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Why when you eat too much it does NOT make you gain weight
I know what you’re thinking is she crazy? But let me explain why when you eat too much it does absolutely not mean you’ve ruined your diet. It takes 3500 calories to add 1lb of fat (1/2 a kilo ish). Let’s say you’ve been super ‘good’ with your healthy eating, cutting out all […]
Continue readingReasons for Comfort Eating
There are many reasons for over eating, the most common being genuine hunger, cravings, and comfort eating. This video will give you some tips on how to stop comfort eating. Feeling genuinely hungry usually involves one or more of: rumbling belly irritability (hangry) feeling weak or tired headache thirsty poor concentration and focus relieved […]
Continue readingNot Losing Weight on Slimming World or Weight Watchers?
There are many reason’s you’re not losing weight on Slimming World or Weight Watchers but rest assured you’re not the only one. With all the ‘success stories’ your read about in magazines it’d be easy to think there’s something wrong with you, since these, and similar diet clubs, are supposed to be ‘so good’! But […]
Continue readingHow to Speed Up Metabolism
Your metabolism controls how quickly you burn up energy from the food you eat and stored fat, so is it possible to speed up metabolism? A fast metabolism will mean you have more energy, are able to eat more food without gaining weight, and will find losing weight much easier. Unfortunately the thing most people […]
Continue readingHow to Stop Comfort Eating
You need to stop comfort eating if you are to repair your relationship with food and have the health and body you want. It’s also damaging your emotional well being and self esteem, and confidence in yourself. But you know this, so how can you break the cycle and stop comfort eating once and for […]
Continue readingThe Sleep and Weight Loss Connection
You might not think sleep and weight loss are connected but in fact when you’re asleep is when the magic happens – As they say, it’s not in the gym where the progress is made, it’s when you’re resting afterwards. However if you’re a busy Mum chances are your sleep has taken a hit since […]
Continue readingCan You Change Your Body Weight Set Point?
Your weight set point is the weight your body believes you need to be. Your body will defend this weight, making weight loss (or gain) harder. If you eat less, you will burn less in an attempt to stay at this weight ‘set point’. Unfortunately it doesn’t work the same way so well – eating […]
Continue readingAre Hunger Hormones Keeping You Fat?
While calories dictate weight loss and gain, hunger hormones could be making you eat more and gain weight (or not lose it) as a result. There are various hunger hormones at play but the main ones are leptin and ghrelin. Ghrelin is secreted in the stomach and makes you hungry. Leptin is released from fat […]
Continue readingHow to Overcome a Weight Loss Plateau
Hitting a weight loss plateau is very frustrating. You’ve been doing all the right things, making progress, losing weight, then all of a sudden you’re not losing weight anymore! Even if you don’t change your diet or exercise plan at all, a weight loss plateau is something so many people experience. But it’s not your […]
Continue readingHow to Rewire Your Subconscious Mind to Lose Weight
You make conscious decisions every day, about what to eat (or not eat), whether to exercise or not, and thousands of other decisions that determine your health and weight loss progress. Or do you? The mind has multiple layers to it – the subconscious is deeper and sometimes things we do automatically are less in […]
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