{"id":4482,"date":"2018-01-09T20:22:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T01:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2018-01-09T20:22:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T01:22:32","slug":"speaking-of-new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/speaking-of-new-years-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"SPEAKING OF NEW YEAR\u2019S RESOLUTIONS\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The single most popular New Year\u2019s resolution in our country seems to be, \u201cI\u2019m gonna lose weight!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I hope no one minds, but I\u2019m going to veer out of my lane for a little bit.\u00a0 I\u2019m no authority on weight loss, obesity, etc.\u00a0 I only have one qualification to discuss it: I\u2019ve been fat and I\u2019ve been slim, and for the most part \u201cslim\u201d is better.\u00a0 About the only thing I miss about being heavier than my bone structure was built for is that it the weight added some power when I put it all into a punch.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1533410291\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=proa04-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1533410291&amp;linkId=e88b4d1601dfa4c210d8e0bcb675ab7c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Babcock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Babcock.jpg 802w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Babcock-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Babcock-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Babcock-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to try to sell you on the Massad Ayoob Exhaustion and Dissipation Weight Loss Program\u2122.\u00a0 Instead, I\u2019m going to refer you to someone who actually knows what she\u2019s talking about, and has built an enviable track record helping people with that.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Elizabeth Babcock, LCSW, is a therapist, and she specializes in helping patients with weight loss issues.\u00a0 I\u2019ve found that most doctors roll their eyes when medically-related advice is offered by someone who doesn\u2019t have the letters \u201cMD\u201d after their signature, but I can point you to a ton of medical professionals who have endorsed her book. It\u2019s because what she teaches has been proven to work, as countless of her clientele will attest.<\/p>\n<p>The title is \u201cWhy We Overeat and How to Stop.\u201d\u00a0 Hint: it\u2019s a lot more about the brain than about the stomach, and Elizabeth looks at the organic side of it as well as the psychological side, and also the sociological aspects that make dieting so damn hard (and temporary), and overeating so damned seductive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1533410291\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=proa04-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1533410291&amp;linkId=e88b4d1601dfa4c210d8e0bcb675ab7c\">Order here.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 While you\u2019re at the Amazon site, read the reviews.\u00a0 There is a reason why 97% of the reviewers gave Elizabeth and her book the coveted \u201cmax\u201d of five stars. And, yes, it\u2019s available on Kindle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The single most popular New Year\u2019s resolution in our country seems to be, \u201cI\u2019m gonna lose weight!\u201d I hope no one minds, but I\u2019m going to veer out of my lane for a little bit.\u00a0 I\u2019m no authority on weight loss, obesity, etc.\u00a0 I only have one qualification to discuss it: I\u2019ve been fat and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4484,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions\/4484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}