If you find that stepping on the scales affects your mood, motivation or eating habits, you are not alone. Daily weighing can create anxiety, reinforce unhealthy reward cycles and distract you from what truly drives sustainable weight loss. This video in my Science of Sustainable Weight Loss series  explains why the scales can dictate your

It’s always such a joy to host a live! The chat was buzzing, the energy was high, and the insights were flying. If you couldn’t make it, don’t worry – I’ve pulled together the highlights for you here. https://youtu.be/wLXxeFF2-kQ If you are a Slimpod member, you can watch recordings of previous lives in the new

Let’s talk about something that’s coming up more and more: weight-loss injections like Wegovy and Mounjaro. They’re everywhere — in GP surgeries, in the media, and all over social feeds. The promise? Dramatic weight loss. Fast. But here’s what hardly anyone is talking about: unless you change what’s going on in your brain, the weight

The best way to move more consistently? Find something you absolutely love. It sounds simple, but it’s the golden rule when it comes to building habits that actually stick — especially when it comes to exercise. And for many people, music is the magic ingredient that transforms movement from a chore into a joy. In

What Emotional Eating Really Is Emotional eating is often misunderstood. It’s not just about turning to food when we’re feeling low. It’s also the celebratory cake, the ‘I’ve earned it’ chocolate, the glass of wine to unwind, or the nibbles that happen because we’re simply bored. It’s any time we eat to shift a feeling

Last week we dipped our toes into the world of goals. And if you haven’t read that yet, you can catch up here. It’s packed with insights and includes my conversation with goal-setting maestro Brian Mayne. If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at goal-setting or felt a bit overwhelmed by it all, I promise it’s

Let’s talk about goals—and more importantly, how to actually reach them.If you’ve ever felt frustrated by the stop-start cycle of motivation, especially when it comes to weight loss, you’re not alone. One of the most powerful tools we have in Slimpod is goal setting—not in the wishy-washy, “visualise and it’ll appear” way—but through proper, science-backed