“I Love Food Too Much To Lose Weight”

Food is to be enjoyed.

It is not an enemy, no matter what “they” say.

Enjoying and appreciating the things you eat is part of what makes life so good.

Whether it’s a bite of chocolate, a piece of crusty hot bread slathered with butter or a warm bowl of pasta glistening with a rich tomato sauce.

What would life be without these pleasures?

But if you look around, there are so many people telling you that if you want to be slim, you’re expected to completely abandon the joys of eating.

Is it really a stark choice between indulgence or health?

If you’re like many of my clients, as much as you’d like to be healthy, the image of the slim person and their eating lifestyle is not very alluring.

You know those fussy people who go to a restaurant and order salad with about thirty substitutions? You would never want to be like them. And even if you tried, you could never be like them. 

You love food too much, and yet….

You hate being overweight. 

You hate that your weight is going up and you don’t know what to do next.

You are worried that you’re going to move up another clothes size, rendering most your wardrobe unwearable.

And you also worry about the impact on your health. Is your weight going to land you with diabetes, joint pain or drain you of all your energy?

If only there was a way of losing weight without compromising your enjoyment of food (and life).

Yes, There Is

There is a way. But as always, there’s a catch.

The catch is that you’ll have to think differently about how to lose weight.

“Is that it?” You’re probably thinking. “That’s not much of a catch”.

Well, from my experience, most people despise thinking differently and will resist it as much as possible. 

It’s actually extremely difficult to change how you think about dieting and accept a different way of doing things. 

But if you can do it, you’ll find that it really is possible to eat less without compromising on your love of food.

Let me explain how..

How to Think Differently

Before you can even start on this new path, there are three things that you need to understand. 

One involves completely rejecting the usual advice about how to lose weight.

The other two things are about re-evaluating your entire relationship with food and why you’re overweight. 

If you can understand and embrace these three insights (and I warn you, it’s not easy to do), it will unlock possibilities that you had never previously considered.

INSIGHT #2: You don’t enjoy food as much as you think you do.

You consider yourself a food-lover because, obviously, you love food. 

But what if I said to you that a lot of the times you eat food, you’re not actually enjoying it. Even foods that you say you enjoy.

You might think that’s crazy. Why would anyone eat foods they didn’t enjoy? Especially delicious, high-calorie foods.

Well let me give you three examples. And tell me if any of these apply to you.

1. Diminishing Returns

Imagine that you’re someone who loves cookies and you’ve just eaten a packet of 10 cookies. 

I’ve had plenty of clients who have loved cookies and eaten a packet at a time. Nothing unusual.

But when I ask them, did you enjoy the 10th cookie as much as the first cookie, no one ever says yes. The 10th cookie never tastes as good.

In fact, the more I delve, it becomes clear that after 2 or 3 cookies, the enjoyment has plummeted.

The cookies still taste OK, but they’re not as enjoyable. Infact, if they think about it, the only reason they’re having the 8th, 9th and 10th cookie, is just “because they’re there”.

So here’s a clear example of eating something that is high in calories and supposed to be enjoyable but not actually enjoying it.

2. Mindless Eating

Have you ever eaten snacks while watching TV? I have. I’m sure most people have.

If you’re eating while distracted, it’s VERY easy to fall into mindless eating.

You’re just shovelling the food in, without even realising it. I’ve done this MANY times. I’m sure most people have.

But this is another example of eating food that is supposed to be enjoyable, but not really enjoying it.

And for many of my clients it happens ALL THE TIME.

3. “Meh” Food

Here’s a question for you.

Think back over the last few weeks.

How many times have you eaten food that was high in calories but wasn’t actually your first choice?

For example:

- A piece of cake, because someone had given it to you, but it was neither the type or flavour that you would normally choose.

- A pastry that was a couple of days old and had the consistency of rubber and you just had it because it was there.

- A chocolate, because guests had given you the packet of chocolates, not because you enjoy that brand of chocolate.

If you think about it, it happens A LOT. Most people have a lot of calories of food that they’re not even that enthusiastic about.

