123: Feeling obsessed with food? Here's why. (I thought about dieting and didn't want to stop eating)

The Confidence Project Podcast · Apr 11, 2019 · 16m

Ever notice how when you're either about to go on a diet or are already on a diet, you suddenly become obsessed with food?

There's a reason.

And I experienced it again for the first time in almost a decade.

This is how and why intentional weight loss will not work long term. We intentionally lose weight by creating a caloric deficit over time. Intentionally restricting food sets off our innate alarms that say "whoa! Something is up!" And so, in an effort to stay alive, your body lowers its metabolism to preserve itself AND becomes obsessed with food.

Ever notice how when you're on a diet, you…