CBT and Diets
As a CBT therapist I have many people come to me for weight issues, but before I can help them with their bodies, I need to help them with their minds. I have been over weight myself and been on … Read More
Deprivation and Diets
One of my clients said that dieting is “deprivation followed by gorging followed by self loathing”. Sad to say that I think she summed up dieting good and proper. With Don’t Say Diet II always encourage people to eat what … Read More
It’s All in The Mind
During my time helping people to lose weight, I’ve found that it’s very rarely about the food. Most people are emotionally attached to food and if you can understand that then it becomes clear why we over eat and we … Read More
Mindful Eating
How many of us eat on the go, whilst watching TV or at the computer? We are not giving the food we are eating any respect, can we even taste the calories that we are loading into our bodies? When … Read More
Taking Responsibility
When we go to a diet club, we hand over all responsibility for our eating, we say we’ve “been good” if we resist the temptation of forbidden food and we say we’ve “been bad” when we eat what we consider … Read More
Don’t forget breakfast!
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” You’ve heard that many times yet still many of us ignore it and expect our bodies to keep us going throughout a whole day with no fuel. Then because we are … Read More
Don’t let today be your tomorrow
The longer you stay overweight the more it can become your default setting, If this is not what you want then be careful it doesn’t become who you are.
Let go of your ‘eat it all’ habits
Are you using your body as a dustbin for left over food? Think twice before you eat the food you need to ‘get rid of’ it’s just an old habit. Throw it away instead – its very liberating.
Change the way you think
It’s easy to think one more biscuit won’t hurt, of course it won’t, however if you find you are doing that regularly it will all add up to weight gain. CBT can help change the way you think: Every time … Read More