We wanted to give you some basic information on how the mind is wired to look for threats or rewards in our environment, and what this means for your healthy eating plans. Anxiety, worry and stress are emotional responses to a threat. This threat can be real (ie. A tiger about to pounce on us) or imagined/perceived (i.e. we feel we might starve, or might never be able to eat our favourite food again). These…
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We thought it might be helpful to have a list of negative beliefs that we’ve collected along the way. It might stimulate you to think of any others that you need to add to your list! After a stressful day at the office I deserve a treat I will never be slim and must always be on a diet I can’t control my eating I’m useless I just give up Everyone sees me as having a…
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We thought it might be helpful to have a list of triggers that we’ve collected along the way. It might stimulate you to think of any others that you need to add to your list! I eat when I’m bored, lonely I eat when I’m sad, stressed, lacking confidence, when something doesn’t go as planned If something or someone makes me very happy I eat to celebrate The smell of nice food makes me eat even…
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We thought it might be helpful to have a list of habits that we’ve collected along the way. It might stimulate you to think of any others that you need to add to your list! I eat lunch at my desk, without concentrating on what I’m eating. After dinner, I need to eat something sweet I’ve always had a biscuit with a cup of tea I leave my favourite food of a meal to last,…
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As part of a healthy lifestyle, it’s worth understanding what the optimum amount of carbohydrates, proteins and fats recommended on a daily basis. Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are your body’s main source of energy, and should make up the largest percentage of your daily calorie intake. Carbohydrates provide 4 calories per gram. For a balanced diet a man needs 2,500 and a woman needs 2,000 calories per day. (Values can vary depending on age, metabolism and…
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Start your exercise routine with a positive mindset. Making your exercise routine more effective, and supercharging the benefits, can be achieved by thinking positively about it. According to researchers at the University of Freiburg, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the improvements can be seen and measured. When people believe that exercise will be good for them, then it will be. The University tested their theory that the belief amplifies health benefits on 76 volunteers…
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The mind is wired to look for threats or rewards around us in our environment. So we wanted to give you some basic information on how this works, and what this means for your healthy eating plans. Anxiety, worry and stress are emotional responses to a threat. This threat can be real (ie. A tiger about to pounce on us) or imagined/perceived (i.e. we feel we might starve, or might never be able to eat…
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To be able to help us move forward with our health plans, taking 100% responsibility is vital. So, it would be worth asking yourself who you’re doing this for? But, more importantly, are you merely interested in becoming healthier, or are you fully committed? When you are interested, you may well come up with excuses for not succeeding, why you haven’t or why you can’t. You are likely to form only general targets, with…
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How many times have you rushed up one flight of stairs and arrived at the top feeling breathless? It’s especially embarrassing if you consider yourself fairly fit and then as you arrive huffing and puffing at the top of the stairs you bump into someone you know! You may question your fitness level and decide that you must work out more, or harder if you already consider yourself a gym bunny. Well, rest assured, even…
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Making a decision to commit to a training programme may be one of the best decisions you ever make. Imagine for one moment if exercise were a pill would you take it every day to ensure you remained healthy and fit? I suspect most people would say yes. So how many times do you say to yourself that you are going to go to sign up to a gym or go jogging on Monday and…
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