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Are you a mum?

And are you worried about the eating habits of your child?

Many mums share that nothing they do – no amount of nagging, no amount of worrying, no amount of restricting what goes in the lunch box– seems to change their kids eating habits.

So what’s a mum to do?

What I encourage you to do – and this might not be what you want to hear – is get up close and personal with your own eating habits.

For example, are you sneaky eating when you think no one’s watching?

Are you denying yourself foods you love, then bingeing later.

Do you talk about good foods vs bad foods?

Little eyes watch everything

While it might seem that our children don’t listen to what we say because they’re busy learning, growing, playing, goofing off being a kid – they do watch everything you (and dad) do.

E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G.

So next time you ask them to “leave that chocolate alone because dinner’s on its way”, but then you sneak some chocolate before dinner, get curious about what example you are setting.

Our kids watch everything we do. Which is why I love working with women create change in their own eating habits. Because when we women create peace with food so does the next generation.

I hope you found that helpful. If you’re ready to dive deeper into how you can reset your eating habits you might like to know that Lighten Up – my online, six-week virtual gastric band programme opens shortly. Why not pop on over and add your name to the waitlist so you’re in the know when doors open. Otherwise, I’ll see you next week for another making peace with food tip.

Today I want to talk about the photograph.

You know the one.

It’s that photo of you at your heaviest. That photo of you at your lowest ebb. You at your most unflattering.

Maybe you’ve plastered it to the fridge in the hope that it’ll stop you in your tracks when you’re tempted to go back for seconds?

Sure, many weight loss coaches do talk about harnessing the power of the unflattering photo as a motivational tool.

But I disagree. Here’s why.

It’s very hard to create change from that feeling of shame. Let that sink in.

Sure the threat of the photo might feel motivational for a couple of days – but for most women, shame is exhausting, and it doesn’t work in the long term.

For example, a client I saw this week mentioned how she’d used the photo of herself at her heaviest – after the birth of her fourth child – as a bookmark for the last eight years.

Had that motivational bookmark worked? Nope!

That unflattering photo was the last thing she saw before she fell asleep at night. Is it any wonder she woke up feeling despondent and unmotivated!

Shaming behaviour makes us feel miserable. And what do we do when we feel miserable? We eat!

So stop using those unflattering photographs as a way of trolling yourself.

Becoming your happy shape and size is all about re-learning how to listen to your body. And we’re much more likely to listen to someone we feel safe with. Allow your body to start feeling safe with you.

I’m not suggesting you need bury or burn all your unflattering photos – because there is a time and a place for them – but only use photos in a gentle, loving way.

Discovering how to trust your body again is exactly what we cover in Lighten Up. Lighten Up is my six-week online virtual gastric band programme for women.

If you want to reconnect with your body and lose weight from a place of love, virtual gastric band hypnosis can help.

C’mon over to Lighten Up!

Isn’t the virtual gastric band only for larger people?

It’s a question I’m asked all the time.

I have to admit, that was my assumption too when I trained as a clinical hypnotherapist nearly 10 years ago.

I assumed I’d be working with larger lasses.

With Gastric Band Surgery you require a specific BMI.

And that’s simply because the gastric band surgery was developed for people who are considered technically morbidly obese.

With Virtual Gastric Band …

The beautiful thing about the VIRTUAL gastric band is that it’s effective whether you’re carrying a lot more weight than you’d like to be carrying.

Or, whether you fit your skinny jeans but you’re tired of the food obsessions, the cravings and the sugar addiction, for example.

So the VGB is open to you irrespective of your physical size. It’s more about where you’re at emotionally and mentally.

The virtual gastric band resets so much of the craziness we’ve learned about food and our bodies – irrespective of what your current shape and size is.

If you’re looking for long-term sustainable weight loss, the virtual gastric band hypnosis can help.

C’mon over to Lighten Up.

OK let’s talk about our driving habits.

You might be thinking what have my driving habits got to do with my weight gain or weight loss?

Quite a lot as it turns out! Here’s why.

Distracted eaters, overeat.

And driving — or at least eating while driving — is a BIG distraction.

For example, this week I worked with a lovely lass who would pop through her local drive-thru on her way home from work.

She’d eat the burger on the drive home from work, and once home, she’d hide the evidence of the burger and proceed to eat the home-cooked dinner that her partner had cooked for her.

So essentially, every week day she was eating two dinners: her burger and her home-cooked meal.

But, because she was eating the burger whilst driving and distracted by the traffic – she wasn’t even fully aware of eating the burger.

I’m not anti burgers! If you want a burger – eat the burger.

But do yourself a favour and eat the burger in the restaurant – in McDonalds or Burger King. Eat it slowly, enjoy the flavours, savour every mouthful.

Or, if you want to go drive-thru,  go and find a picturesque place where you can sit down in nature and focus on the food, enjoy the food and savour the food.

Stop eating while driving

Just because we women can multitask ….doesn’t mean we should!

By multitasking, and eating while distracted we’re gaining so much unnecessary weight unintentionally.

When you’re eating—eat.

When you’re driving—drive.

I hope you found that helpful : )

If you’re looking for long-term sustainable weight loss, the virtual gastric band hypnosis can help.

C’mon over to Lighten Up.