Yesterday I met a very busy surgery practice manager. We talked about how it is that people can smoke for years and suddenly quit. Her cherished wish was that she could just give up chocolate and cheese. A life-long weakness for both had made her two stone overweight. She declared herself beyond help and that [...]

Recently a client came to me to lose a significant amount of weight before she got married.
She’d tried ‘everything’. All the fad diets, fasting, bingeing and calorie counting. The results had been patchy and without any real lasting weight loss. By the time she came to me she felt demoralised and helpless. She’d developed a [...]

By the time I see a client for help with weight loss they’ve tortmented themselves endlessly with the above question. As a result they’re feeling helpless and clueless as to how to stop the madness and just lose weight.
If you tackle the task of change by constantly asking yourself the above kind [...]

Exercise is critical for a long, healthy life. It helps us when we want to lose weight. Exercise not only increases longevity, but it also makes us feel better too. Yet we often find it hard to get going. How do you learn to love exercise? Read on.
1. Begin a Time Habit
Exercise is viewed [...]

As soon as you declare yourself on a diet it is similar to declaring war with yourself. The war of I want to eat -v- I mustn’t eat.
When you mentally berate and put yourself down you are less likely to want to eat healthily and wisely. What you say to yourself reveals your [...]