Women need less energy to run their bodies than men do, and therefore need to eat less than men, even of the same weight, height, age etc etc etc. So it follows that if you eat the same as your husband, unless he is really teeny weeny, then either he will shrivel away to nothing or the woman will put on weight.
Women 's portions need to be smaller than men's. How can we achieve this?
The easiest way is to use a smaller plate yourself. This will make it easier for you to estimate a healthier portion. Large plates give us a subliminal message that large portions are okay. Join the Small Plate Movement, run by my hero Brian Wansink of Cornell University.
When you have got used to using a smaller plate (it takes a weekend), you no longer have to think about food all the time. Your plate size does it for you.
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Sunday, 8 November 2009
Friday, 6 November 2009
I know how I should eat, I just can't do it
Many people use food for comfort and to help combat stress. In particular, snack foods are used in this way. Learning to manage your stress will help you stop comfort eating. Hypnotherapy is one of the best ways to control stress.
Dr Daryl O'Connor and pals from University of Leeds, found that ego-threatening, interpersonal and work-related hassles lead people to snack more. In contrast, physical stressors lead people to snack less.
The people most at risk of snacking as a result of the hurly burly of life were found to be:
In other words, people with higher levels of vulnerability are significantly more likely to consume increased snacks in response to life's daily stressors. In particular, people who eat in response to their mood are prone to the effects of stress on eating.
Dr Daryl O'Connor and pals from University of Leeds, found that ego-threatening, interpersonal and work-related hassles lead people to snack more. In contrast, physical stressors lead people to snack less.
The people most at risk of snacking as a result of the hurly burly of life were found to be:
- dieters
- people who tend to eat in response to their mood and feelings rather than in response to physical hunger signals
- people who can't resist food if they see it. Just the sight of it makes them feel hungry and eat it
- people who can't control their impulses, don't get feelings of shame or embarrassment, or are drunk
- the obese and women
In other words, people with higher levels of vulnerability are significantly more likely to consume increased snacks in response to life's daily stressors. In particular, people who eat in response to their mood are prone to the effects of stress on eating.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
To control your weight, cut down 150 calories a day
Just eating an extra 150 calories a day will increase steady state weight by 10 pounds.
What does 150 calories look like? Well, a 35g bag of Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps is 184 calories. Cadbury Cream Eggs come in at 173.6 calories.
It is the snacks that are making us fat. Cut them out. A hypnotherapist can make avoiding snacks completely automatic. Make healthy eating your automatic eating style.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
What does 150 calories look like? Well, a 35g bag of Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps is 184 calories. Cadbury Cream Eggs come in at 173.6 calories.
It is the snacks that are making us fat. Cut them out. A hypnotherapist can make avoiding snacks completely automatic. Make healthy eating your automatic eating style.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
Our bodies don't like diets
If you have ever dieted, you will know about the weight loss plateau. That weight level that seems to stick, even though you are still being careful about what you eat. This weight loss plateau is one of the reasons why dieters get frustrated - so much care and control and you stay the same weight. The thought comes to mind "Why bother?" and we can all sympathise with that.
Rudulph Leibel of Columbia University has shown that there is a biological mechanism that tends to defeat efforts to reduce our weight. What happens is this: When the body sees that food is getting short, it reduces its metabolism, often rapidly and substantially, in order to keep you fit to survive these hard times - with enough body fat to keep you ready for efficient reproduction. Your body is really only interested in this part of you!
So as you reduce your food intake, your body is reducing the calories it needs for maintenance, and so you are chasing a moving target. So diets don't work.What can you do?
Small, regular changes to your eating habits will avoid the big weight changes (5%-10% of body weight) which trigger this effect. Increasing your activity even just a little will also help. Get yourself a pedometer and check how many steps a day you are doing, and do a bit every day to increase the steps within your normal daily behaviours.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
Rudulph Leibel of Columbia University has shown that there is a biological mechanism that tends to defeat efforts to reduce our weight. What happens is this: When the body sees that food is getting short, it reduces its metabolism, often rapidly and substantially, in order to keep you fit to survive these hard times - with enough body fat to keep you ready for efficient reproduction. Your body is really only interested in this part of you!
So as you reduce your food intake, your body is reducing the calories it needs for maintenance, and so you are chasing a moving target. So diets don't work.What can you do?
Small, regular changes to your eating habits will avoid the big weight changes (5%-10% of body weight) which trigger this effect. Increasing your activity even just a little will also help. Get yourself a pedometer and check how many steps a day you are doing, and do a bit every day to increase the steps within your normal daily behaviours.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
How to deal with the cause of the symptom
Lifestyle affects how we put on weight. This interesting chart was developed by Dr Sharma of the
His view is that being overweight is the clue to the symptom which is overeating. What is it a symptom of?
(By the way, he means coping patterns, not copying patterns.)
Understanding why we follow these eating, exercise and coping patterns is the start to regaining control. Hypnotherapy can help you find out the cause of the symptom, and then help you deal with it.
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