Apr 13, 2014 | Build your weight loss confidence, Get control of your eating
One size does not fit all We all need different sizes and shapes of shoes, and yet when it comes to weight loss we often turn to one-size-fits-all diets. Appetite Retraining offers advice on how to devise a weight loss plan that is tailored for you and your lifestyle....
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 23, 2014 | Eat in tune with your body, Get control of your eating
The Appetite Pendulum This scale is at the centre of Appetite Retraining. It provides a way of judging your level of hunger or fullness. You can use this subjective 11 point scale to measure how hungry or full you are at any given point. If you have...
Mar 16, 2014 | Build your weight loss confidence, Get control of your eating
How to Wait to Eat until You are Hungry In the 21st Century it is all too easy to eat when you’re not hungry: widespread availability of food coupled with advertising means that we are reminded of or offered food more or less continuously. Because of the way the...
Feb 16, 2014 | Build your weight loss confidence, Get control of your eating
The value of distraction for weight loss Using distracting activity to tolerate mild hunger Elsewhere in my blog articles I’ve outlined the value of learning to tune in to hunger and fullness signals from the gut to guide when to eat and when to stop eating. If you...
Jan 10, 2014 | Feel better about yourself, Get control of your eating
We are a competitive species Human beings are very social animals with a keen sense of social hierarchy. We constantly gauge our own status in relation to other people during social interactions, often unconsciously. We like to feel similar enough to other people to...
