{"id":459,"date":"2015-09-02T16:15:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/?p=459"},"modified":"2020-09-27T17:37:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T14:37:44","slug":"zygisteite-perissotero-gia-na-adynat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimakopoulosi.gr\/en\/zygisteite-perissotero-gia-na-adynat\/","title":{"rendered":"Weigh more lose more"},"content":{"rendered":"

People seeking help in order to shed pounds<\/strong> nowadays, are usually advised to follow a \u201ccomprehensive<\/strong>\u201d approach. One that combines dietary adjustments, exercise and behavioural techniques aimed at helping them alter their ways towards \"Notes<\/a>food consumption. One such technique is self-monitoring. It is based on the premise that raising self-awareness<\/strong> will lead to behavioural changes favourable to losing weight initially, and eventually maintaining it at the new lower level. The realisation of where I am now and where I wish to be, will hopefully give me motive.<\/p>\n

Self-monitoring of what one eats and how much he or she exercises does facilitate<\/strong> weight loss and maintenance (older article<\/a>). But is the same true for self-weighing? Conventional wisdom had it that frequent weighing will have adverse effects; like for instance a negative view of one\u2019s body image. In contrast recent studies suggest that this may not be true. Regular body weighing may indeed be a valuable tool for weight management.<\/p>\n

The information presented in this article is based on a review that studies the link between self-weigh-ing and weight management and the effects that self-weighing has on psychology. In all, 17 studies were \"Essential<\/a>included in the review. The subjects of those studies were obese and overweight adults that had sought help in order to manage their weight. It should be noted that the vast majority of them were white middle-aged females therefore certain groups of the population are underrepresented if at all.<\/p>\n

In five of the studies reviewed it was shown that daily<\/strong> weighing was more effective in helping people lose and maintain weight. In two of them weekly<\/strong> weighing had the best results, whereas in the study by Vanwormer et al. (2012) daily<\/strong> and weekly<\/strong> did better than monthly weighing and in the study by Lally et al. weekly<\/strong> and monthly<\/strong> yielded the same results. Overall the 17 studies showed that recording one\u2019s weight led in either:<\/p>\n