Understanding Weight Loss

Understanding the science of weight loss, the psychology of eating and how exercise can help you live the life you want

What you’ll learn
Understand the (often untold) science of weight loss
Explore how psychology affects our relationship with food and eating
Find ways to have a healthy relationship with food
Learn about the impact of exercise on body weight and health
Requirements
This course is designed for any body
Description
This course will empower YOU to understand the science of weight loss and make choices that will really benefit your health.Written by Dr. Esme Banting (Clinical Psychologist) and Heather Pursey (Chartered Physiotherapist) who specialise in weight management, this is a course you will not want to miss!What this course offers, that most other similar courses don’t … is an exploration of how our PSYCHOLOGY affects our relationship with food and eating. And written by a Clinical Psychologist specialising in weight management this really is too good to miss! We start by exploring the (often untold) secrets behind why, for many people, it is SO difficult to lose weight and keep it off in the long term.Then we turn our attention to the role of diets, and the unexpected and unintended consequences they can have on our weight!You will learn about what actually happens to your body when you go on a diet, and how this can make diets so difficult to stick to over time!Are you a yoyo dietier? We explain how and why this happens to so many people. And don’t worry – we provide the essential first step towards changing your relationship with food and establishing healthy eating patterns for the long term.Next comes an introduction to Set Point Theory which explains why two people can eat the same amount, yet one person gains weight whilst the other stays the same. We explain why the calories in, calories out equation doesn’t quite add up.We talk through the science of how set point theory affects our weight and importantly… how we can use this knowledge to work WITH our bodies…rather than against them!Topics that are covered include: how genetics influence our eating behaviour, how life experiences shape our own unique ‘food fingerprints’, how eating habits develop over time, the psychology of cravings – why we get them and how we can better understand them, emotional eating and how the world around us shapes the way we eat.Finally we look at the evidence behind how exercise affects our weight and health. We de-bunk myths about fatness and fitness and explore all the incredible ways that physical activity can benefit us.Written by a Chartered Physiotherapist specialising in helping people find movement that works for them we talk through how exercise can contribute to living the life your want. Short on time to sit and watch a course? Our courses are designed so you can watch them as a video OR listen to them as an audio track.We have created helpful worksheets that complement the content and will support you in applying the techniques that are discussed.If you purchase this course via Udemy you will have lifetime access! This means you can watch it at a time and pace that suits you, and as many times as you want!

Overview

Section 1: Why is it so difficult to lose weight?

Lecture 1 Why is it so difficult to lose weight?

Section 2: The Diet Cycle

Lecture 2 The Diet Cycle

Lecture 3 The importance of regular eating

Lecture 4 What happens when you go too long without food?

Lecture 5 The impact of skipping meals on blood sugar levels

Lecture 6 What does regular eating look like?

Lecture 7 Hints and tips to establish regular eating habits

Section 3: Set Point Theory

Lecture 8 What is set point theory?

Lecture 9 What is my set point?

Lecture 10 How does set point work?

Lecture 11 It’s just calories in, calories out…right?

Lecture 12 Dropping below set point

Lecture 13 Inheriting set point

Lecture 14 Going above the set point

Lecture 15 Going above the set point and how it can go wrong

Lecture 16 What can we do about it?

Section 4: The Psychology of Eating

Lecture 17 Introduction

Lecture 18 Genetics and Psychology

Lecture 19 The food fingerprint

Lecture 20 Eating behaviours

Lecture 21 Introduction to cravings

Lecture 22 The role of the world around us

Lecture 23 It’s complex!

Section 5: Why do YOU exercise?

Lecture 24 Introduction

Lecture 25 Understanding your relationship with exercise and weight loss

Lecture 26 Why doesn’t exercise always help with weight loss?

Lecture 27 Societal misconceptions about weight and fitness, what IS exercise?

Lecture 28 Finding YOUR reasons to move – the benefits of physical activity

Lecture 29 Putting it all into practice

Individuals, health coaches, nutritionists, psychologists, health care providers