How to Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind

Presentation by Doug Lisle, Ph.D. on January 8, 2012 at the South Bay Adventist Church in Redondo Beach, CA. Dr. Lisle, who appeared in Forks Over Knives, is a psychologist, director of research at TrueNorth Health, and co-author of “The Pleasure Trap.”

25 Responses to “How to Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind”

  1. marc0443 Says:

    Whole foods plant based eating leads to natural effortless gradual weight loss until your weight stabilizes at your natural weight.

  2. deanneelo1029 Says:

    Ditto on the comment that this talk had valuable info. Thank you!

  3. indkit07 Says:

    In general, like dr. Lisle’s approach of leading people to make choices and do so gradually if that fits them better.

  4. indkit07 Says:

    I question his claim that there aren’t psychological factors related to eating. Personally, if stressed, I am less interested in food or if extremely stressed, don’t really feel like eating although I drink water, unsweetened tea, perhaps apple juice or orange juice. Other people I’ve known, when highly stressed, reach for food, usually sugary food. So, isn’t this a psychological affect on what he terms “the pleasure trap.”

  5. KatSokolova Says:

    This is a wonderful lecture. Bravo to D.Lisle for such valuable information on what we eat!

  6. indkit07 Says:

    @catandthesun Agree with your comments, as do many experts in feline nutrition.

  7. indkit07 Says:

    Most veterinarians do not recommend a vegan diet for cats. A diet high in grain based foods has been found not to be optimal for cats and can be detrimental. With diligent supplementation, there have been exceptions, but a vegan cat diet is not generally recommended.

  8. sandygr54 Says:

    Please provide us closed captioning or audio transcribe for the hearing impaired. I am anxiety to hear Dr. Lisle’s speaking.

  9. jewelbaca56 Says:

    is the rest of the lecture some place?

  10. 101011001 Says:

    @traceyeakin Dogs are actually TRUE omnivores, humans are behavioral omnivores but not physiological omnivores like dogs.

  11. erikfranks Says:

    Best explanation of why we become overweight I’ve seen. Love the hand drawn slides. I went vegan 8 months ago and lost all the extra weight.
    I don’t have cats but cats need different amino acids than we do but that doesn’t mean they need MEAT just that they need added amino acids. People have cats on vegan diets that are thriving.

  12. FreeUpYourMind Says:

    fantastic!!!

  13. ConcreteRiver Says:

    @traceyeakin While you are 100% correct about a cat being an obligate carnivore, dogs are obligate omnivores, and like us, find pleasure in the taste of sweet carbohydrates(plant foods)

  14. ripablo3 Says:

    Thank you for sharing this. A podcast would be fantastic….

  15. nak8540 Says:

    where can you find the calories per pound of various foods?

  16. thedeanese Says:

    yup is this on iTunes? it’s gotta go on there. i’d have it on repeat. it all makes sense. I can feel the difference already. omitting processed foods.. it does the trick.

  17. 1RxSunset1 Says:

    @DarjeelingTea If you use Firefox you can download it as an mp3 if you use “Easy youtube video downloader addon

  18. naulgo Says:

    the imagines doesn’t pair with the comments :(

  19. DarjeelingTea Says:

    Please make this a podcast…it would be great to listen to on my daily long commute

  20. TheVanessaTurner Says:

    I need to listen to this.

  21. LakewoodStreetwalk Says:

    Overall, this is GREAT. Too bad the light pointer doesn’t register. I wish Doug could go back into the video and put a computer pointer on the slide to help describe what he’s talking about.

  22. deafnutritionist Says:

    Please provide English subtitle or audio transcribe for the hearing impaired.

  23. 36grandma Says:

    @WarnerRobins2 I have a vegan cat. 19 years old. still has little spurts where she runs through the house. And yes she has got some mice once and a while. She is happy and healthy.

  24. mitch62234 Says:

    @traceyeakin Dogs are not in fact obligate carnivores. Cats are. Know your science before you make a comment.

  25. traceyeakin Says:

    I thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Lisle’s lecture. He is truly a thought leader that will undoubtedly bring much needed change. My only concern is that unlike humans, dogs and cats are obligate carnivores and a biologically appropriate diet for humans is not going to be biologically appropriate for these two other species. I am a devoted vegan but do not impose what is best for me on my pets.