In some men and women, emotions can lead to weight gain. This is what Dr Patrick Serog, nutritionist and Roseline Levy-Basse, psychologist, describe in their book Break the locks that prevent you from losing weight: To do away with emotional pounds . Guest of Without appointment, on Europe 1, they explain this process and deliver some advice to avoid these "emotional pounds". "We are not all going to translate the emotions that we store in our bodies in the same way," recalls Patrick Serog.
How do you know if you are subject to "emotional pounds"? Eating more or snacking, for example after sleeping with your children, can be frustrating. "When the day is going to end, if one has dissatisfaction in one's life (one can be dissatisfied even when one is very small), the feeling of fullness and peace in which we must fall asleep is not realized. then we're going to get a piece of chocolate that will calm us down, etc. "
Roseline Levy-Basse. "Some people tell me 'happiness is on the plate.' When you have spent a lot of time taking care of others, children, working, there is a moment when you fall in love and you say to yourself: 'Me in there, how do I exist?' When you rush on a bar of chocolate, it's a moment of your own, when nothing is more important than eating. It's ultimately a way of taking care of yourself. You lose track of others, and it's the objective "", says the psychologist.
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"We always need two things: to reflect on what is going on in us, and to act every day with ourselves. When these two functions are coordinated they give very good results", asserts Patrick Serog.
Nutrition first, "we do not diet," recommends the doctor, but "we try to eat properly". Studies show that 80% of people who go on a diet regain their initial weight afterwards, because, according to him, "no human being is able to keep a diet for a long time. It means to be frustrated constantly, reduce the quantities, and what is not sustainable. We need about 800 grams of food in a meal to provide our body with all the nutrients. " Green light, therefore, for the restaurant and fatty dishes as long as it is not regular, for example once a week. "There is no prohibition, there are only foods to organize in a diet according to psychological, metabolic criteria and the history of the patient".
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In addition, we calm down on the applications that count the calories of our meals. "This reinforces the obsessionality that we can have with regard to food," says the nutritionist. To manage to lose weight without getting frustrated, it is better to "have a structure. A meal must consist of at least one main dish, a dairy product and a fruit", specifies the doctor who recalls that today , we often eat insufficiently compared to our needs.
Stressed people should avoid fatty and sugary foods, and rather try to feel full. Because "the feeling of repletion" is de-stressing. "So you have to eat more, cooked vegetables, raw vegetables, sufficient amounts of protein," says the doctor. If you have a strong appetite, you should also eat slowly because the satiation signal takes 15 minutes to reach the brain.
In terms of interiority, "it is important to come to understand what is going on in the relationship with others. Understand how far you spend more time taking care of others than yourself, see if you have the feeling that 'we receive little compared to what we give ", details Roseline Levy-Basse. "Then you have to accept that taking care of yourself is not a selfish act, and you can take very simple actions to have fun other than eating."