I recently posted a list of the ten things you DON’T need to do for lasting weight loss. Here are the things you should try instead…. 1. Eat your favourite food(s) If you read my previous email/blog you’ll already know my thoughts on what happens when you try to completely cut out the things you love. You’ll feel deprived and resentful and when you give in to the inevitable craving …Read More
Ten things you DON’T need to do for lasting weight loss
1. Deprive yourself of the thing(s) you love If there’s something you really love to eat, which gives you real pleasure, chances are if you try to give it up you’ll feel deprived and resentful. When you weaken and have it as a treat you’ll see it as a failure, you may overeat it and you may feel guilty and unhappy, when in fact that favourite food should make you …Read More
New year resolutions – here’s what you shouldn’t be doing!
It’s the 29th December and I have already seen numerous emails and posts about the best diets for 2017, how to stay motivated and which workouts to do. Our minds are turning towards 2017 and what we want to achieve. But if you’re planning to lose weight and/or get fit in 2017, it’s important that you avoid some very common new year resolution pitfalls. If you do you stand a much …Read More
Don’t sweat the small stuff!
If you want to lose weight you have to make changes to the way you eat. An obvious point, but while there are all sorts of changes you could make, some will be more effective than others. Generally, eating a bit less is the best change you can make. You might cut out unnecessary snacking, reduce portion sizes or reduce your reliance on processed, calorie-dense foods. Recently though I’ve found …Read More
Why it’s OK to step on the scales!
I’m getting really tired of hearing the advice that if you’re trying to lose weight you should throw away your scales – you shouldn’t be a slave to a number, it’s the “sad step”, go by what you can see in the mirror, etc. Not only are you feeling fed up because you’re dieting, but you’re now expected to feel bad about wanting to monitor your weight loss too! The …Read More
Just make a start
I blogged last month about how the multitude of different diet books on the market can cause confusion about what we should be eating, and what to do about that, particularly if you want to lose weight (you can read that blog here). Since then I’ve been continuing to think about this overload of diet advice, and about how it actually hampers our attempts to improve our diets. And I …Read More
Why all diet plans are more similar than you think
There are so many diet books on the market it’s not surprising that people get confused about what they should eat. Clean eating, the Zone diet, low carb, the Dukan diet, low fat, high fibre, paleo, eating for your blood type, intermittent fasting, the Mediterranean diet, the Sirt diet, etc, etc, etc. If you bought only a handful of those books and tried to make sense of their recommendations your …Read More