{"id":899,"date":"2010-09-23T05:47:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T05:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2010\/09\/gaining-weight-dont-know-why.html"},"modified":"2010-09-23T05:47:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T05:47:22","slug":"gaining-weight-dont-know-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2010\/09\/gaining-weight-dont-know-why.html","title":{"rendered":"Gaining Weight:  Don&#8217;t know why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes when people gain weight, they are totally baffled, puzzled, befuddled, and mystified. They are sure that they are doing everything right: consuming between 1,200 and 1,400 calories daily, exercising, thinking right, etc. They are on program, on plan, and on point BUT&#8230; the plan &#8230; it just ain&#8217;t a&#8217;workin&#8217;!<br \/>\n<strong>Lying to Oneself vs. Deluding Thyself<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not that the person(s) is lying.  They&#8217;re not, because they actually believe what they are saying. &#8220;Dieters&#8221; are skilled &#8220;deluders.&#8221; Dieters have perfected their ability to pull the wool over their own eyes.<br \/>\nSometimes they hoodwink themselves by &#8216;forgetting&#8217; that the BLT&#8217;s (bites, licks and tastes) count. They forget that even if they are not counting the calories, their bodies have a built in counter. There&#8217;s no way around it. Your body counts every tiny morsel.<br \/>\nAnother way that people fool themselves is by miscalculating portions and\/or underestimating calories. Perhaps, they are not considering all the ingredients.  Perhaps, a half a cup turned into 2\/3 of a cup.<br \/>\nJust for today (and then every day thereafter for the rest of your life :), ask yourself &#8230; &#8220;Am I deceiving myself in any weigh, shape or form?&#8221;<br \/>\nFood for thought!<br \/>\nSpread the word &#8230; NOT the icing!<br \/>\nJanice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes when people gain weight, they are totally baffled, puzzled, befuddled, and mystified. 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