Contrary to what many dieters may think, choosing one diet plan over another because it allows more of certain favorite foods may be a recipe for another dieting failure according to Psychiatrist, Dr. Anthony J. Burlay, author of The Foundation Diet: Your Body Was Designed to Eat (Zen-Fusion Publishing, 22.95).

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 6, 2005 -- Contrary to what many dieters may think, choosing one diet plan over another because it allows more of certain favorite foods may be a recipe for another dieting failure according to Psychiatrist, Dr. Anthony J. Burlay, author of The Foundation Diet: Your Body Was Designed to Eat (Zen-Fusion Publishing, 22.95).
   
Differentiating between “wants” and “needs” and learning what your body is designed to eat is the key to weight loss, Dr. Burlay says. “Approaching your search for a diet with the thinking that you can’t give up certain foods– like pasta, chocolate, certain fruits, or whatever your food may be– is a symptom of our society’s trend towards instant gratification and not the way you should be thinking if you want to lose weight.”

Many approaches to dieting rely on restricting “bad foods;” an approach, Dr. Burlay says, that ascribes morality to food choices and feeds the cycle of weight loss and regained pounds that plague the modern dieter. “A ‘forbidden fruit’ mentality only fuels the feeling that dieting is a time-limited unpleasantness. However, a shift to a permanent change in food choices is the way to sustainable weight loss,” he says. Feeling denied certain flavors or tastes only compounds the problem and hiding foods in cookie jars or pantries does not reduce the risk that they will be eaten. “Even a five year old knows hidden cookies taste the best,” says Dr. Burlay.

Changes in food choices that meet your body’s needs rather then your wants will, in time, lead to a change in those wants. If the plan you chose does not allow your favorite food, there will be some initial discomfort but, Dr. Burlay says these previously favorite foods will take on a different importance as you proceed with your weight loss goals and change your pattern of eating. “It is as though your taste buds evolve to a new plateau of satisfaction. Those foods that previously had such a grip over your decision making may actually cause an adverse response. You will go by the donut or pizza shop with a new found freedom and not give in to the primitive part of your brain linked to emotions and food aroma.”

Once you are eating a diet which is evolutionarily correct you can and should pay attention to your body’s signals to eat, says Dr. Burlay. At that point your body will be telling you what it needs and you will find that your “needs” and “wants” are the same thing.

The Foundation Diet is available at Amazon.com and major booksellers. For more information visit FoundationDiet.com.

Dr. Burlay is currently the Medical Director of a substance abuse residential rehabilitation treatment program in Maryland. He earned his M.D. and completed his Psychiatric Residency at the University of Maryland, and is Board Certified in both General and Addictions Psychiatry. He has lost and kept off over 50 pounds following The Foundation Diet.

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