Learning about nutrition, and putting what you learn into practice, is fairly essential if you intend to lose weight. But knowing what’s healthy to eat and what isn’t, doesn’t tend to be the biggest problem for most people. Most know how to eat a lot healthier than they actually do, but for some reason can’t […]
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When people talk about losing weight, what they really mean is they want to lose excess body fat. However some people go on a starvation diet and really deprive themselves. They can lose up 7lb in a week, BUT little of that is actually fat! When you concentrate on losing weight rather than fat you
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I see loads of patients who need to know how to stop overeating, before they can lose their excess weight and regain their health. But it seems this is easier said than done! I spoke to one woman last week who, on the one hand wants to be slim, but on the other hand knows
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“I need to find a quick way to lose weight!” This came from a friend of mine who had a much needed knee operation postponed until she had lost 2 stone (28lb) in weight. I don’t normally champion a quick way to lose weight, even though it is very possible. The reason I don’t is
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A good diet plan has 4 essential components. The mistake a lot of people make when trying to lose weight is leaving out 2-3 of them, or not doing any of them in a way that’s going to help. 1. Mindset You need to clearly define what you’re aiming for before you start. When people
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I had an email from one of my subscribers last week: Hi Dr Julie, I really want to get healthier but I can’t seem to changes my ways. The biggest things I let myself down with are eating too much, going to the pub too often and smoking. Can you tell me how to break
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Many people make New Year’s resolutions (instead of New Year Goals), and often they make the same ones as they did last year, and the year before that too. But apparently only 3% of people set themselves goals. New Year’s resolutions rarely work out, but if you set yourself a goal – you stand a
I think losing weight after Christmas is more realistic for most than doing it during Christmas, don’t you? I was pondering the problem of weight loss at this time of year, and tried to find an aspect of my life that I can compare it to. I have my normal day job – my GP
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Someone I met recently runs a Slimming World group, and she was complaining that the vast majority of her group keep coming every week, paying their £5, but don’t lose any weight. She finds it frustrating that on the whole people are not making any long lasting changes. She said things like: “they still eat
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Last week I explained a common MASSIVE ROADBLOCK many people put in their way of shedding excess fat. “I’ve tried everything, nothing works, I can’t lose weight” = a CLOSED MIND and makes it pretty well impossible to make any progress with weight loss, even if you really want to. So what do you do
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