Re: Reinforcing/Balancing in Humans LO608

jack@his.com
Wed, 29 Mar 95 21:22:56

Replying to LO547 --

"Are there reinforcing processes in human beings that are healthy?"

Today I found myself declaring to a colleague regarding my weight loss
program, "It's a reinforcing loop. The more I lose, the better I feel.
Feeling good keeps me on track, and I lose even more. That makes me feel
even better..." Of course, it's true you can't keep this up forever, and
at the point where you ought to stabilize, the cessation of weight loss
may also curtail "feeling good", and people often find themselves at that
point at the beginning of an upward spiral...

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Jack Hirschfeld What do you see when you turn out the lights? jack@his.com