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A new study helps illuminate how weight loss can contribute to the remission of type 2 diabetes and how putting pounds back on can cause the disease to return.

The findings, published in December 2019 in Cell Metabolism, suggest that individuals with type 2 diabetes who achieve remission after weight loss may relapse if they regain weight in part because this leads to an accumulation of fat in the liver.

Researchers examined data on 57 overweight and obese people with type 2 diabetes who participated in a prior study, which was published in March 2019 inThe Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Those study authors goal was to see if following a low-calorie diet for three to six months would help participants lose at least 15 kilograms (about 33 pounds) and lower their blood sugar levels enough to achieve remission of diabetes. Researchers checked participants weight, blood sugar, and fat levels in the liver and pancreas after 5, 12, and 24 months.

After five months, 28 people achieved the targeted weight loss and diabetes remission. By the end of two years, however, 13 of them had relapsed. People who achieved lasting remission lost more weight initially, kept more weight off than those who relapsed, and had less fat in the liver and pancreas by the end of the study.

Excess calorie intake over many years will initiate vicious cycles of fat accumulation within both the liver and the pancreas that eventually causes diabetes, says lead study author Ahmad Al-Mrabeh, PhD, of Newcastle University in the England.

Decreasing liver fat can lead to remission of diabetes, Dr. Al-Mrabeh says. When you do, he adds, the liver stops sending out excess fat to the rest of the body, and therefore pancreas fat levels decrease.

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Type 2 diabetes is a multifactorial disease, with genetics and lifestyle both contributing to risk. The disease is also associated with obesity and inactivity, and develops when the body cant effectively use the hormone insulin to regulate blood sugar, according to the World Health Organization. The pancreas produces insulin, and must increase production when the body doesnt use this hormone efficiently. Yet theres a limit to how much insulin the pancreas can make, and diabetes results when the pancreas can no longer keep up with the bodys insulin demands to keep blood sugar levels in check.

Left untreated, type 2 diabetes can increase the risk of kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes, blindness, lower limb amputations, and other potentially life-threatening complications.

Regular exercise, eating well, and maintaining a healthy weight can help prevent type 2 diabetes. These lifestyle habits can also help lower blood sugar and minimize complications when people do develop diabetes, according to the World Health Organization.

While weight loss has long been linked to diabetes remission, the current study offers fresh insight into how the two are related, says senior study author Roy Taylor, MD, also of Newcastle University.

When people cut calories, the body will get the energy it needs by burning up fat thats stored under the skin, Dr. Taylor says. By contrast, when people consume too much food, these fat stores fill up and then excess fat starts accumulating in the liver.

Excess liver fat will lead to higher supply of fat to all tissues, including the pancreas, Taylor says.

When fat builds up in the pancreas, this interferes with insulin production, making it harder for the body to regulate blood sugar and contributing to diabetes. When people achieve diabetes remission through weight loss, regaining weight can restart the process of fat accumulation in the liver, and then the pancreas, and lead to relapse, according to the study.

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At the start of the study, all of the participants tended to have higher A1Cs. A1C is a blood test used to diagnose diabetes and determine how well blood sugar is being controlled. It shows the percentage of hemoglobin (a molecule on red blood cells) that is coated with sugar, and reflects average blood sugar levels over two to three months. Readings above 6.5 signal diabetes, according to the Mayo Clinic.

People who never achieved remission in the study started out with more severe diabetes, with average A1C readings of 7.9, compared with average A1C readings of 7.4 among people who did experience remission.

Weight loss initially brought about similar reductions in the percentage of fat in the liver and pancreas for people who achieved diabetes remission, as well as for those who didnt.

After five months, people in remission had 3.4 percent liver fat compared with 2.6 percent in people who didnt achieve remission but this difference wasnt statistically meaningful.

Participants also experienced similar decreases in fat levels in the pancreas after five months: a decline of 0.91 percentage points among people who went into remission and 0.17 points for those who didnt. This difference also wasnt statistically meaningful.

By the end of the two-year follow up period, though, pancreatic fat levels had dropped by 1.65 percentage points among people with sustained remission and only 0.51 percentage points among those who didnt.

