For healthy weight loss – steer well clear!

Do be wary of these falsely advertised, sugar laden products if you’re trying to maintain a healthy weight, equalise your blood sugar balance and steer clear of cravings.  Despite their bright, child friendly packaging and their marketing ploys that advertise “enriched with vitamins” or “low in fat”, most of these processed cereals are, in […]

Asian food stores – making weight loss cookery interesting!

Asian food markets are a virtual treasure trove of unusual low carb products to give that extra twist to your home cooking.  For our purposes, we suggest steering clear of the naan breads (!) but heading to the fridge or the extensive vegetable sections.  I’m thinking okra masala and paneer cheese.  Asian food markets […]

Food Addiction and Weight Loss

In order to successfully maintain your weight loss into the future, you need to know about Food Addiction, how it originates, how it grows, and ultimately how to combat it.  We cover Food Addiction in some detail in our Food For Thought programme.  However, if you’d like to read more, this excellent book explains […]

Weight loss difficulties are NOT about “blaming everyone else for problems we can control”!

Weight Loss Documentary

While it’s always interesting to follow the journey, trials and tribulations of somebody who is successfully losing weight, anybody who has spent a good deal of their lives being 8 stone is probably not somebody experiencing food addictions…, or immense difficulty sustaining weight loss. The Sun journalist Katie Hopkins is quoted as […]

Diet SOS by Lisa Fitzpatrick

Well done to stylist Lisa Fitzpatrick, for being brave enough to tell us about her weight loss journey, and for proving that we all can make lifestyle changes, even if we’re busy!

Weight Loss and “Good Fats”

We all know we should reduce our intake of the bad saturated fats and hydrogenated fats found in many convenience foods. But what about the beneficial fats that are essential for health?  And how can the “good fats” help with weight loss?

Omega 3 fats are needed for preventing cardiovascular disease, brain function, controlling blood […]