Posted by Dr. John on September 29, 2003 at 21:19:23:
In Reply to: Re: Q&A for me in my weight los experiment posted by Mary Ann on September 29, 2003 at 14:57:19:
I would caution you on blaming advertisers. You only fall into the trap they have set for you to believe.
The PERSON has the ultimate control over their eating habits. It is a matter of reaching that point where being healthy and thinner is MORE important than the emotional "payoffs" of ingesting too much food. Though I have never before been addicted to anything but food (and still recovering), I would imagine it would be true that the person has the ultimate control for all other addictions. Of course withdrawl is a part of any "kicked habit", but that is just part of the natural process of the body adjusting to it's normal state, free of addictions.