Your first steps towards sustainable weight loss: Week 1 challenge!

What are the first steps?  Week 1 challenge!

Ask yourself the following focus questions every time you want to eat something this week:

1.    Am I really hungry? Every time you feel hungry, ask yourself- am I really hungry or do I just feel like eating for other reasons?  If you are bored, tired, stressed or emotional – or just eating out of habit – is there something else you can do?  Take a nap, call a friend, have a shower or a massage, go for a walk, etc.  This is the first step to adopting the Homemade eating philosophy by reconnecting your hunger with your eating.

2.    What is the most healthy way to nourish my hunger? Secondly, if you really are hungry, search for the most healthful and nourishing way to satisfy your hunger.  You should not deprive yourself as that will only lead to binge eating later down the track.  If you truly are hungry, consider whether a piece or fruit, handful of nuts or a yoghurt could satisfy your hunger?  Don’t think about calories – focus solely on what healthy food you can provide your body so that you don’t feel hungry anymore.  By nourishing your body with healthful foods you will begin to fix your body systems from the inside so gradually you will have less cravings for ‘junk foods’ and require less food to satisfy your hunger – try it and see!

                                        Chloe enjoying Homemade heirloom tomato and basil with toasted lavash