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by Lina Psouni (Author)
Psychological support for weight control is very important aiming a successful result. Before any change we'd like to try in our lives, we need a positive psychological approach. Good mood leads to success, more organized, systematic, controlled and without interrupted effort. In addition, good mood is associated with self-awareness, feelings, self, and attitudes control. Psychological support for weight loss consists the activation of elements and incentives, support for the mood change, understanding of feelings, change of the way of thinking, the development of self-control and self-confidence. This book converts the effort of losing weight consists of some information about exercising and dieting so that whoever reads it can move on to an integrated weight loss program.
Author Biography
Lina Psouni born in 1978 in Chania Greece. She has the first BSc in Physical education and sport science and the second in Psychology. Also she has MSc in maximizing athletic performance with thesis subject in Sport Psychology. Now she is a doctoral candidate at the University of Thessaly. In parallel with studies she was a water polo athlete. She won the world champion with the juniors' women water polo national team of Greece and the champion of Greece. Now she is doing a lot of sports like beach volley, sailing and triathlon. Her scientific interests are in the areas of health psychology, weight management, sports psychology, attitude and behavior relationships. She has published in Greek and foreign conferences and writes articles in the press and the internet. At the same time she makes seminars in sports psychology and health psychology.
