{"id":146884,"date":"2019-10-09T12:53:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T11:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-lose-weight-keep-weight-off\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:03:12","slug":"strong-willed-but-difficult-to-lose-weight-keep-weight-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-lose-weight-keep-weight-off\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a strong-willed person in all other areas of my life but when it comes to losing weight and keeping my weight down, I am useless. 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Why?<\/h1>\n\n                \n                                                    <p class=\"article__excerpt\">It is a common misconception that it takes willpower to quit drugs, and that belief alone can make it difficult to quit.<\/p>\n                \n                \n                                                            <div class=\"article__image\">\n                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103823\/freee-image-kyle-broad-29486-unsplash-880x587.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103823\/freee-image-kyle-broad-29486-unsplash-220x147.jpg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103823\/freee-image-kyle-broad-29486-unsplash-440x293.jpg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103823\/freee-image-kyle-broad-29486-unsplash-880x587.jpg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103823\/freee-image-kyle-broad-29486-unsplash-1760x1174.jpg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                <div class=\"u-show-mobile article-social-bar\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Share this article<\/span>\n                    <ul class=\"social-list\">\n            <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-lose-weight-keep-weight-off\/\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-facebook-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Facebook\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-lose-weight-keep-weight-off\/&#038;text=I am a strong-willed person in all other areas of my life but when it comes to losing weight and keeping my weight down, I am useless. Why?\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-twitter-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Twitter\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        \n        \n    <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n        <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n            href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-lose-weight-keep-weight-off\/\"\n            data-behaviour=\"copy-link\" title=\"Click to copy\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-sharelink-fill.svg\" alt=\"Copy link to clipboard\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>                <\/div>\n\n                \n                \n                \n                \n\n<p><p class=\"larger_text\">It is a common misconception that it takes willpower to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/easyway-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lose weight, keep it off or quit sugar<\/a>, and that belief alone can make it difficult to quit. But does it really take willpower to?, or is it a shift of perspective that is really needed?<\/p>\nYou only need willpower not to do something that you actually want to do. If you don\u2019t want to do something, it doesn\u2019t take willpower not to do it. The difficulty that many experience is because even though they want to quit sugar, they still want to keep eating the kind of food that makes that hard. They want to keep eating it because they believe that it gives them some kind of pleasure or crutch.<br><br>Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway shows you how to correct your perspective with respect to not only over-eating but the type of food that you enjoy in a way that leaves you with no desire to keep eating junk food whatsoever. And with no desire to keep eating junk, it doesn\u2019t take willpower to not eat it. 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