Are you a struggling single parent? Becoming 'second place' Caution: This blog is written from the writer's own viewpoint and knowledge/experience. It is not a substitute for a trained counselor or medical expert in this field. Do not follow this advice and if in any doubt, seek professional help. … Continue reading Are you a struggling single parent?
Warning - This is a binge trigger! – If you find this article distressing please do not read it and instead seek professional help of a trained counsellor or a medical practitioner. This is a subject that I’ve long been obsessed with finding the answer to. On the face of it, self-sabotaging… Continue reading Why do we self-sabotage our weight loss progress?!
So, you’ve made the decision to lose weight, be healthier and feel amazing. Setting this intention can immediately flood our brains with an image of how we would like to look and feel and this brings with it a temporary heightening of our motivation to make the changes we need to. Exercise will obviously play… Continue reading Why your treadmill should be your new BFF!
Your job can make you put on weight! Whether we like it or not, a large majority of us will spend most of our lives at work! When put like this, it can be a real eye opener, I mean if you just stop to consider the fact that: We tend to see… Continue reading Your job can make you put on weight!
The words we use to ourselves have a powerful effect on the outcome of our lives. If we use negative words, we are likely to produce negative results. The good news is that conversely, if we use positive words, we are more like to achieve positive results! My Anti-Diet journey began with changing my… Continue reading Monthly Affirmations for weight loss success! – WELCOME SEPTEMBER!
I was a complete disbeliever when I first came across affirmations and their supposed power to change our beliefs and to impact our lives. I mean, ‘how can a bunch of words make a difference to my life?’ I’d thought. The fact that affirmations made such huge promises stopped me from dismissing them… Continue reading Words can help you lose weight!!
The words we use to ourselves have a powerful effect on the outcome of our lives. If we use negative words, we are likely to produce negative results. The good news is that conversely, if we use positive words, we are more like to achieve positive results! My Anti-Diet journey began with changing my… Continue reading Monthly Affirmations for weight loss success!
The words we use to ourselves have a powerful effect on the outcome of our lives. If we use negative words, we are likely to produce negative results. The good news is that conversely, if we use positive words, we are more like to achieve positive results! My Anti-Diet journey began with changing my… Continue reading Monthly Affirmations for weight loss success!
How to kid your brain into doing things that move you TOWARDS your weight loss goal! Our brains are hardwired to work out how to give us what we want and what we desire. You can’t kid your brain into wanting to eat fruit if you don’t WANT to eat fruit. You can’t… Continue reading How to kid your brain into doing things that move you TOWARDS your weight loss goal!
So, Valentine’s day is fast approaching and you don’t have a date. Everyone around you is excited, they’re taking days off work to go away for a long weekend with their significant other, booking dinner dates, buying cards, ordering flowers & chocolates, the list is endless but I think you get the picture! All… Continue reading 7 Unbelievable Ideas for one on Valentine’s Day!
Yes, the title of this blog is correct and NO mistake has been made. You really CAN farm for weight loss!! So firstly let’s explore what farming is so that I can explain how it can work for anyone wishing to feel better and lose weight. According to https://www.thefreedictionary.com/farming, a simple definition of farming (land)… Continue reading Farming for weight loss?!!
Since I can remember, I have always totally enjoyed a spa day. It gives me an opportunity to relax, it’s a timeout from daily life, it’s a complete change of scenery and the treatments make me feel positively refreshed and chilled out. When I leave, I have this light and happy feeling as if… Continue reading How to regularly benefit from the ‘spa’ effect!
Temptation is everywhere you look; in the shops that are full of every treat that you can think of and even some you can’t; it’s being passed around at work ‘go on it’s Christmas’ they say; its in the 3 course meals at a works do or at a social gathering; in short… Continue reading How to eat this festive season!
Christmas is a very emotional time. It is full of hope, anticipation, love and joy! We can forget the cold weather as dark nights are lit up with Christmas trees, fairy lights and decorations. Not many people can walk past a house that’s lit up so brightly and still feel gloomy. In fact, if you’re… Continue reading Grief at Christmas- The Loss of your wife
Christmas is a very emotional time. It is full of hope, anticipation, love and joy! We can forget the cold weather as dark nights are lit up with Christmas trees, fairy lights and decorations. Not many people can walk past a house that’s lit up so brightly and still feel gloomy. In fact, if you’re… Continue reading Grief – When your Nan was your Mum
Christmas is a very emotional time. It is full of hope, anticipation, love and joy! We can forget the cold weather as dark nights are lit up with Christmas trees, fairy lights and decorations. Not many people can walk past a house that’s lit up so brightly and still feel gloomy. In fact, if you’re… Continue reading Grieving for your husband at Christmas
Christmas is a very emotional time. It is full of hope, anticipation, love and joy! We can forget the cold weather as dark nights are lit up with Christmas trees, fairy lights and decorations. Not many people can walk past a house that’s lit up so brightly and still feel gloomy. In fact, if you’re… Continue reading Grieving for your husband at Christmas
Christmas is a very emotional time. It is full of hope, anticipation, love and joy! We can forget the cold weather as dark nights are lit up with Christmas trees, fairy lights and decorations. Not many people can walk past a house that’s lit up so brightly and still feel gloomy. In fact, if… Continue reading Grieving for your Dad at Christmas
Christmas is a very emotional time. It is full of hope, anticipation, love and joy! We can forget the cold weather as dark nights are lit up with Christmas trees, fairy lights and decorations. Not many people can walk past a house that’s lit up so brightly and still feel gloomy. In fact, if… Continue reading Grieving for your Mum at Christmas
How to look and feel amazing this Christmas!!
