Dec 19, 2017 | Ask the Appetite Doctor, changing eating habits, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Psychology, Real life story
We want to change our Friday night takeaway habit, but keep failing! Dear Helen, My wife Hayley and I both work and have three young children. We find that we start the week with good intentions eating-wise, but have got into a pattern of ordering a take-away every...
Dec 14, 2017 | Overcoming barriers to weight loss
Part 3: Because of unconscious self-sabotage You’ve made a decision to lose weight and chosen what approach you’re going to use. If you’ve chosen Appetite Retraining, you’ll have worked out which Unhelpful Eating Habits you need to change and familiarised yourself...
Dec 6, 2017 | Eat in tune with your body, Keep the weight off
Why is it so ridiculously hard to lose one stone permanently? Part 2 Because you’ve been ignoring what your body’s been telling you Here’s the second of three articles on why for so many of us it is so hard to lose weight. Do you ever feel...
Nov 28, 2017 | Overcoming barriers to weight loss
Because you try to change too much at once Trying to lose weight and keep it off for good can feel like a battle you just can’t win. And you can’t escape the dieting advice. There are more weight loss experts than you could shake a stick at. In health and lifestyle...
Jan 29, 2017 | Get control of your eating, Seminars
Research quoted in the joyfully titled “Happy Money” suggests that spending money on an experience like a great meal out is one of the most rewarding paths to happiness. With good company and fabulous food, how could it not be? Well, it turns out that for many people...
Jan 19, 2017 | Myth busting
With the new year there is plenty of advice on how to watch your weight, and as with every year, there’s a liberal sprinkling of myths. It can be hard to know what’s myth and what’s not. Here’s one of the perennials: do we mistake thirst for...
Nov 18, 2016 | Change your relationship with food, changing eating habits
Focusing attention on what you’re eating means you get more pleasure from the food Whether you focus on food or not whilst eating, you’ll get the calories Focusing on it determines how much of the pleasure that’s available in the food...
Oct 25, 2016 | Events, Get control of your eating, Seminars
Do you find eating out difficult when you’re losing weight? Do you struggle to know what to order in restaurants? Do you find it hard to really enjoy meals out when you’re dieting? The Appetite Seminars will show you a different way to eat out and really enjoy your...
Sep 25, 2016 | changing eating habits, Maintaining your new weight
Are you struggling to lose weight? It can be tough to shed the pounds and keep them off. Fasting, calorie counting and fad diets are hard to keep up. And they can suck the enjoyment out of life, especially if you love good food. But do you know what it is...
Sep 11, 2016 | Achieving permanent weight loss
Dr Helen McCarthy was interviewed by Marie Claire for the article “Six Smart Habits from People who Never Diet” ….
