HAAS

Overweight

is

unhealthy

The cause is

straightforward

Calories in

Calories out

What does your experience tell you about this statement?

What things get in the way of you losing weight?

What

really

determines

my

weight?

Current Thinking

The answer

is

diet & exercise

What methods have you used to control your weight?

What happened?

What's the craziest method you've tried?

So what have you learnt?

Has the pursuit of weight loss

produced the thin, happy life

you’ve dreamed of?

Healthy people come in all shapes & sizes

A rich, full & meaningful life is available to

anyone right now regardless of weight

Diets (& all other methods promoting weight loss)

do not work in the long term

We recognise & respect the power of food

when it is used as a coping strategy

5 Core Phases

Health at Any Size is

fully evidence based

• Lifestyle Medicine
• Mindfulness
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Health & wellness Coaching

W1-Intro

(cc) photo by medhead on Flickr

Hormones

Thoughts

Hormones

Thoughts

Hormones

Thoughts

Hormones

Thoughts

(cc) photo by medhead on Flickr

Calories Out

Calories In

What

really

determines

my

weight?

Why Diets Don't Work

Unhelpful

Thinking

Fat

Storage

Health at Any Size

Dieting

Self

Loathing

Fat

Storage

Famine

Response

Deprivation

Overeating

Anger

Optimum

wellbeing

requires

weight loss

Our Approach

1. Coming To Your Senses

(mindfulness)

2. Eat, Drink & be Mindful

(mindful eating)

3. Watch Your Thinking

(dealing with unhelpful thoughts)

4. Feel Great

(dealing with difficult emotions)

5. Live Well

(taking effective action)