Read on to find out how one of our elderly clients achieved weight loss success on our The Slimming Guru programme - and how you can too. About Kelly Kelly is an older lady who had Type 2 Diabetes and had recently begun insulin treatment for this, resulting in a 28 pound (approx 12.5 kg) weight gain, in a very short period of time. Feeling quite dispondent, she decided to "give hypnotherapy a try". Baseline Measurements Kelly's baseline (starting) measurements were recorded and the plan was to omit week 2 measurement, because size/weight reduction can be slow to start for people who are post-menopausal - and also in diabetics on insulin treatment. We have found that delaying repeat measurements until the beginning of week 3 can increase motivation in this client group. Why not measure … [Read more...] about A Weight Reduction Case Study
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What happens when you stop focusing on weight
I can only really speak about fatness in British culture, as that is the culture which I've been part of, for the last 47 years. However, I do feel that identical outcomes could be expected for any Western civilised society. In British culture, fatness is classed as something which is easy to obtain, 'if only you tried hard enough'. It's often a difficult life, being fat in the UK. It can certainly be a lonely existence, living at the junction of fat bias and fat phobia, in the context of a capitalist society. This is even more apparent at the beginning of a new year, where it almost feels obligatory to tackle habits which impact our health - and life in general. And it is at this time of year that the 'capitalist machine' gets going full-fury, with the (predictable) increase in … [Read more...] about What happens when you stop focusing on weight
