Traveling is another enemy of weight loss. Many smart people tend to eat fast food a lot during traveling, probably for the sake of convenience. Poor eating habits develop early in life. Most of us were raised with the concept that you have to finish the food on your plate. Subconsciously, we are still being reminded by our mother that there are a lot of hungry children in Africa, so finish your plate and eat as much as you can.
Many people have strange or unhealthy eating habits.
They will eat breakfast in the car while commuting to work in slow traffic. Some patients think that it is a some kind of medical mystery that they keep gaining weight despite their healthy eating habits and regular exercise. They want to put the blame of their weight gain on somebody else rather than themselves. Obesity and depression are closely intertwined. In many individuals, low self esteem leads to attempts to lose weight which quite often are disappointing which leads to frustration, aggravating depression which leads to worsening of eating behavior which, in turn causes further weight gain which results in further fall in self esteem.