How does stress management affect your weight loss? For effective and sustainable weight loss, you need to stay zen and motivated. Here’s why and how to combat the double whammy of stress, which leads to excess weight! Sadness, anxiety, anger and other emotions usually trigger impulsive urges to compensate with […]

Fifth commandment: Get a coach “Early treatment response as a predictor of ongoing weight loss in obesity treatment, British Journal of Health Psychology, November 2005.”   “The effect of the therapeutic relationship on outcomes in weight loss treatment, Medical-Psychological Annals, 2015.”   “Obesity treatment: strategy for long-term weight maintenance, 8th […]

Sixth Commandment: You should evaluate your Mental Weight monthly   “Convergent validity of the Larocque Obesity Questionnaire and self-reported behavior during obesity treatment, Psychological Reports, 2004.”   “The effect of the therapeutic relationship on outcomes in weight loss treatment, Medical-Psychological Annals, 2015.” How do you treat a condition if you […]

Seventh Commandment: Appreciate what you have “Positive and negative dimensions of weight control motivation, Eating Behaviors, October 2011.”   We published a study in 2011, which leads to a better understanding of motivation and shakes up the way we approach obesity treatment. In fact, there are two factors to motivation: […]

#4 Change your habits quickly.   « Early treatment response as a predictor of ongoing weight loss in obesity treatment, British Journal of Health Psychology, November 2005. »   In this same study, we found that the quick change of habits is productive of a successful weight loss. Habits are acquired through […]