Mar 5, 2018 | Achieving permanent weight loss, Change your relationship with food, Eat in tune with your body, Get control of your eating, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, Maintaining your new weight, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Psychology
Do you eat more than you really want to when you eat out with friends? When you find that despite your best intentions, you splurge whenever you eat out with friends, you may be tempted to avoid eating out, at least until you’ve reached your goal weight. But eating...
Feb 13, 2018 | Build your weight loss confidence, Change your relationship with food, Get control of your eating, overcome anxiety about eating, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
When feeling hungry makes you anxious, and makes you eat more than you need If the idea of getting hungry fills you with unease, or even dread, you may find yourself eating extra now to avoid risking hunger pangs later. I call this “Insurance Policy Eating”. Taking...
Feb 1, 2018 | Ask the Appetite Doctor, Change your relationship with food, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Psychology, Real life story
Part of me is desperate to lose weight and another part isn’t. I feel like 2 people! Dear Helen, I have been trying to lose weight for most of my life. I keep going round in a pattern of going on a diet and having success to start with, but then giving up and...
Feb 1, 2018 | Achieving permanent weight loss, Ask the Appetite Doctor, Build your weight loss confidence, Change your relationship with food, Eat in tune with your body, Feel better about yourself, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Psychology, Real life story
Dear Helen, I need help to stop bingeing on unhealthy foods. I’m generally in good health and feel happy with my home and work life but bingeing is getting me down. My diet generally is good and I am aware of what foods are good and bad for me. But in the evening I...
Jan 23, 2018 | Achieving permanent weight loss, Change your relationship with food, changing eating habits, Eat in tune with your body, Get control of your eating, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
Do you plan to have one of something, say a biscuit, and find that you can’t stop at just one or two? Do you intend to have just a taste of something but end up eating it all? Like an appetiser at a meal, a small tasty bite can stimulate the appetite rather than...
Jan 2, 2018 | Change your relationship with food, changing eating habits, Eat in tune with your body, Get control of your eating, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle
The Appetite Manifesto Happy New Year Everyone! Over the coming year I’ll be posting simple-to-use guidance on how to change any unhelpful eating habits you want to put behind you. Whether this matters to you because you want to lose weight, or feel more in...