A recent news item states that obesity in Britain is on an upward spiral, and with it the requests for weight loss surgery — not entirely surprising given the current climate where apparently 'easy', 'quick fix' solutions are trumpeted over long-term lifestyle changes.
New guidelines are being set suggesting that health authorities should limit […]

If you spend any time talking about weight loss, you'll no doubt hear frustrated dieters say things like, 'I ruined my metabolism by crash dieting when I was in my 20s!' Or 'I have permanently wrecked my metabolism by yo-yo-dieting!'
You may have even said such things yourself — I know I have.
But when you think […]

In a movie "Sunday Bloody Sunday", made many years ago, there is a scene of a young woman, dumped by her boyfriend, crying and eating a pan of oven hot brownies. She is so desperate to eat them that she burns her fingers scooping them out of the pan and as she eats, her tears […]

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
If I see ONE MORE ARTICLE on "Size 0" I will go mad! How long will the magazines keep printing stuff about it? Surely everyone is sick of it by now? Still, I suppose if it means them writing less about reality TV "celebrities"…
Keira Knightley — absolutely beautiful and naturally slim? No — she is […]

Every time I visit the gym, I see women working out with little coloured dumbbells. Week in and week out, they’re doing the same exercises with the same weights. They probably think that if they pick up heavier weights, they'll 'get big like a man'. But unless you have unusually high testosterone levels, there’s no […]

The first few weeks of a new diet and exercise program can be a heady experience. The scales show a loss every week and you feel so much healthier. With the zeal of a new convert, you tell everyone about your new regime and urge them to join you.
But this honeymoon period rarely lasts. The […]

Over the years, I've spent a lot of time on weight loss support boards. And in that time, several people have asked me privately for online coaching. (I think that says a lot about some other internet communities, but that's another story.)
Here, I look at some of the mental barriers that have frustrated my 'clients' […]

Some dieters think that when they reach their weight loss goals, their lives will suddenly snap into place. But that can be when the real work begins…

Why do some people spend a lot of time, effort and money to lose weight only to gain it all back — and then some?

If you’d told me, back when I weighed 100kg (220 pounds) that my life revolved around food, I would have been quite offended. But in hindsight, it did. My idea of an endurance event was eating a four-course restaurant meal and staying awake long enough to polish off the petits fours. I never met a […]