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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. We'll help you stick to it. We've made sticking to a diet a lot easier for women. If you get stopped by the same old problems when you diet, you are going to like the totally fresh approach of... Full Bio
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Weight Loss is Hard. Feeling Bad Can Make Weight Loss Easier. by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Don’t worry if you’re feeling bad. That’s what often happens in the weight-loss process. Feeling bad doesn’t necessarily stop you from losing a lot of weight. In fac ... Read on »
Body Image Problems and Self-Esteem Issues Cause Trouble Losing Weight by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Do you — wear baggy clothes avoid physical intimacy turn down social invitations avoid full-length mirrors disparage your looks If so, does ... Read on »
Can’t Stop Overeating, Can’t Stop Eating Fattening Foods. Why Not? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss When is enough, enough? What’s been your experience? If you’ve been eating too much food or too many fattening foods, have you found yourself eating more and more jus ... Read on »
What Causes Your Weight-Loss Activities to Work by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Usually your functioning, even simple functions like grasping, touching, reaching for, pushing, are the result of the activity of neurons in multiple parts of your brain. ... Read on »
The Weight Loss Process—Changing Yourself and What to Expect by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss You probably won’t be surprised to learn that changing your behavior is not a linear process: put in a certain amount of effort and over a certain amount of time and you ... Read on »
What You Have to Do Emotionally for Successful Weight Loss by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss It’s a tall order, but here’s what you have to do emotionally when you would like to lose weight.      Be aware of and understand your emotions.      Be able to acce ... Read on »
Everyone Needs Some Diet Motivation Sometime. But potato soup. Come on. by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss I’ve been dying to have some potato soup now for a long time. I don’t know why I didn’t make it sooner. I had it yesterday, and it was simply delicious. It wasn’t the potat ... Read on »
Can’t Get It Together. Is It the Choice of Diet? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Petrina: I’m all over the place lately. Can’t seem to get it going. Don’t seem to be able to stop once I get it going. The family’s been putting up with me, but I know it ... Read on »
Do Your Body and Your Brain Fight Against You When You Want to Be Losing A Lot of Weight? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Can your body and your brain learn what to expect and when what’s expected (e.g., food) is missing, conspire against you to get it back again? Yes. Yes. A thousand t ... Read on »
This Will Alay Your Weight Anxiety When You Get Weighed at the Doctor’s Office with Your... by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Everyone has gone to the doctor and gotten weighed. You might take your shoes off, but all the rest of your clothes stay on. If you’ve fretted about how much your cl ... Read on »
Does Monitoring Yourself Protect You Against Weight-Loss Failure by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss If you monitor closely what you are doing that causes you weight-loss failure, does that help you stop doing it? In other words, does increasing your awareness of wh ... Read on »
Why You Should Use Psychology to Lose Weight by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Why is it important to use psychology to lose weight? That’s because dieting and exercise alone don’t work. Think about it. What’s involved most in the process o ... Read on »
Diet Goals—How Best to Reach Them by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Here you are dieting again, and you have lots of goals and wishes just like you always do. You certainly want to reach your goals and have your wishes come true. What ... Read on »
The Weight-Loss Process: Homogeneous or Heterogeneous? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Losing weight is not a stationary process. You are not today who you were yesterday. What worked for you yesterday doesn’t work for you today, and what didn’t work for yo ... Read on »
Losing Excess Weight is a Trip Through Never-Never Land by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Being in a kind of never-never land, that’s what it’s like when you’re trying to change yourself so that you lose your unwanted weight. You never quite know whether ... Read on »
Making Women’s Weight Loss Easier by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Are you a weight-loss dropout? In other words, you were trying and then quit. Lots of women have dropped out, and almost all women who are trying to lose some weight ... Read on »
Can You Be Sure You Will Maintain Lost Weight For Good by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss When can you safely say you are maintaining your weight loss for good? That’s the million-dollar question. Is weight-loss maintenance like a cancer cure where you hav ... Read on »
What is Weight-Loss Balance? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Do you go into the weight-loss process with balanced expectations? There’s no doubt that having positive expectations is a good thing when you try to lose some weigh ... Read on »
How to Get Motivated to Lose Weight by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Have you noticed that your motivation grows stronger the closer you are to your goal weight? Successful weight loss can certainly make you feel better about yourse ... Read on »
Weight-Loss Failure: Can You Deal With It? by MariasLastDiet.com Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Weight loss Can you put aside your failures and move on? This is so important for successful weight loss. In order to keep to the weight-loss regimen and reach your goal weight, ... Read on »