Sep 6, 2020 | Achieving permanent weight loss, changing eating habits, Keep the weight off, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Psychology
Photograph by https://traineracademy.org/ Note: this blog article is about weighing yourself as a tool in losing weight and keeping it off. It is likely to be of use to people who currently eat more than they need and want to lose weight, but it does not cover issues...
Aug 23, 2020 | Change your relationship with food, changing eating habits, Keep the weight off, Maintaining your new weight, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Psychology
Obesity Canada have published new guidelines on clinical practice which include a chapter on psychological and behavioural interventions in obesity management. If you work with people who live with obesity it’s really worth reading. Here’s a glimpse of what’s in the...
Aug 8, 2020 | Achieving permanent weight loss, Build your weight loss confidence, changing eating habits, Get control of your eating, Keep the weight off, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
I love reading academic research on eating and appetite that is readily applicable to the real-life situations I encounter every day at work with people who are unhappy with what they weigh, how they look, how they eat, or all three. An example of super-useful...
Aug 2, 2020 | Achieving permanent weight loss, Change your relationship with food, changing eating habits, coronavirus, Keep the weight off, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, Psychology
Weight loss is back in the headlines as the UK government announces a new 12-point strategy to help people reduce weight. The impetus has come from reports that weight is a factor in how badly we suffer with covid-19 if we fall ill with it. Personally I really dislike...
Jun 20, 2020 | Achieving permanent weight loss, 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, Maintaining your new weight, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Psychology
Photo by creatv-eight for Unsplash I recently wrote a blog titled “What is working memory and why does it matter for weight loss?” where I explained that we only have limited brain capacity, and we need some of this capacity when we want to change how we eat. In...
May 24, 2020 | changing eating habits, coronavirus, Eat in tune with your body, Feel better about yourself, Get control of your eating, lockdown, talking about eating and weight
Given how limited our lives are during lockdown, food is even more of an issue than it was before. And that’s saying something. With #lockdownweightgain trending on twitter, it seems we are eating more out of boredom or stress, or because someone in our...
