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10/10/2026
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—” ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ?The next time you notice yourself reaching for food when you're not actuall...
09/10/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—” ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ?

The next time you notice yourself reaching for food when you're not actually hungryโ€ฆ

Pause.

Not to tell yourself โ€œI shouldn't eat that.โ€
Not to criticise yourself.

Just pause and notice....

What am I feeling right now?
What was happening for me, just before this?
What am I actually looking for right now?

And then ask yourself:

โ€œWhat other way could I respond?โ€

There is no right or wrong answer here.

The point is... to become more aware of what's happening and give yourself a moment - a pause - to consider other possibilities that you may not have thought of before.

Sometimes it's not about having more rules.

It's about having more strategies to choose from.

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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผโ€ฆ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผ ๐—œ๐˜!This is something I hear often - โ€œI know what I should be doing...
07/10/2026

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผโ€ฆ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐——๐—ผ ๐—œ๐˜!

This is something I hear often - โ€œI know what I should be doing.โ€
And I understand, as "I've been there - done that myself." .

Most of us don't need another list telling us what foods we should or shouldn't eat.

The difficult part can be putting what we already know into practice - especially when old habits, emotions, routines and automatic responses are involved.

๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜.

That's why my approach isn't about giving you another set of food rules

Instead, we look at your old or existing thoughts, habits and behaviours around food, and draw on research as we explore different ways of responding.

Sometimes, a different question can open up a different possibility...
And a different possibility may open up a different outcome!

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?What if it's not simply a question of trying harder. Telling yourself โ€œI just nee...
04/10/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?

What if it's not simply a question of trying harder. Telling yourself โ€œI just need stronger willpower.โ€

You know what you'd like to change.
You know what you think you should be doing.
And perhaps you've managed it before - for a while.

But then life happens...
You're tired.
You're stressed.
You're busy.
Something happens that throws you off track.

And suddenly that old habit is back again.

What if it's not simply a question of trying harder? Would it be worth looking at whatโ€™s actually happening underneath the habit?

Perhaps discovering there are different ways you could respond.

These are one of the things we explore in my Healthy Mind-Body approach to weight management.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Have you ever blamed yourself for not having enough willpower?

This was a light bulb moment for me...
03/10/2026

This was a light bulb moment for me...

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๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜โ€ฆ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜We often want to stop a habit as quickly as possible. But what if, instea...
03/10/2026

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜โ€ฆ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜

We often want to stop a habit as quickly as possible. But what if, instead, you became curious about it?

Next time you notice yourself doing something around food that you'd like to change, pause for a moment and ask:

What was happening?
What was I thinking?
How was I feeling?
What did I actually want at that moment?

And perhaps most importantly:

What could I do differently next time?

You don't have to have all the answers immediately.

Sometimes simply becoming more aware of what's happening can be the beginning of discovering different ways of responding.

โค๏ธ That's a big part of the Healthy Mind-Body approach.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผโ€ฆHave you ever noticed a thought popping into your head just before you eat something?Perhap...
01/10/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผโ€ฆ

Have you ever noticed a thought popping into your head just before you eat something?

Perhaps:
โ€œI've been good all day - I deserve this.โ€
โ€œIt's only one.โ€
โ€œI'll start again tomorrow.โ€

Or even:
โ€œI've already blown it, so it doesn't matter now.โ€

We can have thoughts like these so quickly that we don't always notice them.

But your thoughts, habits and behaviours can become closely connected.

That's why, in my Healthy Mind-Body approach....

I don't tell you what to eat or what not to eat.

Instead, we look at your existing thoughts, habits and behaviours around food, and draw on research as we explore different ways of responding.

And once you start noticing those thoughts, you can begin to ask:
โ€œIs there another way I could respond?โ€

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ!Have you noticed that you tend to eat certain things in certain situations?...
29/09/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ!

Have you noticed that you tend to eat certain things in certain situations?

Perhaps when you're:
๐Ÿ˜ด Tired
๐Ÿ˜Ÿ Stressed
๐Ÿ’ป Working late
๐Ÿ“บ Watching television
๐Ÿ  Finally relaxing at the end of the day
๐Ÿ˜ฉ Having a difficult day

The interesting thing is that sometimes the situation comes first, and the eating follows almost automatically.

So rather than simply asking: โ€œWhy did I eat that?โ€

Try asking: โ€œWhat was happening just before I ate it?โ€

That little change in the question can help us become more aware of our habits and behaviours.

And that awareness gives us something to work with.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜?Sometimes we know exactly what we're doing...We reach for something to eat when we're no...
27/09/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜?

Sometimes we know exactly what we're doing...

We reach for something to eat when we're not really hungry. We have that extra snack. Or we find ourselves eating while watching TV, working, relaxing or simply because it's become part of our routine.

But have you ever stopped and wondered:

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜?

Is it hunger?

Boredom?

Tiredness?

Stress?

Something you've done for so long that you hardly notice you're doing it?

Or something else?

Sometimes, becoming more aware of what is happening just before we reach for that food can be a really useful place to start.

๐Ÿ’ฌ What do you think most often drives your own eating habits? Maybe it's habit, emotions, routine, or something else?

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