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MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy

Specialty: Clinical Psychology
California
The Maria's Last Diet blog is all about the psychological side of dieting. You choose the diet.... Full Bio
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Your Bad Eating Habits: Can You Change Them? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietIs this you? You can't stop overeating, and you're afraid people don't change?People do change, no doubt about it. But the ... Read on »
Breaking the Habit of Eating When You Don't Want To Eat by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietStimulus control is a method to use when something automatically evokes a certain behavior in you. If, for example, (like so many people) you get u ... Read on »
Gaining Weight Over the Holidays by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietDoes this go against what you know to be so? Two pieces of research show that people aren't gaining weight over the holidays, at least not ... Read on »
Weight Loss Help for Stopping the Urge to Eat Off Your Diet by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietIf you keep going on and off every diet because you always get the urge to eat off your diet, what can you do?When you get ready to go back on your ... Read on »
Making It Easier to Lose the Weight by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietThe main goal of a dieter is to achieve weight-loss success. This is usually way off in the future. An alternative to concentrating on this type of ... Read on »
What's the Best Diet...for You? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietThe best diet for you is the one that is the least disturbing to you.The more a diet goes against what you like, how you live, the more probable it ... Read on »
Are You Overeating Over and Over Again? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietOvereating and weight gain can be addicting. The addiction is not to the food itself; it is to a mood altering or emotion relieving process.Because ... Read on »
Is Weight Loss Success Easier if You're Optimistic? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietAre you always filled with lots and lots of optimism when you start dieting? Before long though, does your optimism stop working and you fizzle out ... Read on »
Ultimate Diet Help: Adherence - Do It and You'll Have Weight Loss Success by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietDiet adherence (aka sticking to your diet) is a significant factor in the success of any dieting strategy. But what is the effect of diet adherence ... Read on »
A Must in Losing the Weight: The Drinking Water Debate by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietThe Health Journal column in the Wall Street Journal (July 1, 2008) pointed up the ongoing controversy about the advice we've heard so ofte ... Read on »
Dieting: Starting, Stopping, Starting Again and Again, and Then Not Going Back On by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietYou had it right when you got back on again after going off your weight-loss plan. You kept your slips as slips. Once you didn't get back o ... Read on »
When Dieting, It's the Little Decisions that Count by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietThe big goal is to lose the weight, so you start dieting. What will get you to achieve that big goal is not just the decision to start dieting. It ... Read on »
Do You Find You're Gaining Weight Back After You Lose the Weight? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last Diet Weight gain after losing the weight seems to be the norm. But it's important to note the research studies that come up with this finding a ... Read on »
How to Set Goals for Weight Loss Success by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietIf you set your goal at learning how to do something rather than setting a goal of performing well, you are likely to be have more weight-loss succ ... Read on »
Your Friend Gets Thin. Are You Jealous? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietThink of it this way. If you are not a model or a movie star or a pop diva, it’s probably not so important to you that you not look like one. ... Read on »
Your Bad Eating Habits and Staying Overweight: Why Do You Hold on to Them? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietYou’re no doubt aware of a lot of the negatives about overeating and being overweight. You feel bad physically. You hate the way you look. ... Read on »
How to Live a Healthy Lifestyle While You Lose the Weight by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietG. Alan Marlatt, a psychologist working in the field of addictive behaviors, talks about a factor that significantly contributes to ongoing addicti ... Read on »
Deciding to Change Your Eating Habits But Haven't Started Yet? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietThe research literature on the way people change is very clear. Deciding to make a change, just deciding to do it, is a very important step on the ... Read on »
Dieting with a Friend Leads to Weight Loss Success by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietDo you talk with other women about food and weight? Do you really talk, or do you only speak about it superficially—what diet you are current ... Read on »
Body Image Development is a Risky Business for Girls by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss by Maria's Last DietThere are several factors affecting body image development in childhood. Three important ones are parents, peers, and the media.Parents Parents pro ... Read on »