If a women diets out of marketing pressure, or fear of losing or gaining her feminine identity, she will resent her diet. The diet for her will symbolize conformity, emotional unease and fear.
You cannot resent your diet if you want to succeed. A forced diet fails. The diet must be your choice and serve to benefit you. And you must view it as something you have complete control over each and every day.
Learned helplessness shifts our attention away from our goal and goal-related tasks.
Susan Schenkel, Giving Away Success