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Losing weight proves challenging due to the widespread availability of tempting, high-calorie foods. Despite our best efforts, it\u2019s common to succumb to overeating, leading to frustration and discouragement, often resulting in the abandonment of our weight loss goals.<\/p>\n

A study involving 140 overweight or obese adults participating in a weight loss program discovered that higher levels of self-compassion, particularly self-kindness, were associated with reduced negative emotions following a dietary slip-up.<\/p>\n

Those who practiced self-kindness tended to experience less guilt and greater self-esteem despite setbacks. Subsequently, they reported a heightened sense of control over their eating habits, suggesting that self-compassion aids in reclaiming agency after a lapse.<\/p>\n

Published in Appetite<\/a>, research from the Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Sciences (WELL Center)<\/a> at Drexel University<\/a> revealed that participants who responded to their lapse with more self-compassion reported improved mood and enhanced self-discipline in their eating and exercise routines in the aftermath.<\/p>\n

An assistant research professor in the College and the lead author of the study, Charlotte Hagerman, PhD<\/a>, said, \u201cMany people worry that self-compassion will cause complacency and lead them to settle for inadequacy, but this study is a great example of how self-compassion can help people be more successful in meeting their goals.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe road to achieving difficult goals\u2014especially weight loss\u2014is paved with setbacks. Practicing self-compassion helps people cope with self-defeating thoughts and feelings in response to setbacks, so that they are less debilitated by them. In turn, they can more quickly resume pursuing their goals,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> she added.<\/p>\n

The 140 participants, engaged in a group-based lifestyle modification program for weight loss, completed surveys on their smartphones several times daily. These surveys aimed to track instances of dietary lapses \u2013 such as overeating, consuming unintended foods, or eating at unplanned times \u2013 and assess their responses to these lapses in terms of self-compassion.<\/p>\n

Additionally, researchers inquired about participants\u2019 moods and the efficacy of their self-control regarding eating and exercise behaviors since their last survey response.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hagerman noted that individuals often attribute a lack of willpower to themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn reality, we live in a food environment that has set everyone up to fail. Practicing self-compassion rather than self-criticism is a key strategy for fostering resilience during the difficult process of weight loss,\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>said Dr. Hagerman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next time you feel the urge to criticize yourself for your eating behavior, instead try speaking to yourself with the kindness that you would speak to a friend or loved one,\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>she added.<\/p>\n

For example, instead of a person saying to his or herself, \u201cYou have no willpower,\u201d reframe it to a kinder \u2013 and truer \u2013 statement: \u201cYou\u2019re trying your best in a world that makes it very difficult to lose weight.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Hagerman added that this isn\u2019t letting yourself \u201coff the hook\u201d but giving yourself grace to move forward in a highly challenging process.<\/p>\n

The research team aims for these findings to inform more impactful interventions and optimal strategies for mitigating self-blame and criticism. Simultaneously, they week to uphold personal standards and goals by remaining accountable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be easy for the message of self-compassion to get muddied, such that people practice total self-forgiveness and dismiss the goals they set for themselves. But we\u2019ve shown that self-compassion and accountability can work together,\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>said Dr. Hagerman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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