Supatra Tovar, a psychologist and dietitian, emphasizes a mindset shift for sustainable, healthy weight loss. Having endured fad diets, she now advocates for understanding why dieting often fails, highlighting that extreme calorie restrictions can trigger the body’s starvation response. She also recommends setting boundaries with negative influences, opting for supportive relationships around food. Tovar's approach focuses on healing one’s mindset and recognizes the limitations of traditional diet culture, as presented in her book, 'Deprogram Diet Culture.'
Understand why diets don't work. The first step to building a healthy mindset around dieting is really understanding how dieting actually works against our bodies.
There's always somebody in our lives who is telling us to diet or that we don't look good. Surround yourself with people who are more positive and supportive.
We really can't cut our calories in half, so the body goes into 'starvation mode.' You may lose weight in the short term, but it’s deceptive.
Extreme calorie restriction is typically unsustainable, so when we inevitably stop dieting, the body works to put the weight back on.
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