If there’s one lesson I’ve learnt (and I’ve leaned many) from my years of yo-yo dieting, it’s that when it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, perfectionism is your number one enemy. Neatly categorising your food choices as “good” or “bad” will achieve one single result… it will stop you from enjoying what you…
3 Ways to Better Your Relationship with Food
If there’s one thing that is never fun, it’s feeling powerless over your relationship with food. I know the torment of having a secret love affair with food. And I also know that there’s not enough chocolate coated goji berries in the world to soothe that kind of pain. It’s dark. You…
5 tips to avoid a festive blowout
It’s that time of year again. Supermarket shelves are groaning under the weight of a thousand candy canes and you can’t turn a corner without being assaulted by the scent of tempting (but oh, so delicious) festive treats. Yes, it’s the holiday season. And, as memories of last Christmas dance through your mind (think plates of…
5 signs you self sabotage
You know those days when your healthy lifestyle is ticking along nicely and you feel like you’ve finally put an end to that binge/restrict cycle… and then BAM! That voice in your head pipes up again and convinces you to indulge in some chocolate. Why? Because, you’ve been ‘so good’ with your diet all day! You deserve…
Beat ‘The Binge’ In 3 Simple Steps
You PROMISED yourself you wouldn’t eat chocolate today… yet here you are, dazed and confused as you stare with disappointment at the empty wrappers scattered across the floor like discarded Christmas tinsel. Yup. It happened again… the dreaded binge. You stare at your reflection in the mirror and assess the damage – oh yes, you…
5 ways to stop yourself from emotional eating
I’m not going to lie to you…breaking up with emotional eating isn’t easy. Especially when chocolate coated cookies call your name in the middle of the night… For years I dreamed of inventing some kind of magical sucking device that would just suck that fat right off my body (FYI… if you’ve found one of these…