Today we're looking into Noom for weight loss. See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss, if you want more general help. 

There has been quite a bit of noise about the Noom diet program and lots of very positive results. It makes a big point about how its success is due to the fact that it focuses on the psychology of weight loss.

This intrigued me, as my own view is that the only way that you will succeed with permanently losing your weight is to focus on changing your mind, rather than your body.

Today we’ll look at how Noom works, what you can get out of it and how it could work for you in your weight loss journey. Find out how I got on with Noom (in the UK) and, more importantly, if I would recommend this for you to invest your money in.

Stay tuned to find out the good, the bad and the ugly!

(You can watch this episode on YouTube here).

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I mention Judith Beck's book "The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person". You can see details on Amazon here:  

#Noom #weightloss

I’m putting my scientist hat on today, to talk about the two Omegas. See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide on kickstarting your weight loss, for more general information and tips.  

Today we're looking at Omega 3 and Omega 6. What they are, why they are important and how they may have an impact on your ability to attain and maintain a healthy weight.  I’ll also explore an intriguing idea that obesity is a symptom caused by a deficiency in Omega 3 in the diet. Sounds far fetched? Keep watching to get the lowdown, so you can make up your own mind.  

(You can watch this episode on YouTube here)

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I mention the book "Why we eat (too much) by Dr. Andrew Jenkinson. You can see more on Amazon here.  

Some of the references to scientific research can be found here:- 

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/omega-3-6-9-overview#omega-6 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12442909/ https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/optimize-omega-6-omega-3-ratio#TOC_TITLE_HDR_4 https://www.herts.ac.uk/oregin/files/Rapeseed-oil-quality-health-review_26-4-19.pdf https://www.nutrition.org.uk/attachments/043_Oils%20and%20fats%20in%20the%20diet.pdf https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/3-types-of-omega-3#TOC_TITLE_HDR_1 https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Omega3FattyAcids-Consumer/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-and-cholesterol/types-of-fat/omega-3-fats/ https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/algae-oil#_noHeaderPrefixedContent 

#omega3 #omega6 #weightloss

We're finally letting those habits go! See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss, for more general help and advice.  

This is part 4 (and the final part) of my series on letting go of unhelpful habits that may be hampering your weight loss. In today’s episode I’m going to talk about moving into maintenance mode; what that looks like and how to recognise that your’e in it. As well as spotting when your action plans may need the odd tweak.  I’m also going to talk about what it feels like to be in the final stage, which I call ‘It’s all over baby!’ How exhilarating and joyous this phase is, and what it does for your confidence.    

Stay tuned to ensure that you don’t miss out on that sweet feeling of success.

(You can watch this Episode on YouTube here.)

Now we start to let go of the unhelpful habit. See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss, if you need more general help. 

This is part 3 of my series on letting go of unhelpful habits that may be hampering your weight loss. In today’s episode I’m going to talk about actually getting started and putting your plans into action.

I’ll talk about what to expect - not just during the first few days, when often your motivation can be quite high, but also how to keep going when you’ve have a bad day, or you’re challenged in some way and it all starts to get a bit overwhelming. So that you not only start strong, but you finish strong as well.  We'll look at how to stay motivated and how to wrangle incentives to help you succeed.

(You can watch this episode on YouTube here)

How planning is vital for success. For more general help see rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss. 

This is part 2 of my series on letting go of unhelpful habits that may be hampering your weight loss. 

In today’s episode I’m going to talk about developing plans to supercharge your efforts once you’ve decided to give up one of those unhelpful habits.  It would be nice if once we made a decision, we just let go of a habit with no drama, effort or any difficulty. Unfortunately that isn’t the reality that we face. However, being prepared for what to expect and knowing what actions you can take, will have you motoring down the highway all the way to success.

(You can watch this episode on YouTube here).

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I have made available an audio file to help you as you work through your feelings when you confront your cravings. It's free here 

First of several episodes on letting go of unhelpful habits. For more general help with weight loss go to rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss.

Reflecting on the episode I did last week on letting go of an unhelpful habit, I realised that the process is quite complicated, particularly if a habit is well and truly embedded in your life. Often in the past my approach has been: I would make the decision to quit x or give up y, then I would dive straight in and take action.  

Typically it wouldn’t take very long for things to go pear-shaped. I would fall flat on my face, curse and swear, blame myself for being hopeless and then give up altogether. 

Wouldn’t you like a better approach, one that was much more likely to bring you success? In this episode I outline my 6-step plan to help you let go of any unhelpful habit that may be getting in the way of you attaining, or maintaining a healthy weight.  As well as the outline of the 6 phases, I cover Phase 2 is some detail. I'll cover the other phases in the next few episodes.

(You can watch this Episode on YouTube here)

Let's start thinking about how to kick unhelpful habits. For more help, see rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss. 

In a previous episode I talked about the benefits of letting go of something that you enjoy, particularly if it’s preventing you from achieving your goals, or having a negative impact on your health or happiness. 

What I didn’t discuss was how you go about this. Now, I’ll be honest - this isn’t an exact science and I don’t pretend to have all the answers. But from my own experience, I do know it’s possible to do.

And sometimes all we need to achieve our goals is for us to realise that it CAN be done. That opens the door to starting to believe that maybe YOU can do it too. I hope this opens a door for you.

 Sit back and let me show how my experience with alcohol could help you start to work on your unhelpful habits, whether that’s food, drink, or something else.

(You can watch this episode on YouTube here).

Quantity or quality of food: which is more important for weight loss? If you need more help see rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss. 

Reflecting on my weight loss at the end of the first week of the fibre challenge has got me pondering on one of those really knotty questions. Essentially, what’s more important: what you eat or how much you eat?  I’m going to share my opinion on the matter, which is based on my own experiences and observations as I finally won the battle maintaining my own weight. As well as my general observations on other people’s experience and the current levels of obesity. 

Now, science - not not just popular media - is pretty polarised on this topic, which can leave us all feeling pretty bewildered about the best way forwards. One thing is clear to me, if I’d known twenty years ago what I know now, things would have been SO much easier.  

Want to get the low-down on how to maximise your weight loss with the least amount of effort? Then stay tuned.  

(You can watch this episode on YouTube here).

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I mention The Obesity Code by Dr. Jason Fung. You can see more details on Amazon here

How the stories we tell ourselves influence weight loss. If you need more help, check out my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart

A few episodes ago I talked about the issues that can be caused by denying your choices and how it is often a way of denying your responsibility. I want to revisit this today and share with you how denying responsibility has shaped my past and continues to shape my future. 

The thing is, often we don’t recognise that we’re doing this and we create elaborate scenarios and explanations to justify, or interpret our perception of reality. We tell ourselves stories. 

Now if you’re thinking what the heck is Coach Jude talking about, sit back, get comfy and let me tell you a story. 

(You can watch this episode on YouTube here).

(By the way, 11 stone is 154 lb, or 70 Kg)

Leptin resistance can really mess with your weight loss. If you want more help, check out my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart 

One of the big questions I’m always asking myself is: why do I eat the things that I do? What drives my eating behaviour? And from what I’ve found out, it’s complicated. 

The popular media tries to imply that this is fully under our conscious control. Which is not just a gross oversimplification, but frankly insulting.  Thankfully, this view is not shared by the majority of obesity researchers. To say that we can control our eating is like saying that we can control our breathing. Yes we can hold our breath for a while, but eventually our body will take over and make us breathe. It’s the same with eating.

So today I'm going to talk about the role the hormone leptin plays in influencing both your eating habits and your weight.  You'll  learn how you can influence both your leptin response and your weight.