I was very impressed with this youtube interview with Dr. Stephan Guyenet by the blogger of Smash The Fat: Guyenet, of whom I have already spoken in abundance in the past, is a doctor who specializes in obesity and metabolism problems, and in particular for years has studied (and tried to give an answer) to why people overeat and thus tend to gain weight. Why do you gain weight, in short?
In this interview, Guyenet explains why we gain weight: the first responsible for the fact that we tend to gain weight is according to him the environment. What does the environment mean?

The environment is the sum of everything that does not concern our person, but what surrounds us: for example, our eating habits are environmental, that is, they depend on our family, our folklore traditions and our lifestyle; the environments, of course, that we frequent both as real and virtual places are environmental: from the office to friendships on social networks; people are also environmental factors, when they behave from places, that is, they are people we frequent often: from this point of view, the house could be our family of origin, too, and the way in which mom and dad raised us .

Why is the environment the first factor to consider if we get fat?
Because very often our eating habits derive from the environment: if we grew up at home and on Sundays for lunch with our grandmother, if our mother told us that fatness is half beauty, these behaviors have influenced the way in which we design our own. Power supply; same thing if for work we are stressed and we tend to overeat in the evening.
If we want to lose weight, the first thing to do is to consider our environment (and therefore a bit of everything I have summarized above): can we simply act on it to lose weight?
In all likelihood yes, and I will point out some things that in my experience are effective for losing weight:
–avoid the canteen as much as possible (work, school, etc.) or alternatively, take an interest in the menus by choosing the less dense alternatives in calories.
– reduce work and social stress
– change the outings and places of attendance: we avoid the evening in a pizzeria every holy week, we start with a barbecue; we invite people to us by offering light menus.
– let ‘s review the small home habits: let’s change the way we think about food in our free time even at home: from snacks in front of the TV, to Sunday lunch.
– let’s review our pantry:let’s change foods. Let’s try to have vegan days once or twice a week, for example, or to eat differently. For example, since I eat fruit for breakfast I can’t do without it: I reduce biscuits, bread or rusks and eat whole Greek yogurt with fruit or pancakes with banana and egg plus a small fruit salad. Let’s think back to our snacks, remove the sugar in coffee – little things that make a huge difference. We can also go shopping in a different place.
Try to act on these things before thinking about disposable diets, and give yourself an alternate month: not only your figure will benefit, but also your health.