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Coach Jude @ RangitotoEp 22 - The Noom weight loss program in the UK: Is it any good?Today we're looking into Noom for weight loss. See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss, if you want more general help.
There has been quite a bit of noise about the Noom diet program and lots of very positive results. It makes a big point about how its success is due to the fact that it focuses on the psychology of weight loss.
This intrigued me, as my own view is that the only way that you will succeed with permanently losing your weight is to focus o...2022-12-0114 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEp 21: Omega 3 & 6 and weight loss: where they come from, what they do and how they affect your weightI’m putting my scientist hat on today, to talk about the two Omegas. See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide on kickstarting your weight loss, for more general information and tips.
Today we're looking at Omega 3 and Omega 6. What they are, why they are important and how they may have an impact on your ability to attain and maintain a healthy weight. I’ll also explore an intriguing idea that obesity is a symptom caused by a deficiency in Omega 3 in the diet. Sounds far fetched? Keep watching to get the lowdown, so you ca...2022-11-2411 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 20: The final stages of letting go of unhelpful habits for lasting weight lossWe're finally letting those habits go! See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss, for more general help and advice.
This is part 4 (and the final part) of my series on letting go of unhelpful habits that may be hampering your weight loss. In today’s episode I’m going to talk about moving into maintenance mode; what that looks like and how to recognise that your’e in it. As well as spotting when your action plans may need the odd tweak. I’m also going to talk about what it fe...2022-11-1712 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 19: Starting to kick your unhelpful habit & monitoring progress for successful weight lossNow we start to let go of the unhelpful habit. See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss, if you need more general help.
This is part 3 of my series on letting go of unhelpful habits that may be hampering your weight loss. In today’s episode I’m going to talk about actually getting started and putting your plans into action.
I’ll talk about what to expect - not just during the first few days, when often your motivation can be quite high, but also how to keep...2022-11-1011 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 18: Planning will help you let go an unhelpful habit for your weight lossHow planning is vital for success. For more general help see rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss.
This is part 2 of my series on letting go of unhelpful habits that may be hampering your weight loss.
In today’s episode I’m going to talk about developing plans to supercharge your efforts once you’ve decided to give up one of those unhelpful habits. It would be nice if once we made a decision, we just let go of a habit with no drama, effort or any difficult...2022-11-0315 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 17: Letting go of unhelpful habits - a 6-step frameworkFirst of several episodes on letting go of unhelpful habits. For more general help with weight loss go to rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss.
Reflecting on the episode I did last week on letting go of an unhelpful habit, I realised that the process is quite complicated, particularly if a habit is well and truly embedded in your life. Often in the past my approach has been: I would make the decision to quit x or give up y, then I would dive straight in and take action. 2022-10-2813 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 16: My alcohol story and how it can help you kick unhelpful habits for managing your weightLet's start thinking about how to kick unhelpful habits. For more help, see rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss.
In a previous episode I talked about the benefits of letting go of something that you enjoy, particularly if it’s preventing you from achieving your goals, or having a negative impact on your health or happiness.
What I didn’t discuss was how you go about this. Now, I’ll be honest - this isn’t an exact science and I don’t pretend to have all the answers...2022-10-2011 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 15: Is HOW MUCH you eat, or WHAT you eat more important for weight loss?Quantity or quality of food: which is more important for weight loss? If you need more help see rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss.
Reflecting on my weight loss at the end of the first week of the fibre challenge has got me pondering on one of those really knotty questions. Essentially, what’s more important: what you eat or how much you eat? I’m going to share my opinion on the matter, which is based on my own experiences and observations as I finally won the battle mainta...2022-10-1311 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 14: The stories we tell ourselves - Taking responsibility for our actions, to lose weightHow the stories we tell ourselves influence weight loss. If you need more help, check out my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart
A few episodes ago I talked about the issues that can be caused by denying your choices and how it is often a way of denying your responsibility. I want to revisit this today and share with you how denying responsibility has shaped my past and continues to shape my future.
The thing is, often we don’t recognise that we’re doing this and we cr...2022-10-0611 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 13: Leptin and weight loss: Understanding how it works can help your successLeptin resistance can really mess with your weight loss. If you want more help, check out my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart
One of the big questions I’m always asking myself is: why do I eat the things that I do? What drives my eating behaviour? And from what I’ve found out, it’s complicated.
The popular media tries to imply that this is fully under our conscious control. Which is not just a gross oversimplification, but frankly insulting. Thankfully, this view is not shared by the ma...2022-09-2912 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 12: Fibre and weight loss: How eating fibre can help you lose weightHow fibre can help your weight loss journey. If you need more help, check out my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart
Now I promised in my first episode that one of the things that I wouldn’t discuss was what to eat. Today I’m breaking that promise, because I want to talk about fibre and the role fibre has to play in assisting in your weight loss regime.
