What Debt and Excess Weight Have in Common

So what do debt and being overweight have in common?

1.     Most debt and excess weight come from the same problem – overconsumption.   While there may be some exceptions, such as taking on debt for student loans or gaining weight due to medical issues, for most of us our debt and our excess weight come from consuming somethingwe didn’t need to survive.

2.     Everything in our environment tells us that the way to change our internal state is with an external solution. Have you noticed how on TV people drink when they are upset?  And think about the term “retail therapy”.

3.     Our primitive brains are wired to get benefit in the now without thinking about the long term costs (buy now, pay later).

So in order to save money and to lose weight, you have to overcome the way your brain is wired and the way you are socialized.  That's why so few people are able to do it.