Whether you’re just looking for something more successful to help you lose weight and get healthy, or you’ve been experimenting with a low carb/higher far diet fora while, I hope these 20 insights from my experience with this way of eating will help you gain a bit more understanding on how it works and why it’s so successful. Enjoy the read, and please do comment on the post if you’ve found it interesting…   1…You’ll go in and out a 1000 times Which the real power of this way of eating…you can go off track, but get back on it again easily. Painlessly. It’s possible to jump straight back i ..read more

There are quite a few weight loss apps around that specialise in low carb eating, and they that can be really useful for weight loss if they are used properly.  For example, when you’re first starting out- they can be a useful guide to what a portion size should look like, and what you should be eating in a day. They’re also good for information on macros, tracking, being an accountability buddy (sometimes, but not always!), nutrition detailing and even ideal times for fasting. If you buy the pro editions, you’ll get even more detailed information and accountability data input. There’s a ..read more

We tell ourselves stories all the time. It’s a vital part of every human experience to make up the narrative of our lives. We just can’t help it. Stories help us make sense of our lives and the people we know who inhabit them too. We tell stories about our childhood, our family and the things that happened to us. Experts say that story-telling is actually a vital part of good mental health. Without that defining narrative we would be very fractured human beings indeed, stumbling through life with no meaning or purpose. Now here’s something very interesting- they can be made up. We make stories ..read more

I put 1/2 a stone on around Christmas time and haven’t been able to shift it since.  I know that it’s not a devastating amount, but it’s at the top end of my ‘wiggle room’ and some of my clothes are feeling tight, and my body’s that bit heavier than normal. Maybe that’s part of the reason why I can’t seem to lose it…because it isn’t a huge amount…just a few pounds and I’ll be back to comfortable. It just occurred to me yesterday that telling myself a story that goes like this- “It’s not all that bad Bridge, it’s only half a stone so I don’t know what you’re worrying about!”. It just doesn ..read more

I asked a lady on the BWL PRO weight loss therapy session this Wednesday how she was doing, and this was how she replied- “I’m doing great, I’ve lost a stone in 6 weeks, but I just feel so angry, and I’ve got no idea know why!” As we all chatted with her, and asked a few questions to help her gain a little clarity, it quickly became clear that she was angry for the same reason that many women are today…and it’s something I’m seeing more and more…she felt cheated, and betrayed by the weight loss programmes she had been trying to stick to for most of her adult life. Anot ..read more

After a LIVE I ran in My Diet-Less Life all about staying on-track and eating a lower carb diet during this Festive time… I thought it might be nice to share the help we chatted about, with you. If you’re eating for health or weight loss right now, then Christmas really doesn’t have to mean complete failure for you! You can enjoy the season with everyone else, stay on track, and not feel like you’re missing out! Here’s are some really simple ways to ensure you don’t need to loosen your belt and start all over again on January 1st: Remember…   Christmas isn’t actually a whole month of eati ..read more

A few weeks ago I was feeling disgruntled, and a little bit resentful, if I’m honest… Why? No particular reason…I’d just had a few busy weeks at the clinic, it was a full-on time, with no spare time for me. It felt like everyone was having a great time apart from me! In fact, it felt like I was going out for my way for everyone. But definitely not for me! I remember thinking (about no one in particular…just anyone that was around me), “It must be very nice to have someone go out of their way for you. It must be nice to have that! How nice for you that I don’t go out of my way for myself, but I ..read more

  I’ve been on a low carb, high fat diet all through my menopause, and I’ve noticed a few very interesting things in the last 7 years. I’m 57 now, and went into the full menopause at 50. I’d already been eating a low carb diet for a few years, and believed it would be better for me to stay on it. Although the research was, (and still is!), almost non-existent around the menopause and L/C eating, there’s evidence building all the time on it’s health benefits in general, and my clients have been providing me with many, many subjective stories of old health issues clearing after a change in ..read more

And how does it control our eating? “It’s very simple, and incredibly powerful. That’s the beauty of this hard-wired habit. The POWER of the Cravings Cycle lies in the fact that it’s actually created by your own sweet self.“ The Cravings Cycle is a holding pattern that consists of cravings followed by foraging, followed by more cravings, that will last forever if we’re not aware of how it affects our day-to-day behaviour. So it’s power is immense. I’ve written a lot in the past about the nervous system, and the little gland that runs our Fight or Flight reactions. It’s called the amygdala, an ..read more

    I trained in TFT in 2007, after becoming a hypnotherapist in the same year. I knew it would be a powerful support tool in my practice, after encountering it about a year previously. A colleague had given me this little routine after I’d told her about a worry I had, and I was blown away by the amount of time it took to dial down my anxiety…I would be exaggerating if I said more than 5 minutes. I simply didn’t feel that same churning sense of panic any more. It was completely gone. How can a simple little ‘tapping’ technique possibly manage to knock down anxiety, panic attacks, cr ..read more