To change your weight, first change your mind,

Weight loss is a multi milion dollar Business that relies on your fauliure and guilt,

As weight loss programs, diets don't work! Yes, you lose weight, but about 95% of people who lose weight by dieting will regain it in 1-5 years. Since dieting, by definition, is a temporary food plan, it won't work in the long run. Moreover, the deprivation of restrictive diets may lead to a diet-overeat or diet-binge cycle. And since your body doesn't want you to starve, it responds to overly-restrictive diets by slowing your metabolism which of course makes it harder to lose weight.

Fad diets can be harmful. They may lack essential nutrients, for example. Moreover, they teach you nothing about healthy eating. Thus, when you've "completed" your fad diet, you simply boomerang back to the unhealthy eating patterns that caused your weight gain in the first place! This is the beginning of "yo-yo dieting," which can bring its own health problems in its wake.

Weight loss is tricky business. Obviously what you eat has a huge impact on your health and body weight. But anyone who has ever tried to modify their diet for the sake of losing weight knows it isn’t so simple.

Most of us understand intuitively that broccoli is healthier than cookies. We can talk about sugar, fat, gluten, and antioxidants all day, but that doesn’t change the fact that cookies taste good and you still want to eat them. Any weight loss plan that simply tells you what to eat and neglects why you make the choices you make is unlikely to help you in the long run.

The Weight of a Nation

Nutrition knowledge is important, but it is only one piece of the puzzle. The real secret is understanding your behaviors and motivations at their roots, and using this information to have a meaningful impact on your health. In this sense, good health starts in your brain, not on your plate.

Willpower
The first thing you need to understand is that we don’t have as much control over our food decisions as most of us assume. We tend to believe that we can call on willpower anytime we wish and use it to order a salad instead of a burger, and if we fail to do so it is our own fault. However, self-control is not something we can simply turn on or off, and as a result the process of decision making––particularly when it comes to food––is much more complex.

Addiction

Processed foods are addictive and can cause you to overeat.

Eating highly processed or highly concentrated foods can artificially stimulate dopamine (the pleasure neurotransmitter), which plays a role in addiction. In this way, you are eating foods that lack nutrients and fiber, but create a pleasurable feeling. A food addiction starts because you feel good when you are eating these foods and they make you think they taste better. You crave that pleasurable feeling again and again and viola…this is what starts a food addiction.

MSG is one of the most common food additives among fast food and snack foods, used to make the flavor of foods more bold. MSG causes addictive habits because the more you eat, the longer it takes to feel satisfied. In other words, one fast food sandwich and a small order of fries won't always cut it. Your disguised, larger-than-life appetite gives false information to your brain, prolongs feeling full and leads you to order the largest menu items available ... and a milkshake, too.

Sugar
Sugar in fast food is usually in the form of high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils. Sure enough, sugar can cause cravings similar and of the same intensity as addictive drugs, according to the US National Library of Medicine (USNLM).

The list goes on

A report from Health.com says fast food affects the brain the same way as cocaine and heroin do.

"Love of the Salty taste is an addiction similar in quality to the addictions to alcohol, tobacco, sugar, caffeine and a host of others," says Dr. Ron Kennedy of the Anti-Aging Medicine Clinic in Santa Rosa.

During digestion, Casein (Fast food companies often add casein to french fries, breads, milkshakes and salad dressings.)breaks apart to release a host of opiates called casomorphins, according to The Physicians Committee in Washington, D.C.

Opiates often bring a calming sensation, comfort and release to the brain; therefore, a psychological bond to their source: fast food.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver also found addiction to reach far beyond recreational drugs and into the realm of food. Fatty foods, in recent years, have become the target of cravings, a substitute for boredom and a "solution" for stress.

"There are overlaps in the brain pathways activated by palatable foods and drugs of abuse," Dr. Nicole Avena said. "Drugs act on brain systems that evolved to reinforce natural behaviors. Thus, the circuitry is in place for food to be addictive."

How Can this Knowledge Help Us Lose Weight?

The best way I can describe this positive mindset is ‘getting your head straight’

Research shows that one of the most important factors that influences weight loss success is your attitude – whether or not you believe (and keep on believing) that you can make the changes you need to make to lose weight, and that they are worth doing. This is because what you think, affects how you feel, and in turn the actions you take.

Listen to your self-talk and recognise it’s happening.

Stress Do you feel like you're prone to putting on more weight when you're stressed, even if you're eating the same amount of food as you always have? Too much cortisol can slow your metabolism, causing more weight gain than you would normally experience. This also makes dieting more difficult.Cravings -- OK, you're stressed. Do you reach for a nice salad or a pint of beer? People experiencing chronic stress tend to crave more fatty, salty and sugary foods. This includes sweets, processed food and other things that aren’t as good for you. These foods are typically less healthy and lead to increased weight gain.