Festive Cookies Cooking is a great pastime and it’s good for your soul! It stirs your creative juices and is very therapeutic. Many people cook when they are stressed to help them to relax. In fact, cooking can be a kind of meditation if you really immerse yourself totally into the creative process that it… Continue reading Christmas recipe for Festive Cookies!!
Make your own festive mince pies!!
It’s nearly Halloween, you’ve been invited to a party by a close friend who has asked that everyone dress up in their most spooky costume ever! Instead of being excited, you’re immediately in panic mode! What will you wear, how will you keep on your diet and should you bother going at all? You… Continue reading How to survive Halloween and actually enjoy it!!
The shocking truths about forgiveness and weight-loss!
If you want to lose weight and are stuck, read this!!
If you are ready to start The Anti-Diet Lifestyle, this is a must read!!
The very word water makes many of us run for cover! We feel it is tasteless and boring. Drinking it is a chore much like cleaning the oven. We just don’t want to do it! The health benefits are clear and easy to find, here are a few: It helps to boost mental performance… Continue reading 6 easy ways to drink more water!
Body positivity is such a buzz word right now, it’s everywhere from mainstream media to the words we speak to each other. The text book definition of body positivity is wonderfully put here by Wikipedia: ‘Body positivity is a social movement rooted in the belief that all human beings should have a positive body image,… Continue reading Body Positivity and The Anti-Diet Lifestyle
7 Habits of Highly Successful Weight Loss
In Celebration of Father's Day - It's a Boy! The Perfect Dad
In Celebration of Father's Day - It's a Girl! The Perfect Dad
In Celebration of Father's Day - For my Perfect Dad
The Anti-Diet Lifestyle supports and encourages well-being of self. Acknowledging and thanking those who care and guide us in life is a huge contributor to that process. Father's Day is no exception and this poem has been written to help you do just that. A father is one of the most important person in someone's… Continue reading In celebration of Father’s Day
So, you’ve started a diet. It may be your first one, it may be the next one after a series of failed ones, but none of that matters because you’ve made the decision to try (or try again as the case may be). You’re fired up, this is it, you tell yourself. This is the… Continue reading 6 Things your diet doesn’t tell you
She’d had enough, she’d finally hit rock bottom and felt like giving up. For the first time, the thought of continuing on with her goal seemed more painful than letting it go. It wasn’t that she hadn’t tried, it wasn’t that she hadn’t given it her very best shot. In fact, it was… Continue reading A story that will motivate anyone!
Dear MeI’m writing this letter because talking to you hasn’t worked and I’m desperate for you to hear what I have to say. I’ve been trying to tell you something for so long and tried so very many ways to communicate with you but nothing has worked and now I’m at my wits end. I’m… Continue reading An emotional plea from your body
Learn to eat mindfully! Mindfulness is such a buzz word these days. It’s used sometimes as a throw away remark to solve just about every single problem we have! Whether you think it’s just a fad or if you are one of the people who believe in it or even if you are on the… Continue reading The surprising reason why you must eat with six senses!!
This is for you Mum. Amazing poem and amazing mother's day gifts. https://www.spreadshirt.co.uk/shop/design/mothers+day+t-shirt+womens+premium+tank+top-D5c6c2bc85fd3e472b067263a?sellable=qrmDgyN9V5IqrlZ8Z9YD-917-16&view=1_2492
Food for thought! I write my blogs for many reasons and one of them is to educate my readers about what the Anti-Diet Lifestyle would mean to them in practical terms. In this blog, I’d like to answer a question asked my one such reader: ‘Do I eat everything on my plate’ now that I… Continue reading The surprising answer to ‘Do Anti-dieters eat everything on their plate?’!!
This is for you Mum
Find something you love to do. I wrote an article about exercise with the Anti-Diet Lifestyle previously and, on the back of that, I need to answer a follow up question : ‘Do I see it (exercise) as fun or a chore with The Anti-Diet Lifestyle? Once again, I’d first like to say what a… Continue reading Exercise – Is it fun or a chore with the Anti-Diet Lifestyle?
No pain, no gain? People have asked me a lot of questions about how the Anti-Diet Lifestyle actually achieves weight loss and concerns about exercise come up frequently. Things like: Do you exercise? Do you exercise regularly? Did you have to exercise to lose weight? I love these questions because they challenge me to look… Continue reading Do you have to exercise regularly for the Anti-Diet to work?
Enjoy your food! People have said to me it’s all very well I’m suggesting they stop dieting but how does that help them lose weight? I mean, with dieting and especially if you’re following a particular diet programme or club, there is a clear path that includes what you can and can’t eat, what is… Continue reading What actually led me to lose weight?
To trigger the Ambassador mode, say out loud(for maximum effect) or whisper to yourself if it is not appropriate ‘I am the Ambassador of my body and soul. I will do everything in my power to seek out what is good for me’.
Questions and Answers about what the Anti-Diet Lifestyle is and is not.
How to help yourself after you have binged on food.
Choose your friends wisely!!
Learning to love yourself just as you are right now.
Before you start another diet, know this!!
Why the comparison game is a losing one! Comparison – This is such a huge subject, where do I even start?! You walk down the street and come across an old friend from school. At first your heart lifts at the sight and you look forward to talking to them after such… Continue reading Why the comparison game is a losing one!
I used to really hate fruits, vegetables and any ‘healthy’ food to be honest. They all just tasted so bland and left me feeling as if I hadn’t had a proper meal or snack; that I had missed out. That left me feeling cheated and only made me crave all the sugary, fatty and… Continue reading The amazing fact about your taste buds that will help you enjoy eating healthier food!
In my dieting days, I was either trying to diet OR I was making the most of NOT dieting! There just wasn’t any in-between for me because I had convinced myself that the ‘middle’ was not even an option. I mean why on earth would I want to eat just over my calorie/syn… Continue reading Why Making the most of it will stop you losing weight!
