Sustainable Weight Loss in York

A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainable Weight Loss

Most of the great many people who struggle to lose weight and keep it off are held back by one or both of:

Metabolic and physiological road blocks - prevent your body from burning calories efficiently. Examples include: non-optimal thyroid function, insulin resistance (metabolic syndrome), poor gut health and nutritional deficiencies.
Uncontrollable craving - caused by brain dysregulation, poor diet choices, nutritional deficiencies, stress and emotional problems.

I will help you overcome these obstacles and achieve sustainable weight loss by:

identifying your individual metabolic and physiological road blocks using objective measurements and laboratory tests
optimising your brain function to minimise craving, again based on individual brain assessments
training you in mind-body self-regulation using biofeedback, mindfulness and other cutting-edge psychological tools so that you can handle cravings as they arise and avoid emotional eating.

Nutritional Therapy for Weight Loss

My approach to weight management assumes that if you fully meet your body's health needs then it will naturally regulate itself both in terms of weight and appetite. That means providing it with the full range of nutrients it needs, avoiding harmful foods, and resolving underlying physiological imbalances (see adjacent column) that impair your metabolic rate. It does not mean going hungry, or counting calories. My programme is designed to be sustainable and long-term.

Mind-Body Skills for Weight Loss

"There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse"
- Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence

If you've struggled with weight loss for any time you'll know that whatever diet you adopt you'll still encounter triggers and impulses to eat inappropriately. These may involve difficult emotions, stress or just old habits. Biofeedback is an ideal tool for building the key skills of mind-body regulation, and learning how to effectiely deal with cravings.

Change Your Brain Change Your Body

In his book of the above title Dr Daniel Amen distinguishes several different overweight types based on underlying brain patterns. Here are some of them:

Compulsive over-eater: the brain has trouble shifting focus
Impulsive over-eater: the brain's frontal area is weak
Anxious over-eater: the brain is predisposed to anxiety leading to comfort eating.

In my practice I use EEG measurement to assess brain state, giving me a basis for personalising your weight loss programme, and minimising craving.

Control-IT Diet

A US naturopathic physician spent 3 years researching and testing the Control-IT weight loss programme. In trials with over 700 people, the average monthly weight loss was 8-10 lb for men and 4-6 lb for women. This healthy rate of weight loss was sustained and did not reach the plateau common with other diets.

The programme is based on:

Eating healthy food - no calorie counting and no restrictions on amounts
Overcoming the most common physiological road-blocks using quality nutritional supplements.