I think working on the mind and getting into the right mind set is key when trying to lose weight, for me its the difference between being able to stick on a healthy eating plan and not being able to. I am undergoing intensive dialectical behaviour therapy for my eating disorder and its always about re-training the mind, being more mindful, being kinder to yourself, learning new ways to tolerate distress other than using food or lack of it and its working wonders for me. I have always been all or nothing, have always lived in the extremes of starvation or binges and so for me this is helping to correct my disordered belief system which has been a result of my eating disorder, its focus is on me doing the middle path, moderation something that for someone with an eating disorder who loves extremes is very difficult to do, I have to do the regular healthy eating with planned in treats as part of my recovery program and its working but its a battle each day but I know for sure its working on the mind which is making this recovery program work for me, removing the control food has always had over me, its such hard work but well worth it. Its crazy just how much our chance of success or failure on anything has to do with our current mind set and how we deal with things, for me its learning what else I can do when stressed, upset, angry, happy even other than using food, its amazing the power food has had over me and now I am regaining control a bit at a time. Em