THE BLOG

Amazing - You've Reached Your Ideal Weight - Now What? mindful eating self-love Jun 16, 2020

You’ve done it – you’ve reached your ideal body weight – yay, congratulations!  But what happens once that initial euphoria wears off, once the congratulations stop?

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Changing our Relationship with Food is NOT Linear mindful eating mindset May 13, 2020

Changing our relationship with food is not linear.

Changing your relationship with food doesn’t just happen overnight.  It goes through different stages.

You can choose with a click...

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Why You Really Don't Want to Diet mindful eating mindset self-love Apr 12, 2020

So why you really don’t want to diet - dieting and restriction don’t work.  At least not in the long term.  For a while most of us seem able to follow a meal plan, cut out...

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Eating In Isolation: off kilter? No problem. mindful eating self-love Mar 30, 2020

It may be that in this time of isolation & stay at home you are finding yourself reverting to old habits as regards eating.  First off this is fine and not uncommon at times of...

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Confused About Intuitive Eating mindful eating mindset May 19, 2019

Cor, you’d think by the time I got to my age I’d be sorted! 

But I still get myself confused & tied in knots about things – going into a circular thought train just...
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If I don't Diet, What do I do? confidence mindful eating mindset Feb 15, 2019

So if I don’t diet, what do I do? As discussed in my article “Stop Dieting…” I have stopped dieting and adopted a more intuitive and moderation approach to...

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Stop Dieting - Is it as easy as that? mindful eating mindset self-love Feb 06, 2019

One of the hardest things about leaving the diet mindset behind was to stop dieting.  

It was something I had been doing for so many years: – Weight Watchers, Slimming World,...

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Principles for day-to-day: nourishment, self, consistency and simplicity mindful eating mindset movement Jan 31, 2019

Life can become busy & hectic. Therefore, anything I can do to reduce this I do. The principles of nourishment, self, consistency and simplicity lend themselves to a much less stressful and...

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We’re More than We Weigh: Escape the Power of the Scales mindful eating mindset self-love Oct 17, 2018
Neutralising the Scales

Part of moving away from a diet mindset is recognising/learning that we are so much more than what we weigh.  The aim is to escape the influence the scales and this...

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How to Stop the Trigger Foods Triggering mindful eating mindset Oct 03, 2018

How to Moderate Trigger Foods

It’s all very well talking about food freedom and moving away from food restriction but some foods I still struggle to eat in a mindful way. The dictionary...

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Food Restriction or Food Freedom mindful eating mindset self-love Sep 20, 2018

“Oh, are you being good?” I was asked on turning down dessert when out for dinner.  One of my pet peeves – I just didn’t want any – no biggie!

It got me...

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Leaving a Diet Mindset Behind mindful eating mindset self-love Jul 09, 2018

As has probably become apparent if you have read any of my previous posts I have actively been moving away from a diet mindset to one focussed on moderation or intuitive eating.

Recently I...

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