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Phantom Fat: Feeling Fat after Weight Loss
Do you still shop for clothes trying on much larger sizes than you need…after your weight loss? Katie said “in my youth I lost 45 kg (99 lbs) dieting and felt fatter than what I was so much so that the shop assistant stopped me and said, you need smaller sizes love.” Mary said… "I lost 70kg (154 lb) but still felt like I was 140kg (308 lbs)." What’s going on here?
Joining me via Skype from Boston, Massachusetts is clinical psychologist Dr. Elayne Daniels, a recognized leader in the field of body image and eating disorders, as well as in yoga-integrated treatment. She completed her predoctoral, postdoctoral, and advanced postdoctoral fellowships at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Daniels provides psychotherapy services as well as being a Registered Yoga Teacher with specialized training in yoga-integrated psychotherapy for people with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and/or trauma. Listen now as we talk about phantom fat.
You can find out more about Dr. Daniels on her website http://www.drelaynedaniels.com or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DrElayneDaniels