One limitation of the study is that it was small, and researchers based their two-year analysis on only 20 people who sustained remission and 13 people who relapsed.

Its also not clear from the study whether people took medication for diabetes, what they ate, or how much they exercised factors that can influence whether people achieve remission.

It would have been helpful if the study included more information about how weight loss was accomplished, says Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, professor emerita of exercise science at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

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The most important message is that people have to do whatever they can with their lifestyle to improve their insulin sensitivity, says Dr. Colberg, who wasnt involved in the study. Insulin sensitivity refers to how efficiently the body can use the hormone to convert sugars into energy.

Dietary restriction can help with this and insulin resistance decreases even before significant weight loss but weight regain is very common, Colberg adds. Both a low-carb diet and consistent workouts can help people with diabetes lose weight and lower blood sugar, she says.

But many people who rely on diet alone to maintain weight loss regain many of the pounds they lose, Colberg says. Exercisers, on the other hand, can keep weight off when they continue to be active.

Physical activity is likely the most important way to keep muscles insulin sensitive and to avoid excess carbs being converted into fat and stored in the liver and pancreas, Colberg says.

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YOUR morning coffee not only has the power to get you out of bed in the morning - it could also help you to lose weight.

In fact, drinking up to four cups of the piping-hot drink a day can actually help you shed body fat, scientists have found.

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It comes following a 24-week investigation that examined the impact coffee had on 126 overweight men and women in Singapore.

Scientists asked half the participants, who were all Chinese, Malay or Asian-Indian, to drink four cups of caffeinated coffee on a daily basis.

The other half drank a beverage that mimicked coffee's taste but was neither coffee nor caffeinated.

In particular, experts found at the end of the study that those who had four cups of caffeinated coffee per day over six months had dropped nearly 4 per cent of their body fat in comparison to those that hadn't.

Study author Dr Derrick Johnston Alperet, from the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said: "We were indeed surprised by the observed weight loss that was specifically due to fat mass loss among coffee drinkers."

And Dr Alperet suggested that coffee-fuelled fat loss may be the result of a "metabolic reaction" - rather than changes in lifestyle "namely diet and physical activity".

He claimed thatcaffeine causes the drinker's metabolic process to ramp up - which results in the burning of more calories and a notable drop in body fat.

Dr Alperet also emphasised that while some people may think that having four cups of coffee a day may pose a long-term health risk, that this level of consumption was well within the current norms.

He also noted that on average Europeans can drink up to seven cups of coffee daily, while Americans will have four.

Despite this, Connie Diekman, a food and nutrition consultant and former president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, is not so sure.

She cautioned: "The four cups allocated in this study appear to be on the high side of intake, so not what I would recommend.

"The higher caffeine content might have helped suppress appetite."

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Lots of useat and drink more than we realise and do little physical activity. The result is often weight gain.

To lose weight, we need to change our current habits. Thismeans eating less even when eating ahealthy, balanced diet and getting more active.

Fad dietsand exercise regimes that result in rapid weight loss are unlikely to work for long, because these kinds of lifestyle changes can't be maintained.

Once you stop the regime, you're likely to return to old habits and regain weight.

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She added that too much caffeine "can impact the body overall, causing headaches, jitters, rapid heartbeat and stomach distress."

And Dr Alperet agreed that "any decision for a non-coffee drinker to include four cups of coffee per day to his/her diet needs to be carefully calibrated with other caffeine-containing foods, beverages and medication currently consumed."

In the meantime, "we believe more research is needed here," Dr Alperet said.

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"Additional trials with more comprehensive assessments of body composition are needed to confirm our findings."

It comes following another study that foundcoffee can stimulate "brown fat", which burns calories to generate body heat.

Experts from the University of Nottingham said the breakthrough could help tackle the obesity crisis.

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A mother who lost two stones and thought that her diet was going well was devastated to discover that it was breast cancer that made her lose weight.

Emma De Jonge of Woodville heard the devastating news after finding a piece that looked like a hard pea.

