Kevin Hall, PhD On The Science & Politics of Weight Loss

Every New Year's people talk about losing weight. And I always say, well, whatever you're going to do, make sure that you can keep that as part of your life because otherwise, as soon as you stop doing it, the weight is probably going to increase. Too often people are around the New Year and they kind of come up with some New Year's resolution to join a gym or start an exercise program or hire a personal trainer and they tie their success to what's happening on the scale. People will lose weight and they'll keep it off as long as they continue that level of effort.

And so yeah, you're right. If people are white knuckling it and saying, you know, I'm just gonna do this and and it's a temporary thing and I'm gonna get to my goal weight and then I can relax. It's like, yeah, that's not The way it works. Nutrition isn't rocket science, it's harder.

Well, we're in the thick of it now, aren't we? right smack in the middle of it. It's all happening one week out from Christmas, two from the new year. And listen, I'm all for being jolly. I'm here for all the holiday ho ho ho, but I actually always find this time of year uniquely challenging.

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