It might not be willpower holding you back from cutting the fat you so desperately want to lose. It may be your environment. Check out these eight big fat traps. Could they be what ails you?

Food, Food, Everywhere. Everywhere you turn, there's a food counter. Malls, gas stations, Target. My new Super Wal-Mart even has its own built-in McDonald's.

Bulk Buying. When we buy food in bulk, we eat twice as much in the first eight days. Only when quantities shrink to normal sizes do we slow our consumption.

Salting and Sweetening. Salt is often added to sweet products, and sugar to salty products. Science says this makes it harder to stop eating.

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If you want to get a handle on your eating habits instead of watching those handles around your midriff grow, know your diet personality. Learn about your self-destructive eating, workout and emotional behaviors by taking Dr. Kushner's 66-question Diet Personality Quiz. He has also written a book, Dr. Kushner's Personality Type Diet.

Dr. Kushner states it is entirely possible to gain control of these patterns to help lose weight and keep it off. He equates weight management with skillpower, not willpower. I like that!

My eating personality fits the descripton of the Unguided Grazer. As a mother of two young kids, I'm much better at structuring their meals and snacks than my own. Dr. Kushner's Quiz is a simple tool to determine your bad habits and strategically begin to apply targeted solutions. Read the full article in eDiets.

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