Diets don't work! How can you sustain your weight loss when you crave food? When no matter what you do that belly fat doesn't budge?
If you don't just want, but feel you need that pastry - if all you can think of is sinking your teeth into a donut - what do you do? Why, when you try to lose weight, does your body develop a mind of it's own and decide it wants the foods you are trying to cut back on? It's frustrating. You feel like you are fighting against your body. Why is it so hard to lose those pounds? Or keep them off?
Inside you will discover
How hormone imbalances, low nutrients, everyday chemicals and even your gut bacteria drive weight gain.
Quizzesto reveal what's triggering your cravings, overeating and belly fat.
A customisable step-by-step process that targets the root causes.
Strategies to reduce or eliminate sugar cravings.
How to find a sustainable way of eating that keeps the weight off long term.
Losing weight doesn't have to be such a struggle. When you crush the cravings and the desire to overeat; when you change the internal messages in your body so it no longer hangs onto fat, you lose weight for good.
Dawn Cuckow is a nutritional therapist, specialising in weight loss. She believes that food is meant to be enjoyed; that eating healthily does not mean depriving yourself. Her approach helps clients reclaim their vitality and discover their unique path to lasting weight loss.
Author(s): Cuckow, Dawn
Publisher: Green Tangerine Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Commentary: weight loss, belly fat, drive weight gain
Pages: 208
Tags: weight loss, belly fat, drive weight gain
Contents
Author's Note
INTRODUCTION
PART 1: Your Body Profile
1. Blood Sugar Balance and Your Fat Storage Hormone
2. Is Stress Piling on the Pounds?
3. Female Hormones, Appetite and Belly Fat
4. Has Your Appetite Regulation Been Disrupted?
5. Nutrients That Regulate Fat Storage—Calcium, Magnesium and Vitamin D
6. Omega 3 Fats (And How Obesity Is an Inflammatory Disease)
7. Sugar and Artificial Sweeteners—The Truth Is Not So Sweet!
8. Bacterial Balance—Have You Got the Guts To Lose Weight?
9. Food intolerances, ‘Leaky’ Gut and Weight Gain
10. Metabolism—Are You Burning Less Calories?
11. Obesogens—Everyday Chemicals That Make You Gain Weight
PART 2: Bring Your Body into Balance to Stop It from Blocking Your Weight Loss
12. Start the Day Right
13. Fruit And Vegetables Are Your Friends!
14. When to Eat and How Proteins Fit In
15. Carbs That Help and Carbs That Hinder Weight Loss
16. Fats—The Good, the Bad and The Ugly
17. How to Reduce Sugar Cravings and Choose Healthy Alternatives
18. When You Want Unhealthy Foods
19. Why You Crave Carbs When You Diet or Your Mood Is Low
20. It’s Not Just about What You Eat
21. Lunch and Dinner—making meals work
22. Portion Sizes and How to Eat Less at Meals
23. What You Drink Is Important
24. What to Do If You Have a Food Intolerance
25. Therapeutic Foods
Appendix 1—Diagram of How to Address Each Imbalance
Appendix 2—Known and Suspected Obesogens
Acknowledgments
References
Sources for the List of Known and Suspected Obesogens
About the Author
