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I'd love to answer your questions about how to lose weight naturally --without diets, diet products and diet programs. I love to answer your questions about: intuitive eating, turning exercise into fun (instead of a chore) and how to improve your body image even before you reach some or other magical figure on a scale. Please note, that as I'm a psychologist and not a dietician, I don't answer any questions related to nutrition.
I'm a Clinical Psychologist who has researched diets and dieting and what works and what doesn't (in medical and psychological journals) for almost 2 decades. I'm the author of two books: The Mind over Fatter Program and The Joy-Filled Body: Eat! Play! Love and Live! I have written numerous articles spoken at psychological conferences, lead workshops internationally and been on TV and radio. I was a childhood dieter at 11, anorexic by 15, a frantic yo-yo dieter for 20 years before discovering that STOPPING dieting was the answer. My URL: www.ditch-diets-live-light.com
Have been the consulting psychologist to the South African Nutrition Experts Panel, and am on the experts panel for Shape Magazine, South African Journal of Natural Medicine and the South African Journal of Psychology.
Shape, Readers Digest, Men's Health, Glamor, South African Journal of Natural Medicine, O magazine and many many others.
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Been nominated for 2006 and 2007 as South African business women of the year in the Health category for starting The Mind over Fatter movement. Had an excerpt of my 2nd book selected by O Magazine (South Africa) which appeared in their December 2007 edition.
Fat is not always the health ogre it's made out to be. However, our thoughts about our fat cause us enormous chronic stress that cause all the health problems forever blamed on being overweight. see http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/neuropeptides.html
Breakfast may NOT be the most important meal of the day; see http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/breakfast-buzz.html
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HI Sartaj I hope you don't mind me referring you to a couple of webpages but I've been asked this question many times: For a 10 step recipe go to: http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/summer-body.html
Hi Hailey Being out of routine and being tempted with all kinds of foods that you haven't perhaps tried before or perhaps think you'll never see again are often reasons we gain weight. Hailey, I know
Hello Lynn - this is a really important stage of life for your relationship with you body. Here's what you need to remember - this is the time of puberty when you body is going through lots of hormonal
Hi Dave, your daughter is lucky to have a Dad who cares... now the big question is how to get your caring across in a way that is perceived as the loving intention it is, in a way that is effective! So
Hi Sammy If you want to make exercise fun go to http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/exercise-information.html and just scroll down a bit and you'll see a whole bunch of stuff I've written on just
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