{"id":665,"date":"2010-08-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/08\/why-weight.html"},"modified":"2010-08-08T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T01:00:00","slug":"why-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/08\/why-weight.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Weight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Have you ever thought the one reason why you&#8217;re overweight, unhealthy, or struggling with problems may be that your behaviors are causing you to suffer? I don&#8217;t mean to blame yourself &#8211; perhaps you cannot help it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">I only suggest some reflection on the cause of your personal problems as a step towards seeing the connection between emotions, feelings, needs, behaviors and actions. I am suggesting that you accept some responsibility. Be totally honest. Right now. Accept responsibility that you must be doing something wrong: eating too much, not moving enough, following impossible diets, expecting too much too fast, consuming unhealthy foods&nbsp;&#8211; it could be a lot of things.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Accepting responsibility means saying to yourself and others, &#8220;I have made some mistakes, and poor choices.&#8221; It doesn&#8217;t mean that you have total power and control. 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