GUEST POST: With the recent sunshine meaning those winter layers are starting to come off, a few of us may be looking in the mirror and starting to panic at the prospect of baring it all on the beach come the holiday season. Give it a few more weeks and the magazines will be[Read More]
Exercise
How To Break A Weight-Loss Plateau Or Stall
One of my post popular queries, and the one I constantly see on Forums from early and medium post-op patients, relates to weight-loss stalls and plateaus. Different to weight regain (which I have covered previously) this often requires a different approach to rectify or jump-start. Often the best ideas and solutions come from those who[Read More]
Optimism and Weight Loss
GUEST POST: One of the reasons I believe that diets ultimately fail, is that we usually start them in a negative frame of mind – because we feel bad about the way we look or feel. What’s more, for the majority of us who have been on repeated diets, it is difficult not to feel[Read More]
5 Guilt-Free Christmas Tips
GUEST POST: Food should be seen as fuel, but also a pleasure. And when is food a more essential part of our enjoyment and pleasure than over the festive season! So – the last thing you want to be doing is counting the calories in your Christmas dinner (not much pleasure in that). To help you,[Read More]
Food That Gives You A Healthy Hug
GUEST POST: According to researchers, the top 5 foods associated with comfort are beans on toast, bangers and mash, tomato soup, chicken pie and macaroni cheese – foods often associated with happy childhood memories. They are often just what we crave when it’s cold outside and we want to warm our body and soul with[Read More]