May 25, 2014 | Overcoming barriers to weight loss
It is not yet widely known that there is an important relationship between weight and sleep. When you are trying to lose weight, getting insufficient sleep can make the task much harder. A helpful book by Dr Michael Breus, “The Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan” underlines the...
May 5, 2014 | Eat in tune with your body, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
One of the first self-help diets books to be published in 2014 was “The Best Diet for You” by Caroline Jones. The fact that it reviews the pros and cons of 30 of the top diets tells us where we are with dieting. Confused and overwhelmed with information is how I’d...
Apr 20, 2014 | Feel better about yourself, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
It is much easier to achieve a goal if you believe that you can do it. We derive belief in our ability to do something from previous successes. We expect failure where we have failed before. This is intelligent learning from experience. If you’ve failed at losing...
Mar 30, 2014 | Get control of your eating, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
Lacking willpower is frequently given as a reason for failing to lose weight. “I have no willpower” If you think like this, you probably see willpower as a stable personality characteristic that you’re stuck with. Recent research challenges this view of willpower. In...
Mar 2, 2014 | Achieving permanent weight loss
Does each of us have a fixed “set point” for weight? This week I have been asked by three separate people about whether we have a “set point” for weight. The idea of a set point has entered the debate about weight and to what extent we can permanently lose weight, but...
Jan 16, 2014 | Feel better about yourself, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
What is emotional eating? By “Emotional Eating” we mean responding to states other than physical hunger by eating. Food satisfies physical hunger. Other emotions are never fully satisfied by food, although food might have been the best thing you have found...
