Jun 4, 2019 | Achieving permanent weight loss, Change your relationship with food, changing eating habits, Eat in tune with your body, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Real life story
Some of the reasons we eat more than we need are pretty obvious and are to do with what’s happening right now with what’s on our plate – it tastes amazing and we don’t want to stop eating, or someone’s cooked it for us and we don’t want to offend them by not eating...
Mar 14, 2019 | Achieving permanent weight loss, changing eating habits, Keep the weight off, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle
Even the smallest changes can add up. Two years ago for Lent I gave up drinking Ribena with meals. I think I must have taken up the Ribena habit when my children were young as it’s not something I’ve always drunk. I had it as a child, so there may have been a...
Feb 22, 2019 | 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, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Stop yo-yo dieting
Every now and again, a question drops in to my twitter feed that is right up my street and this was one of them. I’ve just written an entire book (“How to Retrain Your Appetite: Lose weight permanently eating all your favourite foods) addressing this very subject....
Feb 5, 2019 | Achieving permanent weight loss, changing eating habits, Eat in tune with your body, Feel better about yourself, Get control of your eating, Keep the weight off, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle
Does it really take 20 minutes for your brain to know you’re full? It’s often said that it takes 20-30 minutes for your brain to register fullness and that you feel fuller after this time than you do straight after eating. This is true, but it isn’t the only way your...
Jan 19, 2019 | 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, overcome anxiety about eating
This week the charity British Nutrition Foundation (BNF), which aims to make nutrition science accessible to all, published a guide to portion sizes. Their aim is to help people avoid eating too much without realising. Their point is that many of us eat too much, and...
Jan 8, 2019 | Achieving permanent weight loss, Change your relationship with food, changing eating habits, Eat in tune with your body, Events, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
Happy New Year! A very happy and healthy 2019! Over the course of 2019 I’ll continue writing my weekly blog on all aspects of the psychology of eating and appetite and as ever I very much welcome comments, questions and feedback. The year has started with the...