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The 50-year-old woman knew she had to be examined when she felt the growth a second time straighten her hair.

She said, I was on a diet and lost a lot of weight.

I thought I was on a good diet, but I had cancer and that is why I was losing it.

I was sitting in my bed when I first felt the piece of brush on my arm.

When I felt it two weeks later, I thought I couldnt ignore it and I called the office for an emergency appointment.

Emma De Jonge had lost two stones(Image: BURTON MAIL)

Emma underwent a lumpectomy at the Burton Breast Care Clinic at Burtons Queens Hospital just weeks after her diagnosis.

After episodes of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, she overcame her cancer.

But she still had to face looking over her shoulder lest it come back.

She said, If I had a sniff, I would immediately think the cancer had come back.

I had to find peace of mind rather than continuously looking over my shoulder.

It was then that I started the first level of Reiki, which is about self-healing and is purely for you.

Within two weeks of diagnosis and operation, the cancer had gone from the first to the third year and the lump she noticed for the first time had become flat.

Emma, Ellies mom, 27, and grandmother of newborn Nathan, now counts her blessings, she went for the date because she was warned that cancer can change and hide .

She said, With chemotherapy, I was very hard-wired, I had stiff muscles and I was nervous.

It made me very sensitive to others and gave me increased meaning.

I did not want to announce that I was sick because I needed to take care of it myself.

I would tell someone to say nothing, then I would meet someone else and I could say they knew.

I was very fortunate to have an anti-sickness medication and a travel group, so rarely had any illness, but I felt exhausted.

I have things like mouth ulcers and my immune system was weak.

I could not have take-out or street food in case they were not cooked properly.

The chemo was followed by 25 cycles of radiotherapy.

Emma said, The radiation therapy made me sleep and sleep properly. It was a very deep and full sleep.

I always needed all the lights off and no noise to fall asleep, but I found that I could fall asleep on a hairpin.

Emma said, I got attached to losing my hair because I couldnt cope with the rest. I realized that I had to make cancer the focus.

I tried the cold cap (which reduces blood flow to the scalp to prevent hair loss) to keep me from losing my hair, but it was brutal and didnt work for me.

I decided that the best thing was to shave my hair and get used to it.

It was really liberating, because I had demonized it so much in my head that when I saw myself, it was actually a nice surprise.

I didnt look as bad as I thought. I felt like I was taking control.

Thanks to her brutal treatment, Emma received aromatherapy treatment at the hospital, funded by the Burton Breast Care Clinic.

She said, I had a lady named Josie and we chatted.

She told me that she was a breast cancer survivor.

I had this perfect shaped little woman who did this nice treatment on me and I just thought look at her now .

The Pixie Retreat in Woodville(Image: BURTON MAIL)

For me, it is mainly that I was undergoing therapy and it is skin to skin.

The human touch is comforting and the oils help give you balance and are uplifting.

It was this complementary therapy that inspired Ms. De Jonge to form and open her own business offering treatments in Woodville.

The Pixie Retreat, above the hair and beauty of Buckenham, in High Street, offers Swedish massages, aromatherapy, reflexology, reiki and hopi ear candles.

Although she cannot yet offer these treatments to cancer patients, Emma plans to take oncology training so that she can do the same for others as Josie does for her.

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Vicky Pattison has opened up about her punishing bid to lose weight before turning 30.

The TV star used exercise as a way of making up for food she had eaten that she felt was unhealthy.

Vicky, 32, added that she used to start diets and fall off the wagon frequently when she went out with friends.

She told Metro.co.uk: For me the first hurdle that I fall at when Im on a diet is that I wanna go out and I wanna see my friends. And it always revolves around food doesnt it?

When youre trying to be good and you cant determine exactly whats in your meals you feel out of control, and you feel frustrated and the anxiety sets in so you miss it.

You become like a hermit and I cant do that, so I always end up falling off the wagon and going out with me mates regardless.

Vicky added: Since I turned 30 my relationship with my body has totally changed, Im no longer trying to fight against it. I used to try and punish it. I used to say exercise is a form of punishment for what Ive eaten. Now I see it as a celebration of what my body can do.