The main reason being that this has become a recent focus for my own journey. And to be hone...2022-09-2207 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 11: Denying your choices and weight loss - how a change in perspective can be hugeToday I'm going to discuss how denying your choices can really frustrate your weight loss journey. If you need more help, check out my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart
A few episodes ago I talked about how it was important, when considering a choice, that you ensure that you look at the whole choice. (Episode 7: The whole choice). Today I'm going to be discussing a variation of this, where you deny your choices and how this can really frustrate your weight loss journey.
Recognising that I did ha...2022-09-1509 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 10: Journalling for weight loss - 6 tips on how it can help youToday we uncover the secret power of journalling (writing things down!). For more help, see my free, comprehensive guide at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart
How on earth will writing things down help me when I am trying to stop over eating? The two seem totally unrelated.
But here’s the secret folks - understanding WHY you’re over eating, that’s the crux of the matter and that’s where journalling can really help you gain some fantastics insights. Let’s delve into it.
You can watch this episode on YouTube here.
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It is really important to get clarity about what you WANT to change, as well as what you NEED to change. Which might be completely different.
This is where a lot of people can go astray. Without this clarity, you are unlikely to get the results that you deserve.
So sit tight for an eye-opening Coach Jude...2022-09-0109 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 8: Insulin and weight loss - How understanding insulin helps you be in controlWant to know how insulin affects weight loss? This is the episode for you! Check out my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart
Everyone's heard of insulin, but do you know how it affects weight loss, or maintaining a healthy weight? Does everyone's insulin response work the same way?
And how can an understanding of the basics of insulin help you in attaining and maintaining a healthy weight? Watch this episode to find out now!
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I mention the Zoe service and you can fi...2022-08-2513 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 7: The whole choice - How to make better decisionsLet's look at how considering the whole choice is important to your weight loss success.
If you need more help, check out my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart
In today’s episode I am going to be talking about choices - how we handle them and how they really influence how successful we are at achieving our goals.
This is important because when we are making a choice, we rarely consider the whole choice and the options available to us. We tend to focus on the...2022-08-1812 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 6: Pleasure vs Happiness - The big fat lie about food!Let me tell you about the big fat lie: that food makes you happy!
If you need help getting started on your journey to attaining & maintaining a healthy weight, check out my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart
In today’s episode I am going to be talking about the difference between happiness and pleasure. Now you might be thinking: “what’s this got to do with the price of fish?” Or more importantly, how will this help you attain and maintain a healthy weight? Well, friends, this has the po...2022-08-1114 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 5: Strategies for a sustainable healthy eating plan - what to change and how to change itLet me show you some strategies for a sustainable healthy eating plan for permanent weight loss. For more help, see my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart.
Building a healthy, sustainable eating plan that works for you - and one you choose to follow - is at the cornerstone of any successful weight loss strategy. But from my work with various clients, folk seem to struggle with exactly how to go about doing this.
The step that most people ignore is getting really clear on what they are...2022-08-0413 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 4: Willpower for a healthy weight - strategies for improving your willpowerThis episode introduces some techniques to maximise your willpower, vital to attaining and maintaining a healthy weight. For more help, see my free, comprehensive guide to kickstarting your weight loss at rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart.
Typically when people find out that I have lost over a 100lbs they usually comment that I must have lots of willpower or discipline. There is an underlying assumption that to change your life, you must have to constantly battle with yourself to prevent yourself from doing what you want to do. Now, if I innately had lots of willpower, where the h...2022-07-2814 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 3: What has exercise ever done for us?In today’s episode join me on a walk in the countryside as I ask the question: what has exercise ever done for us?
For more helpful information, check out https://rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide on how to Kickstart your weight loss journey
Now we all know that exercise is good for for our health. But for many of us (and I used to include myself in this number) this still isn’t sufficient to get us going. One of the first thing to get straight is it’s not your f...2022-07-2107 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 2: Getting motivation - why it's important and how the heck you find it.Without motivation, your weight loss journey will always be an uphill battle. Let me give you some tips on finding your motivation. See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kick starting your weight loss.
In this episode I talk about the importance of motivation in getting you to your goal of attaining and maintaining a healthy weight. I talk about three key questions:
. can you do it?
. will it work?
. is it worth it?
In the video I also offer another free exercise, to visualise your pos...2022-07-1818 minCoach Jude @ RangitotoEpisode 1: My weight loss transformation - and how the key success factors can help youAttaining and maintaining a healthy weight is something I finally managed several years ago. Join me as I talk about my weight transformation and how some of the key success factors may help you in your journey. See rangitoto.co.uk/kickstart for my free, comprehensive guide to kick starting your weight loss.
In this episode I am going to share my transformation story and key success factors, that you may find useful. These made all the difference for me, turning this weight loss journey into a resounding success when dozens of previous attempts had failed. I hop...2022-07-1817 min