article · February 2011
Personal Fitness 2011: Brain Fitness Affects How You Lose Weight
The underlying cause of your problem may not be your food or fitness plan but may have more to do with your brain and your cognitive skills.
The underlying cause of your problem may not be your food or fitness plan but may have more to do with your brain and your cognitive skills.
Make a plan in advance and stick to it. This will require some mental toughness. Just know that every time you decide not to spontaneously eat something you're strengthening the connections (synapses) in your brain which reinforce successful behavior patterns.
Although some of the above are physical triggers, it’s your brain and cognition that interprets the trigger and causes the eating response. The trigger itself is less important than what you do about it.