Now she is in a happy relationship with boyfriend Ercan Ramadan and thinking about starting a family, she has joined WW (formerly Weight Watchers) in order to get healthy and boost her fertility.

The former Geordie Shore star recalled the moment she was told her chances of having a baby were being impacted by her former party lifestyle.

It was really scary. I think for any woman discovering where youre at with your fertility is gonna be nerve-wracking and for me it was no different, Vicky said, especially because considering I know Ive had a very wild lifestyle during my 20s. I wasnt living conscientiously.

Towards the end of last summer when I began my fertility journey I was really stressed out. It was really difficult. But now that Ive got my information and I know where Im at and what I have to do in order to keep my body happy and healthy.

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It feels very liberating, I feel very empowered and Im grateful to WW for helping us on me way with that journey.

And Vickys mum Carroll is looking forward to becoming a granny for a second time.

Me younger sister is about to give birth any day now, so shes gonna be a grandma regardless. Her hopes dont all hinge on me but no doubt she is looking forward to it. She just wants us to be happy.

I think mam knows that I see children as part of my future landscape. She loves Erkan which really helps.

Vicky Pattison is a WW brand ambassador and will be following the new myWW programme with her mum Caroll so they can help motivate and inspire each other. To start your own weight loss and wellness journey with a loved one with help from WW Weight Watchers Reimagined head to ww.com.

If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you.

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A lorry driver who weighed almost 25 stone just over two years ago has lost nearly half his body weight after being told he was at risk of serious health problems.

Jason Dury, 47, who used to "snack on chocolates biscuits and anything that came with chips" decided to join a Slimming World group to fight the flab.

Two years later, after radical changes to his diet and exercise regime, he got his weight down to 14 stone and feels like a new man after his massive weight loss.

He said: "I'd been overweight for quite a while, but I always made excuses for not doing anything about it. I'd say 'I'll start on Monday' but Monday never came.

"I avoided parties because I felt out of place and the moment a camera came out, I disappeared. I just felt embarrassed of how I looked and would get breathless after walking a few hundred yards.

"I had a couple of wake up calls the led to my decision. One was a visit to my GP after having serious headaches. They found that my blood pressure was through the roof and I was told in no uncertain terms that if I didn't lose weight I was on course for a heart attack or stroke.

"The week after that I joined a Slimming World group in Cwmbran and within a few weeks the headaches had gone and I lost two stone really quickly."

Jason, who lives in Risca , added that he was determined to change after an embarrassing incident at Dublin airport.

"I was held back for a routine security check so I was the last one to board the flight," he recalled.

"I had to tell the air stewardess that the belt didn't fit around my waist and she said 'no problem I'll get you a belt extension'.

"I felt like the whole plane behind me fell silent and I could feel their eyes boring into the back of my head."

Jason was worried when he first joined Slimming World because he thought he would be the only man there and would be the largest person in the group.

He added: "It was very nerve-wracking when I first went because I was feeling very self-conscious about the way I looked.

"But everyone was really friendly and supportive and my circle of friends has grown because of going to Slimming World too.

"I was really surprised by my weight though, I hadn't properly weighed myself for years and thought I was at least four stone lighter than I really was."

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Jason soon started to shed the pounds - at a rate of about two and half pounds per week for the next 22 months - to get down from almost 25 stone to 14.

His family and friends even struggled to recognise him.

"I went to a family party and two of my cousins walked right past me and blanked me because they had no idea who I was," he laughed.

Although he sometimes had urges to eat the junk food he used to live on, Jason said he doesn't eat any less than he used to, he just replaced the biscuits and sweets with an apple or an orange and now eat plenty of fruit and vegetables.

He said he couldn't have achieved his goal without the support of the leader of the Slimming World group at Hollybush Community Centre, Clare Lewis.

"Jason is the biggest weight loss of anyone who has been to my group in the five years I have been working with Slimming World.

"The change in him is unreal, he's so much more confident now.

"You see people come into their first meetings with their heads down sometimes and a lack of self confidence and esteem. But as time goes past they grow in confidence.

