, jumping in your car, and If you are overweight speeding over to Mickey D’s today, the fault is Consider your food hangover the morning not so much in your after last Thanksgiving Remember how you snacking as in your felt? A little nauseous, a little dizzy, maybe... and eating habits before and during pregnancy could have altered your food preferences and body weight; increasing your susceptibility to weight gain However, your eating patterns—how much you eat, the types of foods you desire—continued to be constructed during childhood and throughout your lifetime The foods you eat today, along with your emotional experiences and physical well-being determine what... coded reason within your DNA is that food delivers instant pleasure Eating pleasure has a way of quieting down the restless brain, much like it quiets down a restless child—or adult Its precise purpose is to return your out-of-kilter brain to the balance it finds comfortable “Feel better,” your brain demands, and since satisfying one of your food cravings is a known way to make you happy, your brain in effect... what’s going on in your brain to make you eat the way you do is the one truly effective approach to weight management It’s true, you can’t glance inside your brain, see what looks out of place, and readjust it But you can certainly learn to recognize telltale signs so you can adjust them Sometimes your eating brain is triggered by genetic factors or medical conditions that damage your body s ability to... brain to get to your wallet by way of your stomach Introduction • xix It isn’t just that food manufacturers want you to eat as much as possible; they also want you to eat as often as possible And they routinely use scientific data to manipulate your brain to get you to do both They do it in their marketing strategies, and they do it with additives that can actually affect your appetite and your eating... the OPT program: 1 Discover You’ll identify and analyze your own personal wobble and see how it affects your eating 2 Reframe By exploring where your wobble comes from, you’ll begin to look at eating in a whole new way This freshly perceived framework will enable you to focus on what needs changing 3 Retrain You’ll do the “workouts” that will bring your brain to optimal performance so that it seeks equilibrium . class="bi x0 y0 w1 h1" alt="" RetrainYourBrain, ReshapeYourBody This page intentionally left blank RetrainYourBrain, ReshapeYourBody THEBREAKTHROUGH BRAIN-CHANGINGWEIGHT-LOSSPLAN GEORGIA. of your weight problem, not the cause. To get off the diet weight- loss/weight-regain roller coaster, you’ll have to retrain the one organ in your body