Differences in thinking between thin and obese
The main differences in thinking and habits between thin and obese or overweight people, which make some skinny and others fat.
Steve Siebold, a psychological coach and professional athlete, details in his book Die Fat Book – Get Tough the main differences in thinking and habits between the thin and obese or overweight, which precisely make some skinny and others fat. These are some obvious differences and some not so obvious that can be very useful for those who have a permanent fight against being overweight. Since knowing them can help them understand that fundamentally it is a matter of attitude and that is the main big step towards change.
Obese or overweight people eat for pleasure while thin people eat for food
Although eating is a physiological need, it is known that people also eat for pleasure; hence when you choose to eat a certain thing and not another, because it is tastier. But for those who have problems with overweight or obesity, food is always associated purely and exclusively with pleasure, with enjoyment. While thin people, although they also occasionally eat for pleasure, in general they do so only to feed themselves, to nourish themselves. And in this sense they look for a healthy diet, that nourishes them and provides energy and not just empty calories.
For obese or overweight people, diets do not work, while for thin people, it is people who fail
In general, when an overweight or obese person cannot lose weight, they blame the diets, saying that they are useless, that they do not work. However, the truth is that they never strictly follow a diet, they usually abandon it or do it more or less. In this way they take the blame by assigning it to someone else, in this case to the diet, thus masking the underlying issue, which is a lack of will and commitment. On the other hand, thin people are clear that an eating regimen must be completely respected if the goal is to be achieved: Lose weight.
People who are overweight or obese are waiting for a miracle to help them lose weight
Those who have problems with weight often expect a miraculous help that will help them lose weight, but without having to make any effort themselves. However, thin people are clear that it depends only on them, that the will and commitment must be their own and no one else’s.
People with weight problems or obesity are more likely to eat based on emotions
People with overweight and obesity problems are more likely to eat according to their emotions. That is, they eat because they are sad, angry, in a bad mood, etc. But they also do it when they are happy, joyful, content. On the other hand, thin women eat only out of hunger, out of physical and not emotional need. Therefore, when their emotions betray them, they opt for other types of outings such as an outing, a walk, a change of look, a trip to a spa, etc.
For people with weight problems losing weight is a very big sacrifice, for thin people it is the price that must be paid to be well
Thin people are very clear that being in shape requires work, sacrifice, discipline and effort, that there are no magic or easy solutions. While obese people wait for something magical to happen, but they are not willing to sacrifice themselves for anything.
People with weight problems let failure win over them, while thin people use it to their advantage as an impulse
People who are overweight or obese allow themselves to be overcome by failure, they abandon various diets, the gym dozens of times and they abandon themselves to a reality that they believe to be unchangeable and immobilizes them to change it. On the other hand, thin women are convinced that we learn from failure and take it as an impulse to move forward and move forward.
If the fat person is happy with his fatness, that’s fine
Steve Siebold explains that with this argument we live in a false reality that allows and justifies fatness. While living reality can cause a lot of pain and be unbearable. Fatness, in addition to being an aesthetic issue that isolates people who suffer from it, is a serious health issue and no one can be happy if they are sick.
For people with weight problems, exercising is a burden, while for thin people it is a fundamental part of their life
This transcends obesity or thinness, since there are thin people who feel sport as a burden. It is a question of thought, of attitude. That is to say, on the one hand there are those who feel exercise is a fundamental and indispensable part of their lives, which helps them to be and feel good and is not negotiable. On the other hand, those who do it only because they want to lose weight or look better aesthetically, but they suffer from it and that is why they sign up for the gym in the spring to be in shape for the summer and after a week they abandon it. It is important to understand what Steve Siebold is trying to make with these differences. Fatness or thinness are not just things that happen to you and with which nothing can be done. Although there are genetic factors that influence, each person can make the decision to change and be solely responsible for their body and that the image that the mirror returns when they look in it is the desired one.
