by Shape Your Mind | Aug 9, 2015 | Articles
Last week I wrote about why we eat when we’re not hungry. The reason that this is such an important topic is that so many weight loss products are banking on the fact that if we can just reduce or eliminate hunger then we won’t eat as much. As we saw in the last post,... 
by Shape Your Mind | Aug 8, 2015 | Articles
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Check back next week for Part 2. There are so many pills, potions, plans, and even procedures(!) out there designed to help us feel less hungry, based on the premise that if we are less hungry, we will eat less and therefore lose... 
by Shape Your Mind | Aug 6, 2015 | Articles
I was reading an article in the SMH this morning by Kate Fridkis (one of my favourite bloggers incidentally, from Eat The Damn Cake) and it really got me thinking. Why is it SO hard for us to acknowledge our good qualities, particularly when it comes to physical... 
by Shape Your Mind | Aug 4, 2015 | Articles
‘Fat stigma’, which is prejudice against people who are overweight or obese, is a hot topic on Twitter at the moment (or maybe that’s just among the people that I ‘tweet’ with!). It’s an incredibly emotive subject for many people – to understand why you just have to... 
by Shape Your Mind | Aug 2, 2015 | Articles
One of the biggest challenges faced by our clients at Shape Your Mind is when they are asked to put the scales away and stop weighing themselves! This is completely understandable, as most people come to us with the goal of changing their weight – they often struggle... 
by Shape Your Mind | Jul 29, 2015 | Articles
Every now and then a new weight-loss book is advertised that seems to undo all the hard work of the ‘anti-diet’ movement…this is one of them. I saw this advertised on breakfast TV this morning and had to look it up and see for myself – to be honest, I was completely...