"It completely changes lives, it's changed my life too."

Clare lost four and a half stone herself before become a consultant at Slimming World and helps others to meet their weight loss goals.

Aside from changing what he eats, Jason is now a keen walker and hikes in the Brecon Beacons. Something he could "never have dreamed of doing" before losing weight.

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CURTIS Pritchard has revealed he has lost a stone since leaving the Love Island villa last year.

The professional dancer says he decided to sign up to WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers, after years of crash dieting.

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He admitted he would go through phases of rapidly losing weight to bingeing on 10,000 calories a day.

Speaking at a WW Supper Club in London last night, the 23-year-old said:"I've lost a stone to date so it's been going fantastically my WW journey.

"The reason I joined is I always do these crash course diets and I have always been around dancing so I've been under a lot of pressure to look a certain way.

"I need to have a certain amount of energy for the style of sport and career I chose.

I have always been around dancing so I've been under a lot of pressure to look a certain way

"So I've had to do these crash course diets to drop weight dramatically.

"Sometimes I'd lose about two stone in a month then all of a sudden I'd be feeling weak and my mental state wouldn't be correct.

"I wouldn't be able to focus properly and I just wouldn't be able to perform to the ability that I needed to.

"Then all of a sudden I'd crumble and I'd put it all straight back on.

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"Literally I'd just binge and eat whatever - chocolate, pizza.

"Some days I'd eat probably about 10,000 calories.

"So the weight would just go on and off, on and off, and I never felt good."

Some days I'd eat probably about 10,000 calories

Curtis said that it was after leaving the Love Island villa that he decided it was time to change his relationship with food.

"In the villa, I did get fat shamed coming out," he said.

"I wanted to change my relationship with food - I wanted to eat whatever I wanted, in moderation.

"That's what I've been able to do for the past six months.

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"I've been eating more than I've ever eaten in my entire life - just the correct stuff.

"And if I want that pizza, you can still have that pizza, you can do whatever you want."

He added:"When I was dieting, I used to be thinking 'I need to eat, but I can't eat. If I don't eat now for another two hours then I can eat a little bit then.

"It would be a nightmare. It's an ongoing game and I can't focus on what I want to focus on.

"So now I'm eating as much as I want, and I'm not thinking about food, and the weight is just slowly and gradually coming off me.

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"I'm playing the long game now, I'm not playing the short game - and it's working.

"A stone's come off me - I wanna lose another seven pounds - but it's happening."

Curtis was joined at the event by his mum Debi, who has been supporting him throughout his weight loss journey.

She said: Just looking at Curtis now actually wells me up a little bit.

"He always put the pressure on himself because hes wanted to achieve to the best of his ability.

"In the field he chose his audience expect him to look a certain way so hed try his hardest to eat a little amount so that everyone was proud of him.

"Jumping to Love Island, he had a great time, but coming out he felt uncomfortable because of the body-shaming he experienced.

"Hes now found a good mental state about food thanks to joining the WW family.

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Alongside Curtis was reality star Vicky Pattison, who was revealed as the latest ambassador for the brand, earlier this week.

She said: Through most of my adult life, my weight has fluctuated. Ive been really, really slim and then Ive also been a lot bigger.

"In retrospect I wasnt happy either size.

"When I was bigger I didnt feel comfortable going out and doing what I wanted to do, or wearing what I wanted to wear, and when I was smaller, I even counted how many blueberries I put in my porridge.

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She added: Im 32 now and I want to be happy - I want to be content. I dont want to be told I cant have carbs or a gin and tonic.

"I dont want a life without Haribos. And most importantly, I want to create the best environment and make my body the most hospitable it could possibly be for a baby one day.

"I want to be happy, and healthy for when that time comes.

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A weight loss journey could be inspired by many different reasons, but after suffering most of her life with her weight and suffering from multiple sclerosis complications, one woman lost an incredible seven stone five pounds, and she credited her weight loss to a simple dieting plan - what was it?

Vicky Robson, 38, from Reading struggled with her weight all of her life and would regularly binge on snacks such as crisps, cake, cheese and biscuits before overhauling her diet and dropping the weight.

