I think it’s true to say that most of us know what we ‘should’ do when it comes to making the right food choices and moving enough in order to lose weight. In my clinic, if I’m not sure how I can help someone then I’ll often ask them to tell me what [...]
If you’re planning to make any kind of change in your life, it’s important to think about how ready you are to make that change. If you’re at the stage where you’ve contacted The Freedom Clinic and you’re reading articles in the patient area then it’s likely that you’re very ready to make [...]
As we know, losing weight can be a challenge. Our bodies are designed to gain rather than shed pounds, and we live in an environment where the food that contains the most calories and promotes the most weight gain is also highly addictive, inexpensive and widely available. We are also encouraged to live [...]
There is only one person we spend the whole of our lives with, who we talk to constantly, and whose opinion affects more of what we do and how we behave than any other. And that person is us. We all have an inner monologue, a constant narrative in our brain that chatters [...]
You can tell a lot about how ready you are to change by understanding how you’re thinking about what you need to do. There are two types of things we say that give away what our real intentions are; they are either ‘change’ talk, or ‘sustain’ talk. As the names suggest, when you [...]
When it comes to setting goals, we often talk about SMART goals, which means Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time specific. You have probably encountered these elsewhere, but this part of The Freedom Clinic didn’t feel right without mentioning it! Specific means instead of saying ‘I’m going to get more active’, you specify [...]
