Emotional Eating may be the biggest contributor to weight issues for many people. It can lead to binge eating, lack of self-esteem and self-confidence and generally make people feel low as they are stuck in that negative behaviour. Feeling low causes them to eat and in turn that eating causes them to feel low. So the…
We operate through the subconscious mind the majority of time. In fact 95% of our actions and behaviours are unconscious. Will power is conscious mind. Conscious mind, conscious effort. This is why we struggle to use will power as a means of changing habits. Will power is hard work! Those unwanted habits and behaviours are stored…
How can we be motivated to do some things and not others. I’ve always felt that it is important to have something in life that gets us out of bed in the morning. When I worked in finance, I would say that my cycling was the reason I got up in the morning. Although…
If you saw my earlier blog post entitled “I Just Can’t Stop Eating” you will know that a childhood memory I have is that of my mum constantly on and off diets. She never did faddy diets. They were more akin to what I would call ‘near starvation’ diets. Eating lots less but not necessary the right foods.…
Our eating habits, and therefore our weight, can be the bane of our lives. I’m going to explore eating habits and behaviour over the next few blog posts. So why is our size that is so important to us? My first memory of any understanding of weight and size is my mum dieting throughout my childhood. Diets…