Episode 83 (video): New Year's Resolutions to Lose Weight: Why So Hard To Keep?




Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files show

Summary: Why is it so hard to keep our new year's resolutions to lose weight? I explore this question in this episode in which I also take a tour through the various schools of psychology and show how each one would explain why you have trouble keeping your promise to yourself to lose weight (or stay out of debt, or stop smoking).