weight loss and "self control"

Good Sunday Morning...you all know this is my favorite day this time of year...why? the weather and I get to watch hours of the NFL. My predictions will come at the end.

Thanks for the comment debate yesterday...we discussed the concept of people on the workplace maintaining candy dishes on their desks, enticing people to eat them and perhaps derailing their weight loss efforts.

The concept of "self control" applies to many issues in our lives. From not spending money on that pretty paif of shoes that costs 300 dolllars, to not over drinking at a wine and cheese evemt to not getting that second plate of food at a buffet restuarant...all of these are examples of when our "self control" mechanisms are being tested. What it comes down to is that we, the most intelligent organism in this world, is still in the kingdom called "animals" and we do have to some extent an instinctual part of our genetic base that makes us an immediate gratification species.

Buying the large screen tv provides an immediate fun thing whereas redirecting that money to you 401K provides NO immediate gratifcation. Eating that chocolate dessert is much more fun than that thinking that by foregoing that dessert, you may have less chnaces of getting diabetes in the future.

Fighting our immediate gratification urges for the purposes of the delayed gratification of better health and looking better is a very difficult thing to do but a necessary step to acheive long term weight loss results.

Okay.....your Dr Predictions: Giants destroy Oakland even without Eli, Sorry Skins fans...they go down to Carolina by one touchdown, New England defeats undefeated denver, to you Eagles fans, you will have your way with tampa...you will win the game by 3 touchdowns and unfortunately Dallas fans will be very happy with your beating of (?) Kansas City