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Eat Well – Sometimes eat two meals a day
Most of us overestimate the amount of food we need for health and think three big meals a day are required (plus snacks in between – a fourth meal). Recovery from obesity requires us to eat less calories than what (more…)
Get Active – Never too busy to be more active
Achieving a more active lifestyle is not normally something that happens automatically. And you can almost guarantee that people who try the dramatic radical approach by initiating an extensive new exercise regime won’t be doing it in even three or four (more…)
Take control – Fake control
Taking control can feel like a tall order. For some of us it may be a new experience in life because up to now our lives have generally been somewhat chaotic and driven more by the world around us rather (more…)
Enjoy Life – Breathe in and breathe out
There is perhaps no simpler way of enjoying life right now than taking several deep breaths in and out. I can’t. Having a little session of deliberately breathing in and then breathing out, can bring a great sense of appreciation at (more…)
Eat Well – Increase your resistant starch consumption
Remember there are two main aspects to eating well: What to eat; and How to eat it. This message is about what to eat, and the focus is on starch. We have previously emphasized the importance of eating non-starchy vegetables (more…)
Persist – Go the extra mile
Going a little beyond what we immediately feel like doing stimulates our persistence “muscle”. The more we stimulate this muscle (prefrontal cortex) the stronger it becomes. The stronger we become up top, the more in control we will be of our (more…)
Eat Well – Become a very slow eater
A tried and true strategy for eating less is to become a very slow eater. Becoming a very slow eater stretches out the time we eat, which can decrease the feeling of being deprived that a number of us feel (more…)
Get Active – Twenty minutes of moderate activity every day
The Hillary Commission (2001) advises us all to undertake 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise at least five days a week for health. This translates to about twenty minutes of activity every day that gets you puffing a little. (more…)
Take Control – Imagining ourselves with a BMI of 29
Imagining ourselves with a BMI of 29 A BMI of 29 is the ultimate aim of Kia Akina’s long and happy journey, where obesity has been left behind. Although we’re animals, we have the extraordinary capacity to image the future. (more…)
Enjoy Life – By supporting other people’s recovery
It is very easy to just focus on ourselves; not only in our busy day-to-day life but also in our personal struggles with obesity recovery. And of course, we have to focus on ourselves to recover from obesity. But one (more…)