Weekly Messages
Get Active – Think health rather than calories
Getting more active is one of the key aspects of recovering from obesity, but the effect is indirect. Getting more active reflects in better overall health, noticed in terms of increased energy and enhanced feeling of well-being. It is this (more…)
Take Control – One step at a time, one day at a time
Taking control of the situation which is maintaining our obesity takes energy, a lot of energy, a lot of mental energy. There are issues to do with eating the wrong food against our better judgement and issues to do with (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. This can bring a great sense of appreciation at just being alive; not a bad starting point for really enjoying life. A good (more…)
Eat Well (process) – Chew Chew Chew
Developing good eating behaviour is vital to eating well and making progress on the long and happy weight-loss journey. What is good eating behaviour? One of the most important things we need to work on is to chew every single (more…)
Persist – Daily practice will turn into permanent lifestyle change
We all know that recovering from obesity is not a short- or long-term project. It is about permanent lifestyle change for the rest of our lives. At the outset, like for the first few years, the things we’re wanting to (more…)
Eat Well (Content) – Eat to live by dealing with NEEDNT foods
A fundamental issue about what food to eat is summed up beautifully in the age-old question: “living to eat or eating to live?” Like breathing, eating nutritious food is a deeply satisfying necessity of life. But like drugs, NEEDNT foods, (more…)
Get Active – Don’t get sucked in by the weight-loss industry
Getting more active is and isn’t a big deal. It is a huge deal in terms of benefits to our health and well being but it doesn’t need to be a big deal in terms of taking a lot of (more…)
Take Control – Rewards work
Rewarding ourselves for doing something we are finding hard to initiate and/or keep doing is a great “Take Control” strategy. The “thing” could be weight loss itself, or it could be any number of things we know will work for (more…)
Enjoy Life – By turning off the stress
Being on the journey of permanent weight loss takes a lot of energy; conscious energy. And sometimes it feels like too much energy is required to keep going. So what can we do when the stress gets to breaking point? (more…)
Eat Well (process) – Only eat planned meals
It is important to be organised and plan ahead in order to make serious progress with recovery from obesity. Without conscious decision-making around food, people with a genetic makeup that efficiently turns food into fat (i.e. all of us) will (more…)