The excess weight gained due to inactivity and unbalanced nutrition during the pandemic process and the process of losing these weights can make the person unhappy. Experts, who say that one should not live with a focus on weight while dieting, draws attention to the fact that this situation can lead to stress. Stating that professional support can be obtained while dieting, experts said, “Leave the process to the professionals. Living with a focus on scales can reduce your motivation with fluctuating indicators,” he warns. Experts recommend forgetting old failed diet attempts, suggesting a new page to be opened.
Üsküdar University NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital Specialist Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir made evaluations about the psychological conditions experienced during the diet process.
Your biggest source of motivation, your reason for starting a diet…
Before starting the diet process, the first question that should be answered is “Why?” Merve Umay Candaş Demir, who conveyed the need to Knowing about health problems, body image, form, average values and first of all why you want to diet will be a source of motivation and will allow you to draw a correct roadmap. Unconscious diet negatively affects physical and mental health, short-term gains lead to long-term harms.
Get the experiences of the past, but don’t carry their burdens!
Noting why it is necessary to try to find out why you gain or lose weight while preparing for the diet process, Merve Umay Candaş Demir stated that unanswered questions will create stress and anxiety and said, “You can search for the reasons for weight loss-gain with the support of an expert, in order not to upset your body under the psychology of guilt. Or are you experiencing emotional hunger? Don’t focus on the past. Do not let the past unsuccessful experiences of the diet process lead you to negative thoughts. Gain the experience of the past, but do not carry its burdens. You are opening a new page,” he said.
Success will come if you love your dietitian
Merve Umay Candaş Demir, who said that the first step would be taken with the “correct answer” given to why one wanted to diet, and then that the most suitable dietitian should be chosen to learn about body values and proper diet predisposition, said: He advised to pay attention to the features that will affect the harmony, “Remember, diet is personal and the right communication brings success. If you love your dietitian, success will come.
Weight is not a crime
Specialist Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir stated that situations such as gaining weight, losing weight, being overweight or being too thin do not carry the characteristics of a crime, embarrassment or shame, and said, “The only concern here is the threat to physical and mental health. Don’t stop loving yourself. Don’t forget that you are special and your existence has meaning in itself.
Leave the process to the professionals
Specialist Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir, who said that it is necessary not to live with a focus on weight while dieting, noted that this would cause stress. Emphasizing that weight control will be under control on the road taken with a dietitian, Demir said, “Leave the process to the professionals. Weight-based living can reduce your motivation with bumpy indicators. Pay attention to the time in the weight loss-gain process. Short-term excess weight changes can disrupt your bodily perception. Do not make an enemy of yourself in the mirror. Mirrors are not your competitors,” he said.
Get psychological support if diet makes you unhappy
Merve Umay Candaş Demir, who said that she should not be obsessed with weight, stated that the ideal weight will be determined by the dietitian. Expressing that there will be situations in life where the ideal weight is exceeded or undershot, Demir pointed out that it can be kept under control with early measures and that individuals should not leave themselves unhappy on the scales.
“Diet experiences can lead you to depression,” warns Demir, “Our age does not limit the weight loss-gain process to dieting only. It is necessary to get support from a dietitian; In addition, it is necessary not to miss the points that require psychological support. The process we call diet means a healthy life form, so if a person cannot be “happy” while investing in himself for a healthy life, if he experiences long-term reluctance and unhappiness, he should definitely get psychological support.
We should replace unhealthy foods with the right foods.
Reminding that we cannot ignore the expectations of our brain while preparing nutrition programs and diet lists, Specialist Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir pointed out that the brain also has expectations from food. Merve Umay Candaş Demir made the following suggestions: “We must rid our brain, which we have made accustomed to and satisfied with unhealthy foods, from these foods; We have to replace it with the right foods. The relationship between our brain health and nutrition is now a proven fact by experts, be sure to read the books and articles written on this subject.”
Source: (BHA) – Beyaz News Agency
