10 Ways Your Brain Is Making You Fat

Letting negativity rule

The glass-half-empty mindset can be hard on your heart, but it also drives poor eating habits, says registered dietitian Kaleigh McMordie. Weight-loss advertising is particularly good at preying on the negative thinking habits that many people develop toward food, McMordie says. “The whole dieting industry is designed to play off of making people feel bad about their bodies and themselves,” McMordie explains, “making them think they need to spend all of this money on a diet plan that doesn’t work. When the diet fails that person, they feel worse about themselves, and the cycle continues. People often blame themselves, when in reality, it is the diet that fails, not the person. Until people break out of the diet mentality, it is hard to appreciate the body, no matter what size, for all that it does.”