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How to Put into Practice What I Teach You!

I write these blogs to teach you ‘stuff’ that will be helpful for you, both in terms of losing weight, AND so you can learn how your brain works and understand that you’re able to change things if you have … Read More

Eat CARBS to Lose Weight

Carbohydrates get such a bad rap but they are absolutely essential to good health. Low carb diets will offer short term weight loss but long term it will wreak havoc with your body. A carbohydrate is simply any food that … Read More

Slow Thinking for Fast Weight Loss

A common mistake that people make when they want to achieve a particular goal is opting for the quickest way of getting there. Sometimes quick is good – if you’re a sprinter for example, then the fastest possible time is … Read More

Create Your ‘Fat Burning’ Body!

For effective fat burning and weight loss, you need the right combination of glucose and fat. While you can burn glucose without fat, you cannot burn fat without glucose. So, if blood glucose is too high, you use glucose for … Read More

Do This Every Day…

“You are only as good as what you are doing” is a very wise statement. It makes me think how many areas of our life that is appropriate for. If you’re a personal assistant and you are totally on top … Read More

How to Stop Making Bad Choices!

If you have a repetitive craving for something that is doing you no good and potentially harming your health, such as cigarettes/alcohol/sugary foods etc. I’m pretty sure you ‘know’ that what you’re putting into your mouth and ultimately every cell … Read More

Eating Limited Calories and Still Storing Fat?

A healthy body can digest, absorb and metabolise the food we eat to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. An unhealthy body cannot. It’s that simple. So, unless you ensure a healthy digestive and immune system, the weight will simply … Read More

Are You Self-Harming With Food?

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself how you benefit from your comforting eating behavior? Would you suddenly get a knife and slash away at your arm to relieve boredom, or to feel comforted? Of course not – that would … Read More

Why You Should Be Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting is a phrase you will hear very often now in the weight loss industry, it has been around in some form for decades, but it has recently taken the diet and fitness industry by storm and that’s because … Read More

Why Do You Eat and Eat and Eat?

Ghrelin is known as the “Hunger Hormone” and it’s the key hormone involved in stimulating your hunger. It’s produced primarily by the stomach, with smaller amounts being released in the small intestine, pancreas and in the brain. Ghrelin travels to … Read More