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...
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...
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” ….
Jun 5, 2016 | Achieving permanent weight loss, changing eating habits
Losing weight permanently is about changing how we eat permanently. And changing old habits isn’t easy. How and Why We Change is the subtitle of Polly Morland’s new book Metamorphosis, nineteen stories of personal transformation. Only one of the stories...
Apr 19, 2016 | Build your weight loss confidence, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
The British Psychological Society’s Research Digest (www.digest.bps.org.uk) recently reviewed a study suggesting how helpful it can be to plan to deviate from your diet. It’s an interesting read, as the study found that dieters who stuck rigidly to 1500...
