weight loss.... "Bad" vs. "Good"

First, I want to make sure that all of you poetry-inclined people should be reminded that this coming Friday evening there willl be a poetry fest where a number of people will be reading their original poems. This will take place at Brion's Grille in the University Mall, Fairfax Virginia starting at 830PM. Ellen Posner, who organized this wonderful community event in conjunction with Geroge Mason University will be the MC. Our comoany, Serotonin-Plus is a sponsor. Come on out, have a (healhty) snack and drink and listen to some fascinating work performed by local poets.

Now to a point which I correct patients on lots of times per day. Often, when a person comes in having gained some weight for the week, he/she willl lament before they step on the sale that they were "bad" this week. Alternatively, when a person knows they had an aggressive weight loss the comment is usually "I was "good" this week.

I ask of all you not to ever equate choosing food sources that were not effective in helping you lose weight as being a "bad person" and conversely, you are not a "good" person just for the fact of restriucting calories. Thos of you who have had weight problems your entire life may have been made to feel "bad" by family mem\bers and that thought carries over. This feeling will result in self-loathing behavior which firther contributes to the complicated psyche an overweight perosn will frequently experience in their weight loss endeavors.

You are not "Good" when you los weight nor "Bad" when you gain. You are always a GOOD person (except gfor you Cowboy fans.....oh, come on, just teasing) and if had a week in which you made some poor dietary choices, then you can make it up by being aggressive the next week.