Can you Train your Brain to Eat Better and Lose Weight? 

How to Start New Healthy Habits - and Keep Them Going

Why are people overweight? And why can't we just lose weight and keep it off? What really is the root cause of obesity and all the miseries that comes with it - and also as long-term consequences? I wrote about that in a previous post.

Here are some thoughts how training your brain - and starting to implement healthy habits - can help to lose weight and keep it off - this is what I have done since I lost 150 lbs in 2006/7 and kept it off since then...

Using my training as a physician, a naturopath, and many more certifications and courses and doing much research, and integrating it with my own life experience and that of my many patients and clients, I came to the conclusion that it is not just emotional eating, sugar addictions, overeating, laziness or eating the "wrong' diet for your type that holds people back.

People are individuals, creatures of habit, formed by upbringing, culture, education and habits, and change is always hard - and getting out of your comfort zone is required to change engrained habits permanently.

That doesn't mean that you suddenly have to change everything you eat, and live only off salad and vegetables, and it also doesn't mean that you need to mindlessly run for hours on the treadmill in an attempt to lose weight and keep it off. 

I developed the concepts of Intentional, Intuitive Eating and Movement for a gentle way to change and establish new, healthier habits, using the principles of neuroscience and brain training to do so - and having fun in the process.

Change that does not feel good will not last.

We at DocChristine Coaching help around all these areas, by providing targeted strategies for each when it comes to recovery from chronic obesity, stress-eating, emotional eating and yoyo dieting.

Obesity and Brain Health

I was fortunate to learn from one of the best, Dr. Daniel Amen MD, who wrote the blockbuster book, a multiple New York Times  bestseller: "Change Your Brain, Change your Life" - and has done groundbreaking research on brain imaging related to behaviour. this research has led to the development of truly amazing and life-changing educational courses (check them out here)

We need to consider the physical functioning of the brain - and all 5 dimensions of health influence the brain structure and function - to be able to successfully eliminate most or all root causes of obesity and finally lose all the weight we need to feel great and stay well.

So Here Is The Good News:

You Are In Control Of Your Brain And Your Life

If you eat a donut, your brain changes. If you choose a salad, your brain changes again.

Your choices in all areas determine the trajectory of your life – for the better or the worse.

Only if we address and solve issues in all 5 Dimensions of Health and Wellness – and really, life as a whole, can we be successful in life – whatever success may mean to us.

We need to strategically achieve 5D Wellness, find the true root causes of your extra pounds accumulating, then address all issues in each of those areas.

Not just try this approach, try that – whatever we see on google, what’s “in” in our circle, what our busy eye spots in a magazine or what a friend or colleague tells us “will work”.

What are the 5 dimensions of health?

The Root Causes of Obesity are Found in

the 5 Dimensions of Health...

Click on one of the Tabs to see more about each dimension...

When you consider the complexity of obesity, food, nutrition, eating habits and life, it is obvious that a one-size-fits all approach will not truly help overweight people lose weight, keep it off and thrive.