The book in overview vi games we play to allow ourselves to over-eat. We also look at what the French have to teach us about eating tasty, rich food. Why the French? They have one of the lowest rates of obesity and heart disease in the world. In Chapter 6 I move down to a deeper layer as I introduce the process of sabotage and the fascinating ways in which our mind prevents us from achieving what we want. In Chapters 13 and 14, for those who are interested, I go deeper again as we explore the unconscious processes that drive sabotage. These two chapters deal with issues that go way beyond weight loss and into personal growth more generally. I explore‘ failure fear’ and‘ success stress’ as we look at why we do not necessarily achieve the objectives that we consciously desire. I explain how failure only comes into existence when we choose to create it from what would otherwise be a learning experience. For those of you who don’ t wish to read the book in chapter order, which is fine, Chapter 7 contains the essence of the Low Sacrifice Diet – the backbone of this approach. This needs to be combined with Chapter 8, which explains how we keep our‘ high sacrifice’ or forbidden foods in our diet while limiting them to an unproblematic level. To achieve this I rely heavily on Zen Buddhism teachings around mindfulness and recent research into savoring. We eat more because we taste less. So by learning to taste more, we can happily eat less. Chapter 9 introduces, somewhat controversially, the complex – and almost non-existent – relationship between exercise and weight loss. Exercise has many benefits, especially in terms of cardiovascular health and stress management, but significant weight loss is just not one of them. I will explain why managing our dietary intake is at least five times more powerful than exercise, in losing weight. I will review the research into how exercise can actually cause weight gain and I explain why I do not promote‘ designated exercise’ sessions such as attending gyms. I am in favor of boosting‘ incidental activity’ throughout the day. Another complex relationship is that between alcohol and weight loss, particularly in women. I explore these issues in Chapter 10 where