It wasn't a banana that made you overweight. It wasn't your grandmother's lasagna, a slice of chocolate cake at a birthday party, or that double cheeseburger you devoured on your way home from work. No individual food is possibly responsible for your weight gain, butcher habit of overeating some of these foods probably did you in.

Which of these behaviors contribute to your bad eating habits? Circle the ones that apply to you: I eat randomly. I eat too much food at once. I eat when I am sad. I eat out often. I routinely skip meals. I eat on the run. I eat at fast food restaurants. I eat when I'm lonely. I eat too quickly. I eat when I'm not hungry. I eat when I'm bored. I eat late that night or just before I go to bed. I eat snacks all the time. I'll wait more than four or 5 hours before eating. I eat a lot of high fat foods. I eat a lot of high calorie foods. I eat when I'm angry.

The habits you circled are the eating habits you need to focus on when you're thinking about the lifestyle changes you have to make to accommodate your low calorie lifestyle.

Eating, exercise, another lifestyle habits don't change overnight. You can not just suddenly cut your calorie intake in half without some mental preparation. You can not just get up one morning and run a marathon if you haven't been training. Changing the thinking patterns that dictate your behavior takes time, patience, and a fair amount of retraining.