Weight Loss In Action
Let get real, for many it can be a huge challenge getting back on track with your health and wellbeing goals after holidays, or times when you have been emotional eating.
- Emotions such as guilt and disappointment can arise, increasing cravings and anxiety.
- An increase in sugar and processed foods can put your gut baddies on a bender, increasing cravings and anxiety.
- Food hangovers appear after your blood sugars have been been on a rollercoaster, making you feel hungry alongside increasing cravings and anxiety.
Hot tips from the Weight Loss in Action Support Group
Below are hot tips and strategies gathered from group members to help get back on track.
- So what now what. Take a forward thinking approach. You can’t change the past. Criticism and judgement fuels cravings. Kindness, acceptance and compassion practices helps to settle and soothe, making it easier to get back on track.
- Know your why. Review your reasons for wanting to improve your health. Examples could include better sleep, nicer clothes, exercise goals, improved mood, more energy etc. Before you go to eat something check “does it fit” with your goals and values?
- Front up, keep accountable. Weight loss support groups or accountability buddies have 40% more chance of success than trying to do it alone. We encourage each other to keep turning up, even during tough times.
- Choose one habit. To help move out of overwhelm commit to one brain health habit over the next week. Examples could include drinking water, stop eating after dinner, low glycemic index foods, adding gut healthy foods each meal, intermittent fasting, exercise etc Take the time to acknowledge when you do this habit as this will help rebuild confidence.
- Make sleep a priority. Better sleep = better awake. Brainstorm ideas to ensure you are getting a good quality sleep each night. Start with going to bed and getting at a consistent time.
Get some helpful thinking
Did you know: every cell in your body is influenced by your thinking. Below is a 3 part exercise that acknowledges the past, sets your intentions for the future and sparks up the reward systems of your brain by focusing on benefits.
In the past I used to.... eat toast after dinner, feel unsatisfied.
And now I’m... slowing things down, practising noticing the good in the moment.
Because I want to… wake up in the morning with energy and feel satisfied with life.