EATING HABITS ARE ESTABLISHED in childhood. It’s when we learn to use food to manage our emotions and this can stick with us as we get older. Our attitude to comfort eating is compounded by the fact we live in an ‘obesogenic’ world – one that’s designed to make us eat more. If we do manage to cut back, eating less involves denial, eventually causing a rebound effect when we indulge in the very foods we’re trying to avoid. Dieting seems destined to fail. But by taking a different approach, and thinking about what’s going on in their minds, some people do lose weight and keep it off in ways that are healthy and sustainable for the longer term. Here are six ways to make it easier, healthier and more likely to work.
1 Choose your moment well