One of the things that people worry about most when it comes to losing weight is how to manage the dreaded cravings. Most people tell me that they can manage a healthy diet in the sense that they eat well planned, regular meals a lot of the time. It seems to be the [...]
Even the most committed of us can find ourselves in a situation where we are tempted to deviate from our eating plan. And ‘tempted’ may be too mild a word; maybe ‘compelled’ or ‘overwhelmingly drawn to’ might be more appropriate! The most delicious healthy meal sometimes just isn’t going to do the job [...]
Distress tolerance simply means learning how to more effectively cope with an upsetting situation. In the context of losing weight, it most directly relates to dealing with the feeling of wanting to eat foods that aren’t going to take you towards your weight loss goal and being determined that on this occasion you’re [...]
One very effective way of putting those cravings in their rightful place is to distract yourself. It’s stage 2 of managing cravings. If you’ve tried distress tolerance and today it’s just not going to cut it, or if you’re in a situation where you know it’s not even worth bothering, then distraction is [...]
Imagine the scenario, it’s probably fairly familiar. You have planned what you are going to eat today. It’s lunch time and you are in work, or out for lunch with friends. Earlier in the day you were totally in the ‘motivated to change’ zone, and you had planned ahead in the manner of [...]