Reading local, Vicky knew that losing weight would help alleviate the pain she suffered daily with multiple sclerosis but didnt know where to seek help from until she discovered a particular diet plan.

Id struggled with my weight all my life, I weighed 12st at the age of 12 and my struggles continued well into adulthood, she revealed.

By this point Id tried a variety of diets, slimming clubs and meal replacement plans but without any support.

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It wasnt until 2015 that Vicky experienced a wake-up call, she said: In May 2015 I was feeling low, I was now a size 22 and my reality check came when I struggled to walk up a slight slope.

I have MS (multiple sclerosis) so the pain I was getting in my lower legs was a wake-up call, she revealed.

After trying multiple weight loss programmes, Vicky discovered the LighterLife diet plan which helped her to shed seven stone five pounds.

Being an all or nothing type of person a recipe-based weight-loss plan didnt work for me because sooner or later Id be grazing on the wrong things. Instead, I knew a meal replacement diet would keep me focused as its very straightforward to follow with strict guidelines, but this time I wanted weekly support alongside the reduced calories, thats why I chose LighterLife.

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LighterLife is campaigning to help people live healthier and more fulfilled lives by boosting confidence, self-esteem and belief.

The LighterLife weight loss plans combine a very low-calorie diet (VLCD) with weekly counselling.

With LighterLife dieter get access to meal-replacement food packs - consisting of shakes, soups, mousses or bars - and no conventional food.

With weekly support from a LighterLife weight loss counsellor and a variety of weekly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Mindfulness activities, Vicky was able to overhaul her lifestyle.

She said: Each week I joined a telephone conference call lead a LighterLife counsellor, it was great being able to access the support from my sofa.

Losing over 7st on the LighterLife Total Plan changed my life, she added.

Im so proud to say Ive managed my weight for over three years and I still apply the CBT techniques I learnt in group to keep me focused and on track.

So what did Vickys diet plan consist of to lose such a significant weight?

Before adopting the LighterLife diet plan, Vicky would binge on unhealthy foods which contributed to her weight gain.

Breakfast: Vicky would either skip breakfast or opt for a sugary cereal breakfast bar

Lunch: Vicky would opt for fatty tuna mayo sandwiches or baguette with crisps and full fat fizzy drinks

Dinner: Vicky would overeat on overly fatty foods such as chilli con carne with 50g rice topped with grated cheese and sour cream

Snacks: She would always reach out for crisps, cake, cheese and biscuits, peanut butter and jam sandwiches to satisfy her hunger

Breakfast: Vicky would opt for homemade yoghurt with granola

Lunch: Vicky will make homemade soup and eat it with one slice of brown bread or salad with low fat dressing and wafer thin ham

Dinner: Vicky would opt for healthier versions and measured portions of meals like chilli con carne with lean mince or sausage casserole with good quality sausages. Always a measured portion of carbohydrate, or sometimes cauliflower rice, and a portion of vegetables

Snacks: She would now opt for carrot sticks and a piece of fruit a day. She also tries to avoid snacking in the evenings but if she does decide to go for a snack in the evening she would opt for some greek yoghurt.

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Ditch fad diets and use the power of the mind by following these simple tricksNew years resolutions tend to revolve around healthier living and losing weight and most fail. Only one in 10 stick it out, according to a major study.

But you dont need a gym membership or mad diet in 2020 you can think yourself thin, hypnotherapist Steve Dell claims.

He says: Changing yourself can be difficult without the right understanding of how our brains work. The primitive part looks out for our survival and is an element very resistant to change. It views change as dangerous.

He claims you can quieten the primitive brain, allowing the conscious, good-decisionmaking part, to take charge.

Do a deal

The battle between your primitive and conscious brain is one of supremacy, Steve says.

Once you are aware of that, you can address it to work in your favour. So make a deal with your primitive brain.

When you are on a diet and cake is calling, you want to stick to your goals but you are drawn to a slice. That is your primitive brain resisting change. Make a deal out loud or write it down. Tell your primitive brain: Thanks for the suggestion but I know eating cake is a bad idea, and I am in control. Ill have a slice on my treat day instead.