Sleep "Studies have suggested sleep deprivation leads to overeating and disruptions in circadian rhythms that put you at a higher risk for heart disease, obesity, depression and even Type 2 diabetes. Not getting enough sleep can also lead to hormonal changes in men and women that can disrupt hunger signals and stimulate appetite or lessen feelings of satiety."

Depression "Antidepressants are the most-prescribed drugs in the U.S. for people between the ages of 18 and 44, and more than 10 percent of Americans are on them at any given time. And yet, some people who desperately need to be taking them are afraid to start because certain types of antidepressants have been associated with weight gain. Thus, a bitter cycle ensues: You’re depressed, so you get on antidepressants. You get “fat,” which doesn't help the depression. And repeat."

Drugs
Many drugs used to treat obesity-linked conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and depression can themselves cause weight gain.
Paxil (paroxetine)
Depakote (valproic acid)
Prozac (fluoxetine)
Remeron (mirtazapine)
Zyprexa (olanzapine)
Deltasone (prednisone)
Thorazine (chlorpromazine)
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To change your weight, first change your mind

Its been well established that CES has helped
Randomized Controlled Trials
Open Clinical Trials
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation

1 Addictions Curb Your Food Addiction
2 Stress
3 Sleep
4 Anxiety
5 Depression
6 Insomnia and Sleep problems ETC

All of which can cause weight gain,, so if you have tried the latest Diets and Fads,, NONE OF WHICH TREAT THE UNDERLYING CAUSE, perhaps its time to simply go to the seat of the problem,,

"Kennerly (2006) found that persons treated with CES for 20 minutes exhibited significant changes in the EEG, including increased alpha (8-12Hz) relative power and decreased relative power in the delta (0–3.5Hz) and beta (12.5-30Hz) frequencies. Increased alpha typically correlates with improved relaxation and possibly increased mental alertness or clarity (Thompson & Thompson, 2003), while decreased delta suggests reduced drowsiness. Beta reductions were exhibited mostly between 20-30Hz and this frequency band correlates with reductions in anxiety, ruminative thought, and obsessive/compulsive-like behaviors (Demos, 2005). Kennerly further reported that quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG) and low resolution electromagnetic tomography (LORETA) analyses showed that the electrical pulses generated by the Alpha-Stim reached all cortical and subcortical areas of the brain.

CES Treatment Effectiveness
Based on qualitative criteria recommended by Kirsch & Gilula (2007a), large effect sizes (i.e., >.50) are well established across a number of controlled and uncontrolled studies in the Alpha-Stim treatment of a wide variety of psychological and physical disorders (Kirsch & Smith, 2004; Kirsch & Gilula, 2007a; Kirsch & Gilula, 2007b; Kirsch & Gilula, 2007c; Kirsch & Gilula, 2007d; Matteson & Ivancevich, 1986; Moore, 1975; Rosenthal & Wulfsohn, 1970; Rosenthal, 1972; Smith & O’Neill, 1975).

Depression and Anxiety
A meta-analysis of CES for depression that included 20 studies and 975 subjects revealed a mean effect size rating of .50 (Kirsch & Gilula, 2007c; Kirsch & Gilula, 2007d). A meta-analysis of CES for anxiety which included 41 studies comprising 2049 participants found a mean effect size ratings of .57. This large effect size decreased to .53 using only double-blinded studies in the analysis (Kirsch & Gilula, 2007a; Kirsch & Gilula, 2007b). A recent uncontrolled pilot study into CES for chronic and pervasive anxiety (i.e., generalized anxiety disorder) found a 50% average reduction in self-reported anxiety by a majority of treatment completers (Bystritsky, Kerwin, & Feusner, 2008).

Insomnia
A meta-analysis of 20 studies involving 1083 participants that received CES for sleep difficulties (mostly insomnia) was recently completed. CES for insomnia achieved a mean effect size rating of .64 (Kirsch & Gilula, 2007e).

Chronic Pain
There are no known meta-analyses currently published for CES for chronic pain (i.e., headache). Soloman et al. (1989) conducted a randomized, double blind study with 100 men and women receiving outpatient care for chronic tension headache. All participants had received analgesic therapy for at least 1 year and had a minimum of 4 headaches a month for inclusion into the study. The researchers reported a statistically significant 35% reduction in pain severity scores. The percent of participants that reported statistically significant subjective headache improvement following CES treatment compared to the control group were: 12% “highly effective,” 24% “moderately effective,” 26% “minimally effective,” and 38% “not effective.”

Summary
CES for the treatment of anxiety, depression, and insomnia achieved impressive effect sizes in the studies reviewed. CES for chronic pain produced acceptable results given that participants had chronic headaches (1 year or longer) that were presumably treatment non-responsive to frontline medications. "