Can Masturbating Help You Lose Weight?

How would you react if someone told you that masturbation can help you achieve your fitness goals? Well, a woman said she worked for her, and she has the academic chops to back it up. Meet Ramani Durvasula, Ph.D., psychologist and author of the new book, you are by what you eat. After leaving a loveless marriage without sex, Dr. Durvasula saw an opportunity to focus on themselves and their health, they developed a diet and exercises that use very specific non-food rewards (including including masturbation and orgasm) to keep in your head. The result: 80 pounds. weight loss. We sat down with him to learn about his unorthodox diet and the psychology behind it. Men's Fitness: How about this method? Dr. Ramani Durvasula, I took something I love, food, and replaced by another orgasm. When I'm tired of salads and fruits and vegetables without end, I decided, why not stay in something that is beautiful and healthy? Thwas on a short list of reading, writing, orgasm. So when I had to replace a quiet meal, used masturbation. MF: What are the psychological principles behind the creation of a reward system for you? RD: That's a very simple principle of human behavior that if a behavior is followed by a reward, we tend to repeat. If the rat is placed to the right of the maze gets cheese making again. I put the cookie down, I masturbate, I have an orgasm, and I suppress a cookie associated with orgasm. Basically, the reward should be rewarding. MF: How logistics? Can I? Reward me during working hours? RD: Well, it can not be just a one trick pony and have an orgasm as his only pleasure to go! Sometimes I could not do the work, I would try my other pleasures, or make an appointment with me later. I'm also a big fan of drafting a list of "fun", which has more of a pleasure. Beyond orgasm, including my own readingg, hiking, watching my favorite shows or a cup of tea in my backyard. MF: There are many people who do not reward yourself for small goals. How can assign a weight loss program? RD: If no reward, your program is guaranteed to be cons-productive. Think will be a resource that can be discharged in several ways: by not eating enough, stress, lack of resources, disease. The more of these "harmful" to the experience, the less you will have, and most likely a poor diet, alcohol, drugs, shopping or anything else that gets pleasure. This is the reason why diets do not work! For every person who lost 50 pounds on a diet of 500 calories per day, I can show you 10 people who will do all this and another 25. Most of us eat too much and not eating, but when we do we forego some of the delicious junk, must be compensated by something. I guess a certain amount of pleasure must fall into every day. BIO: Jennifer Cohen is a leading authority on fitness, television personality, author of bestsellers, and entrepreneur. Follow her on Facebook and Pinterest.