The most effective way to lose weight and keep it off is to make weight loss a natural and fun part of the life you already live. You don’t have to run a marathon or live on cabbage soup for weeks on end or give up all the things you enjoy; you just need to make a number of small but significant changes that when put together add up to big benefits. In other words you adopt the habits that naturally slim people have and make them part of your daily routine:

1. Choose satisfied over stuffed

Naturally slim people don’t tend to eat everything on their plate. They’ve managed to get over the ‘waste not, want not,’ barrier to weight loss. They finish eating when they feel satisfied not stuffed. People with weight problems tend to mistakenly equate the sensation of fullness with satisfaction and feel deprived if they stop short or they simply eat every thing on their plate because the habit has been ingrained in them from childhood or school days.

Small change: The next time you sit down to a meal …

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It’s that time of year when children go off to college, and mums all over the country experience separation anxiety. The house is suddenly much quieter, the refrigerator much fuller and the biscuit tin so tempting. Here are some tips on weathering empty nest syndrome without piling on the pounds:

Don’t be alarmed if you experience feelings of sadness and loss of purpose when your last child leaves home. These are normal reactions and researchers from Cambridge University have shown that even animals suffer from it and continue to bring food home to offspring that have flown the nest. Find someone to talk to, such as your partner or a friend. If you don’t feel better, consult a counsellor or therapist.

Now’s the time to …

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25 stone is the amount of weight the average woman will yo —yo in her lifetime. Yet another reason to forget that cabbage soup/grapefruit diet that’s impossible to stick to and slows down your metabolism (fat burning) and deprives you of nutrients you need to lose weight and feel and look good.

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