Tag: weight loss

Neuroplasticity and Habit Formation in Weight Loss

DMUSA News

Reading Time: 2 minutesIntroduction Weight loss is often hindered by ingrained habits and neural pathways that favor unhealthy eating and inactivity. However, neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to rewire itself—offers a promising avenue for change. By leveraging this principle, individuals can replace detrimental habits with sustainable, healthy behaviors. How Habits Form in the Brain Habits are created through the basal ganglia, a brain structure responsible for automation. Once a behavior is repeated enough, it becomes hardwired and requires less conscious effort. Applying Neuroplasticity to Weight Loss Cue-Behavior-Reward Loops – Identifying and altering the cues that…

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Knowing When To Stop Eating

Dr. John Poothullil

Reading Time: 4 minutesYour brain informs you when to stop eating during a meal. Paying attention to your “satisfaction” (also called “satiation”) signals is just as important as being aware of your hunger signals.  During a meal, the brain receives messages from the mouth, the stomach, the intestines, and the blood—all of which combine to help it assess when enough nutrients have been consumed to satisfy the demand for nutrition from the body’s cells.  Like hunger, satiation signals are highly dependent on your nutritional status. At some meals, you’ll need to consume a…

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Dr. John Explains Hunger and “Eating Like A Toddler”

Dr. John Poothullil

Reading Time: 4 minutesTo understand hunger, you don’t need to look any further than the mechanism by which babies regulate their consumption of milk, or toddlers regulate their consumption of food. If you think about it, both infants and toddlers decide on their own when to eat, what to eat, and how much to eat to thrive physically, mentally, and emotionally. When you were an infant and then a toddler, this is what you did. So today, to lose weight, you need to alter your eating habits, so you can eat as you…

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Weight Issues Can Be a Source of Pain and Frustration

DMUSA News

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m a coach who specializes in helping women over 40 achieve sustainable weight loss and body love acceptance. For many women, weight issues can be a source of pain and frustration. They may feel stuck in a cycle of never-ending negativity, lacking confidence, and even hating their bodies. As someone who has struggled with weight issues and body image concerns in the past, I understand the emotional toll that these issues can take. I know firsthand what it feels like to be unhappy with your body and to feel like…

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