Comments on: Nine Keys for Lasting Diet Change

By: Weight Loss Blog

Weight Loss Blog — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:01:35 +0000

Hi, hope this comment works I'm still new to this whole blogging thing. good post! I discovered your blog while searching for other people's weight loss stories. I've actually just started blogging about my weight loss success story - I lost over 30 pounds in a month with a diet I developed! I would love it if you could stop by my weight loss blogand let me know what you think. Warmest wishes, -Joan

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By: Scott Young

Scott Young — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:03:42 +0000

anthony,

True, things other than weight will kill you and beliefs are definitely one of them. But being healthy and happy are not mutually exlusive, in fact I would argue that they are dependent on each other. The physical body forms the foundation. Physical energy and physical health fuels mental health, fueling emotional health which can fuel spiritual health. Besides, improving our physical health is an excellent opportunity for growth, so we can bring the velocity argument back into the picture.

By: anthony wong

anthony wong — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:57:12 +0000

if u really want to be realistic, we begin to die, the moment we are born. u said having a belief that you are healthy can lead to denial. I think having a belief that fat will kill you will certainly hasten ur death. Saying being overweight will kill you is only a belief. We can and do die of other things, because overweight is not the only thing that will kill us. Many things kill us, some of which we will have no idea they are present; and it is the different ways all these other factors that will kill us play with each other, that will determine exactly when or how we die. It is impossible to control all these factors. So it is not denial but realistic to consider ourselves healthy, enjoying life with our velocity-based growth, (incorporating both lateral growth and vertical growth) till we drop dead when such time as all these factors come together to kill us. When it does, I am sure all those who have lived happy lives will be quite glad to leave their sickness riddled bodies. Death will be welcomed. We will all die one day, we might as well enjoy ourselves on that journey to our deaths rather than worry about it.
it comes to this, would u rather a person be happy and overweight, and die, or sad and overweight, and die. I know which one I would rather be.

By: Scott Young

Scott Young — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:04:51 +0000

Thanks for the comments anthony,

Beliefs are critical in changing your identity and then changing your behavior. The only problem with this approach is it can sometimes turn into denial. When you try telling yourself your healthy when subconsciously you know that isn’t correct you can be obese and dying and be unable to solve your problem.

By: anthony wong

anthony wong — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:09:04 +0000

hi, just want to say great suggestions for changing. they will apply to any changes to any aspect of life, not only dieting.
i got here from someone else’s blog who marveled that u r only 18. u r certainly very insightful at this young age. Most of ur reference seem to be from reading self help books. I tend to get my insights from observing other people. What they do or not do.Real life examples, in other words. and from that the most important factor to change is if they can change their beliefs. I find what they believe is what affects their thoughts and behaviour.
So a person who believes they are a healthy person will adopt the healthy lifestyle without effort. To change ur lifestyle involves changing ur beliefs about yourself. All other things follow effortlessly from there. That I think is the single most important reason why anyone changes anything in their life.
Thanks for ur insights. I shall bookmark ur log.

By: Scott Young

Scott Young — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:02:42 +0000

@Raquel – Great to hear your successes with becoming healthier. I’ll have to check out that book

@Norbert – Great to hear from you again, Norbert. Health is often on a scale. I’m far from perfect and I am continuously trying to push my health forward. It takes time and patience but with dietary and fitness adjustments it is well worth the effort. Don’t worry, if I see you drinking coke I’ll redeem your offer.

By: Norbert Mocsnik

Norbert Mocsnik — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:08:46 +0000

Great tips, as always! Although I wouldn’t consider myself too much overweight, I don’t feel as healthy as I aim to be. I suspect No. 2 “Love the Foods in Your Diet” and No. 6 “Don’t Make Exceptions, Ever!” will help me a lot in the long run. The beauty in learning from others is that usually things are easy to implement because it’s just common sense–on the other hand, it’s so hard to figure out these things by yourself!

Okay.. I must not drink any coke again. I buy mineral water and 100% juices instead. If you catch me drinking coke, I pay you $100. (this is from Steve Pavlina afair ). Anyways, I’m not kidding, coke is a serious problem to me. Even if you take only the sugar in it..

By: Raquel

Raquel — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:57:19 +0000

Scott – I appreciate your article. I recently switched my eating choices to follow Weight Watchers. The program has fit in with the ideas you mention here. I have found success thus far. I have been making new health decisions for approximately 7 weeks and have lost 12 pounds. Thanks for your thoughts on the keys for lasting change. I do see some similarities between your keys and the 9 choices of happy people (How We Choose to be Happy by Rick Foster & Greg Hicks): Intention –> Accountability –> Identification –> Centrality –> Recasting –> Options –> Appreciation –> Giving –> Truthfulness…This is a fabulous book and I would recommend it to anyone on their own journey for happiness. You talked above about root causes…knowing how to make ourselves happy helps us make good choices. Thanks again, Scott.