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I’m sure you’ve all heard this one. People who are the size of a house complaining about the fact they have got that way by complete fluke as they ‘really don’t eat that much’. You may be able to be a secret smoker, but it’s very hard to eat in secret if you are predisposed to weight gain – IT SHOWS!

I’m teasing slightly as not everyone who is overweight is scoffing their way through bucketloads of chocolates and chips, but to say ‘I don’t eat anything or very little’ is usually about a mile from the truth. It’s true that many people don’t realize how much they are eating. After all, if you eat anything standing up or from someone else’s plate, it doesn’t count! This is why when someone writes down what they eat over a week it often comes as a massive surprise. The problem is that many people often reach for food out of sheer habit, so the conscious brain doesn’t take it in.

I think people genuinely believe that they ‘don’t eat that much’, but this is only because they delude themselves. Often they’re part of the, ‘I don’t usually but…’ gang. You know, the group of people who are always saying, ‘I don’t usually but…it’s a special occasion’ or ‘I don’t usually but…oh why not’. When you add them up, the ‘I don’t usuallys’ soon mean a hell of a lot of extra calories. I’m not saying that after you read this book you won’t genuinely have the ‘I don’t usually but what the hell it’s a special occasion’ moments (we are all human after all!). I’m just saying that if you are overweight and have somehow deluded yourself into thinking you really don’t eat much, just write down EVERYTHING that passes your lips for a week and I think the evidence will be clear.

You’ve also got to remember that it’s not just food which causes weight to stay on. Sugar-loaded drinks also play a massive part. If you are eating three balanced meals a day and drinking 2 litres of fizzy pop then you’re not going to see a great deal of movement (on every level!).

Stop deluding yourself. If you are overweight you are clearly eating too much for your body’s needs.

If you believe you can do nothing about your problem you will sit around getting fatter and sicker until the magic weight-loss pill has been found. The magic pill is in your mind, and once you stop the excuses and use the power of your mind, success is there for the taking.