INSIGHT #3. Your Problem is NOT Over-Eating

For almost everyone who is overweight, their problem is not that they eat too much, but that they eat too much in CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

For example, here are some commonly difficult situations to handle:

- After-dinner binges

- Late-afternoon cravings

- Emotional eating.

What is the “diet” solution to the three problems above? It’s usually some variation of “Don’t do that!” This is one of the reasons why dieting is so ineffective for so many people.

In fact, the diet solution is to assume that you’re doing everything wrong and to replace your normal eating routine with a completely different menu.

This is why it’s so hard to stick to diets. You’re replacing your entire relationship with food with a diet plan. Your old habits are still there, but you’re trying to use willpower to stick to the new plan.

But, as you can see, you don’t need to replace EVERYTHING. You just need to identify the specific situations that YOU struggle with, and deal with those. 

Bringing it All Together

So let’s just review what we’ve covered so far.

If you’re a food-lover:

- Dieting doesn’t work

- There are certain situations where you struggle more with over-eating. 

- If you examine your eating more carefully, you actually find plenty of instances where you over-eat but don’t actually enjoy that over-eating

Which brings us to…

The Solution

”It’s brilliant! It’s amazing! I feel so happy. I’m wearing clothes I haven’t worn in years! 

I’ve been on diets before, and it was so hard. With this it’s so natural. And I know I’m not going to put the weight back on.”

Emma P

Let’s talk about how to lose weight without compromising on your love of food.

Any solution needs to have the following:

1. It’s not a diet

Any weight loss plan where you feel deprived is going to fail. This is what you’ve probably experienced time and again, and now it’s time to accept it. Diets don’t work for you. 

Stop wasting your time with them.

2. Identify the Situations

Here’s something that you need to think about more:

It’s not just about the food, it’s about the situations

This flies in the face of everything you’ve probably heard about losing weight. After all, most diets spend their time telling you WHAT to eat. If only you could eat what they tell you to eat, then you’d be losing weight. 

But food is only part of the equation. You are overweight because you’re not managing certain situations well. 

For example, if you’re emotional eating, then it’s not enough to be told “Don’t eat carbs”. The problem is managing your response to stress.

This is the benefit of keeping a food diary. It helps to highlight which areas of your eating are causing you the most problems.

This is hard to accept for most people but you DON’T actually need to overhaul your eating. You just need to figure out how to handle the specific situations better. 

3. You Need to Be Able to Eat Foods You Love

Any weight loss plan that is going to last has to mean that you’re still able to eat foods you enjoy.

As one of my clients said:

“I have tried many diets to lose weight, but always gave up after a while as I felt deprived and it became too difficult to constantly tell myself not to eat certain things.

Dr K’s method of weight loss is completely the opposite – I can eat what I really want, savour it, enjoy it and find that I am eating alot less without feeling deprived and losing weight with ease as a result. It’s amazing!”

Christine H

The key to the seemingly impossible goal of eating less without feeling deprived, is figuring out which bits of your eating you can discard, without it affecting your enjoyment of food. 

“In the past, any time I’ve lost weight, I’ve felt miserable.

Now with this, I don’t feel like any choice I’m making is painful for me. I really don’t. It’s life changing.

It makes me realise I’m in control. I felt totally out of control before I came and saw you.”

Alison M

The Next Step

“I can’t believe I am eating the foods I love and not panicking about my choices or feeling guilty. I even realised I don’t like certain foods that I craved before. Shopping and mealtimes are not stressful anymore and no diet foods in sight!!!”

Helen M (To read more reviews click here)

If you’re like most people, you’re always hunting on the internet for a solution to your weight problems.

You’ve probably bought books, tried different diets and always ended up back in the same place.

This is because a diet is a diet is a diet. They’re all the same.

It’s time to approach this problem from a totally different direction.

Dieting doesn’t work. You need to find a way to lose weight without compromising on your love of food.

To explain in a lot more detail about how you can do this, click here.