We oftentimes blame our lack of will power for failed weights loss. In ‘Why We Eat Too Much, And How to Get Control’, Rachel Grumman features three factors that we can blame for over eating.

How many times we include weight lose in our New Year’s resolution?  We are actually quite effective in the first few weeks of our diet - no chips, midnight snack, ice cream, cheese cakes and fries.

Then one afternoon, we have a big argument with our boss. We go home very pissed off and start ravaging the fridge. And then you find a scrumptious rich chocolate cake.  You convince yourself to cave in for one day only and viola! You savour each spoonful of cake. Unfortunately, that one day is followed by another until eventually you slip from your healthy lifestyle.

Then months later we put on more weight and conclude that we don’t have the will power to lose weight!

Well, the article ‘Why We Eat Too Much, And How to Get Control’ brings us good news because there are other factors that cause us to overeat. It is not only a lack of self discipline.

The first factor is the lack of sleep. Have you notice that we tend to eat more if we are deprived from sleep? Our body has a hormone called ghrelin, which is responsible for triggering hunger, and this hormone increases when we are lack of sleep.

Then we are the second in which many of us are guilty is the stress. How many of us cling to food when trapped in a stressful situation? In the article, it mentioned that this is quite typical because regular stress causes our body to pump out more hormones such as cortisol which is responsible to boosting our appetite.

The last one is more of a relationship between our brain and body. Nearly everyone prefers to eat cakes and ice creams over the slice of fresh fruits. This is because fat rich foods give our body a signal that we are satisfied according to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

It also forms a sort of long-term memories of the experience. Have you experienced visiting a restaurant where you had happy memories? And when you order, it will be likely the same menu that reminds you of those happy memories.

So before you blame yourself again for a failed weight loss, think again. Perhaps one of these factors is triggering you to eat more.

To read more, visit the article ‘Why We Eat Too Much, And How to Get Control’ from CNN.com/Health.