Learn to relax

Quietening our evolutionary brain is no easy task as many factors impact how active our survival mode is. Stress makes our primitive brain active. So you need to reassure it you are OK. Relaxation is how you get there.

If the stressor is something you can eliminate, do so now. If the cause is not easily removed, you need to work on calming your body and mind.

Body scanning is a short and effective guided meditation to do that. Practise this as many times as possible a day. The more you do it, the quieter your primitive brain becomes.

Give it a go

Lie down or sit in a quiet room. Close your eyes and picture a colour you like. Imagine it as a gentle, warm mist and breathe it in.

Allow it to enter your body, making you feel warm and calm from your head to your toes. Soon you will be able to access this relaxing feeling by simply taking a deep breath and tapping into your colour.

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According toUS News, 80% of people give up on their New Years resolutions by the second week in February. This is a sad statistic. That means most of us only stay committed for a month and a half. According to James Clear, who is the author ofAtomic Habits, it takes anywhere fromtwo to eight monthsto develop a new behavior or habit.

Here are four reasons why we dont achieve our resolutions. If youve failed to meet your goals in the past, the key is to recognize why that happened and to approach things differently in the new decade. If you can push through the upcoming months, you can truly change your life.

We Fail To Pick Realistic Goals

According toStatista, the most common New Years resolutions are to lose weight, exercise and eat more healthfully. These are achievable goals, yet so many of us cant follow through. Its because we dont take an approach thats rooted in reality.

Ask yourself the following questionwhich goal is more achievable? Losing 100 pounds or cutting refined sugars from your diet? The answer is obvious. If you cut sugar from your diet, youre more likely to lose weight.

You should also keep in mind that choosing realistic goals or resolutions and achieving them improves our mindset. Even a small victory is still a victory (like 30 days without sugar) and you end up preparing yourself for a much larger one.

We Don't Plan Properly

Would you take a road trip somewhere youve never gone before without looking at a map or GPS? Of course, you wouldnt. So how can you achieve your resolutions without a plan?

Lets stick with the losing 100 pounds analogy. What steps can you take to ensure it happens? Are you cutting specific foods from your diet? Did you join a gym or studio? What about hiring a personal trainer? There are lots of things you can do to lose weight, but you need to decide what will realistically work for your lifestyle before you do anything else. Make your plan as specific as possible and then follow through. Dont forget towrite it down.

We Don't Make It A Habit

Everything in life isthe result of a habit, according to Clear. If your resolution is tostop a bad habit, you need to replace it with a good habit to serve the same purpose. So lets say, for example, you find yourself hungry at 3:00 every day. That daily donut wont help you lose weight. But, swapping it out for a banana and a handful of almonds instead will satisfy both your hunger and sweet tooth.

You should also intentionally avoid things that will trigger bad behavior. Instead of walking past the donut shop, take a different route. Small changes today will help yield larger results in the long run.

We Don't Have Support

No one can accomplish anything without help and support. We need a tribe! Support can come in many forms. While paid coaches, trainers and assistants are ideal for a variety of goals, free help is still help. Ask your partner to make breakfast for the kids while you go to a HIIT class every Saturday morning. Or start an accountability group text with a few friends. Dont be afraid to reach out and ask for what you need.

We Fail To Track Our Goals

Habits and resolutions take time. So, Clear is a big proponentof tracking your progress. While you are waiting for the long-term rewards of your efforts to accumulate, you need a reason to stick with it in the short-term, he says. You need some immediate feedback that shows you are on the right path.

Tracking goals is a great way to hold yourself accountable. Keep it simple and track things such as your daily food, monthly measurements, and weekly weight. Write everything down in an old fashioned notebook or use an app or spreadsheet. If you need a few guidelines, check outHabit Nest, which offers a variety of journals for fitness and nutrition.

Another benefit of goal tracking is to keep you motivated. By having a visual representation of your results from the previous month, you are more likely to stay motivated and keep going.

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