Why not join a weight loss group? When we try and make changes in our lives by ourselves they tend to be really really hard to maintain. But, when we have a few people around us who are there to support, motivate and inspire us, the task becomes easier. Weight loss groups can offer [...]

  Crash diets – are they worth it?   So, you’ve tried crash dieting and lost a lot of weight very quickly. But are you now realising that you can’t keep this up? You need to find something else quick to help you keep your weight down in the long term – before you turn [...]

  Do you understand portion control?   Losing weight is a long term project; its more about a change of lifestyle than a quick fix. If you lose weight very fast, you shed the pounds to start with but then it comes back on in a few weeks. When you realise you haven’t really achieved anything at all, [...]

So, we’re back with the Atkins diet, looking at the last 2 stages which one has to go through as part of the conversion from the initial diet phase into the more long term, easier to maintain phase where your diet becomes an easy thing to continue as part of your life. The theme of [...]