Self-compassion and motivation

[OakLeaf]

A couple of years back I read a study that found the converse - that stigmatizing people for their weight makes it more difficult, not easier, for them to lose weight. Seems like common sense, but red, you're right, there's so much social pressure in the opposite direction.

Took me a little digging to find it, but here it is:

http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v1...y2006208a.html


It really does seem like a no-brainer. Better self-esteem -> better self-trust -> better ability both to act on good decisions, and to accept bad decisions as mistakes or momentary indulgences, rather than an immutable part of yourself that it's useless trying to change.