Tuesday 4 November 2008

food and you

We're coming up to the Christmas season - a time to eat, drink and be merry before starting yet another diet on 1st January!

What's easier than dieting; takes less time commitment than weightwatchers or slimmers world, cheaper than private slimming clinics and safer and less painful than surgery and a gastric band?
You guessed it - NLP and Hypnotherapy!

Really there are only two steps to take to lose weight:
1. Eat Less 2. Move More

There are lots of techniques you can start using right now to cut down and take back control.

Use a smaller plate. This way you can eat everything on your plate which will psychologically make you feel as though you've had a full meal.

If you're drinking have glasses of water in between alcoholic drinks. You will feel better because you'll be less dehydrated and you'll cut the "empty sugar" calories.

If you're eating out have a salad starter - you'll be less likely to want a pudding!

At home there's a really easy technique - if you don't buy it you can't eat it! Do your food shopping after you've eaten and don't even walk down the biscuit and cake aisles!

Buy more expensive, tasty things and eat smaller portions - taste the food! This is particularly good with things like chocolate and cheese.

We have just six working weeks until Christmas and someone asked me today if it was too late to start a weightloss programme! Certainly not! It's never too late to change a habit and eating and drinking habits are no different.

You can lose 2 - 3lb of fat a week so starting now could mean over a stone lost by Christmas - wow - how good would you look at your Christmas party!

Of course for many people Christmas means gaining weight! Three sessions over the next six weeks could ensure you keep control of your eating (and drinking) and don't gain any weight between now and the New Year!

I introduced a Special Package price for weightloss clients about a year ago and it's still 4 sessions for the price of 3. The processes I use help clients to eat and drink sensibly without dieting or feeling deprived - who'd want to diet or feel as though they can't enjoy themselves during the Christmas and New Year festivities?

How do you want to look for Christmas? Keep that picture firmly locked in your mind then book your appointment!