Comment on Optimizing for attractiveness

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:47:40 GMT

I've been into fat acceptance for quite some years, and more than a little irritated at the idea that emotional problems are a major cause of people being fat.

I knew I ate somewhat more than I was hungry for, but it wasn't a lot and didn't seem like it was worth the trouble to fight.

I read some Eric Franklin-- probably in his Relax Your Neck, Liberate Your Shoulders: The Ultimate Exercise Program for Tension Relief, but possibly his Dynamic Alignment through Imagery-- about how the ribs connect to the breastbone, and I realized that I was holding my shoulders up all the time. I was able to lower my shoulders and found an immediate drop in my anxiety level. I was also doing heartbeat meditation (focus on heartbeat as well as breath) which was probably also helping with anxiety.

In any case, I found to my surprise that my previous usual "I'm fed, but food is still interesting" had changed to "if I'm comfortably fed (in some cases, if I'm mildly hungry), food isn't interesting". I've lost seven pounds with very little effort, and I'm expecting that I'll be able to lose more weight stably.

None of this is relevant to Eliezer's situation with losing weight, but might be of general interest.

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