Ali T's blog

Diets can make us obsessed with food. At that very minute that you decide to go on a diet or “watch what you eat” that is exactly what you do – watch what you eat. You constantly focus on food, looking at what you can have and what you can’t, categorising food as good and bad.

Take a look at this:  If you have dieted or "watched what you eat"? How long as it lasted.

To see this item go to :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1342617/New-Year-s-resolutions-b...

Many people do not have the willpower to make their New Year's resolutions last longer than a week, research reveals.

Attempts to quit smoking, stop drinking alcohol at home or eat healthier food would be far more successful if people got support, according to health campaigners Change4Life.

Eating ONLY when hungry and stopping when FULL is becoming something that many of us have now lost the skill of in modern society. Temptation and the size of the portions we are often given now make stopping eating when we are full often very difficult.

The speed in which we eat and chew our food may assist us with controlling our portion size and as a result us then eating less food.

Local Surgery to offer hypnotherapy in bid to beat obesity.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Surgery-to-offer-hypnotherapy-in.6433682.jp

14 cms reduced around waist, hips, bust and 1 thigh and only 3 weeks into the gastric band programme. Watch Michelles progress and band fitting here and read how she's getting on

Any diet, weather it be calorie restriction, avoiding certail types of food, food replacement, missing meals will fail after a while if it is not sustainable.

Embarking on such a food plan may cause short term weight loss whilst the person remains focused and disciplined but "treats" and "nibbles" will inevatable creep back in causing weight to stick and even gain.

So what can be done?