Dieting is a terrible thing to mind

Based on the reading, 7.1, Chapter 12 ‘Dieting is a terrible thing to mind’. This article was written by Martin Seligman (1994).this article was taken from Sydney: Random House, pages 174 to 197. This reading was quite a long text. So, the lecturer asks us to make a group and discuss about this text. The interesting information that I can find in the text is what the real truth about dieting. Other than that, what I found interesting is the myth that widely people stated. Such as, people that overweight is over eat, overweight people are different from non-overweight people, physical inactivity is a major cause of obesity and when the people are overweight are lacking their willpower. All of the myths are all wrong. Besides that, in the text also tell the reader about several way of dieting that also only effective in a short period and not permanent. Overall, the text is easy to understand because the writer uses many simple words. However, there are some terms that ordinary people seldom use, such as buxom, midriff bulge and purveyors. But, the reader can know about the meaning by the sentence before or after the word to guess its meaning.