Mar 14, 2018 | Achieving permanent weight loss, Eat in tune with your body, Get control of your eating
There’s a lot in the press at the moment about how bad processed foods might be for our health. Food has become ever-more processed over the last few decades as food technologists have learned more about how to extend the shelf-life of foods, reduce production costs...
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 21, 2018 | Ask the Appetite Doctor, Build your weight loss confidence, Eat in tune with your body, Get control of your eating, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Psychology, Real life story
Eating leftovers is an occupational hazard if you have kids of any age, or if you cook for anyone else…. If this sounds like you or someone you know, here are some tips. …… How do I break the leftover eating habit? Dear Helen, I’ve got into the habit...
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...
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 9, 2018 | Eat in tune with your body, Get control of your eating, Psychology
It’s now January 2023, 5 years since I wrote this post-Christmas confessional blog… I’m re-posting it now because a conversation just this morning reminded me the issue of what to do with leftover Christmas chocolate crops up in early January and I...