The Slim HabitJun 20, 20202 minIf you have a weight problem, you don’t want to get the Coronavirus!Covid-19 is a real and present danger to us all, and is likely to remain so for some considerable time. As the virus has spread so we hav...
The Slim HabitMar 12, 20202 minA social problem with a social solution?Governments and health care professionals across the world are becoming worried, very worried. Why? Because despite their best efforts to...
The Slim HabitMar 2, 20202 minWeight loss and sleep. Does lack of sleep make you fat?On average we are all getting two hours less sleep every night than we did 50 years ago. A lot has happened in 50 years. What has been th...
The Slim HabitFeb 6, 20201 minToo difficult to say 'no'?Eating too much? It’s easy to do. Little wonder people get disheartened by their lack of progress when they’re trying to lose weight. Act...
The Slim HabitOct 10, 20191 minRecommended Daily Allowances - the best guideVery little is said about Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs), which is a pity because they represent the maximum amount of key macronutr...
The Slim HabitSep 4, 20192 minThe Evil of HFCS - High Fructose Corn SyrupHigh-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) arrived on the scene in the 1970s. A significantly cheaper alternative to sugar, it was invented in Japan...
The Slim HabitAug 28, 20192 minHow are your empathy skills? You may need themHave you thought what it’s going to be like when you’ve been successful in achieving your weight loss goal? What are the reactions of you...
The Slim HabitAug 16, 20191 minSerial dieting is bad newsIt’s a conundrum. You want to lose weight, but you don’t want to go on a diet. You’ve been on so many diets that you’ve become a member o...
The Slim HabitAug 15, 20192 minDiets make you fat!The failure rate of most diets is astronomical yet more and more people turn to diets to try and provide a solution to their weight probl...
The Slim HabitAug 12, 20192 minFair to call BMI the 'baloney mass index'?Is the Body Mass Index (BMI) a good indicator as to whether you have a healthy body weight or not? The short answer is ‘yes’. BMI compare...
The Slim HabitAug 8, 20192 minFat on the insideThere are some pretty scary statistics coming out about the dangers of being overweight or obese. What is alarming is how few people are ...
The Slim HabitJul 10, 20191 minIt's a goal!Goal setting is a very powerful process for focusing your attention on what you really want from life. Without goals, life can lack purpo...
The Slim HabitJun 5, 20193 minTime to exercise your options...If you’re overweight, here are a few questions to ask yourself: Would you like to lose weight and feel better mentally and physically? Wo...
The Slim HabitMay 16, 20192 minIs that a snake oil salesman I see?You can imagine the scene from an old black and white movie. It’s Main Street in some town in the mid-west. There’s a smartly dressed man...
The Slim HabitMay 2, 20191 minFeel good about losing weightThe best definition of self-discipline is ‘positive action’ – something to feel good about”. If you’ve decided to lose weight then you sh...
The Slim HabitFeb 12, 20191 minYou have a right to be slim and healthyObesity, being overweight is not a choice people make. Weight happens. It happens because our bodies can’t cope with the modern diet. The...
The Slim HabitJan 30, 20192 minDon’t watch your weight, manage it!When you’re trying to lose weight, jumping on the scales every morning can sometimes be a rewarding experience, a surprise even, but most...
The Slim HabitJan 1, 20191 minBe Alert to CaffeineOkay, ask any food manufacturer why they put caffeine in their drinks and what do you think the answer will be? With a completely straigh...
The Slim HabitDec 18, 20181 minDiets? Told you so!New reports come out all the time, but one that has just been released from the Harvard School of Public Health, has shed new light on how...
The Slim HabitDec 14, 20181 minTipple, tipple....topple!We make choices based on our likes and dislikes. We choose to do something because we have facts that influence our decision, but we some...
