I was once told by a marketing guru that the terms Weight loss or Losing weight are not helpful and can have a negative psychological impact on people trying to shed a…
One of the common reasons people give up on their weight loss goal is because they feel like they are failing. Restrictive diets or hard-core exercise regimes feel like a punishment. If…
Anything you do in life won't always go perfectly or the way you want it to. Unfortunately, that's life. Remember learning to ride a bike? You start on stabilizers and then move…
After various lockdowns and perhaps the increase in negative emotions during the last 12 months, you may find you are drinking more than you would like to be. You may be feeling…
Decision Making It is estimated that we make 35,000 decisions a day. No wonder sometimes we get it wrong. In this article, I wanted to share some pearls of wisdom about things…
I wanted to share my personal experience in achieving my goal to reduce my drinking and prevent me from sabotaging my weight management goal and the actions I took to get there.…
Let’s start with mistakes. All of us make mistakes. I have a friend who once told me that ‘children are professional mistake makers.’ I love this thought as it immediately makes me…
Your weight can fluctuate up to 5 to 6 pounds per day. It all depends on what you eat, drink and exercise and how much you sleep. You might make it a habit of checking your weight every morning, and you’ve come to notice that it’s up and down like a rollercoaster. It is entirely normal for weight to fluctuate.
Weight Loss Can Be Enjoyable Let's face it, so many of us don't look forward to weight loss. We might see it as 'hard' or be skeptical about whether it will work…
Why Do You Snack? When it comes to weight loss, your brain may have the urge to move back to its old familiar patterns. You may find yourself reaching for the sweet…
One of the biggest reasons many of my clients have found it difficult to lose weight is that they feel the need for a quick sugar fix to help them beat the dips in energy that they encounter during the day.
Although, if you decide to remove sugar entirely, consider doing it gradually, as removing something straight away can cause a relapse, and you won’t last as long without sneaking a sugary snack.
It can be difficult to exercise a habit when you’re already concentrating on other things to help your weight loss journey. There are so many things, and sometimes, exercise is at the bottom of the pile.
Many people assume it is a case of avoiding fat as much as possible if you wanted to lose weight. However, you should definitely consume fat to lose fat.
A Weight Loss Journey There are two reasons people enter into a weight loss goal. One way is that you decide that you need to take care of yourself and spend more…
Weight gain happens because we eat more than our body requires fuel. When you are overweight, you have more fuel available to you in the form of stored fat. The way to release this fat is to allow your body to get a little hungry and eat in!