Mind over Body Weight Management Programme

will re-wire your brain based on neuropsychology, CBT and Mindfulness. Not only will you feel full of energy, you will also gain confidence and start believing in yourself and your ability to make lasting changes. You will be able to stop blaming yourself and beating yourself up, as you start to think and behave in a way that allows you to achieve your goals. A fit and healthy body needs a fit and healthy mind, and I will work with you using Cognitive Behavioural tools (CBT) to help you lose weight for the last time. What is included in the programme:

* 8 x 1 hour private consultations helping you kick-start your journey to a healthy
lifestyle.

*Step by step guide helping you change the way you relate to food, overcome cravings and put an end to yo-yo dieting.

*I will show you how you can stop to that negative voice in your head that has been sabotaging your weight loss in the past.

*You will have the opportunity to learn how to stop self-sabotaging your efforts to a healthy lifestyle, based on the most successful method to permanent lifestyle changes based on international research.

*We will work together on overcoming your triggers and how to stay motivated.

*We will also work on emotional eating and how to stop it.

*You will get a healthy nutritional plan which will fit in with your lifestyle and I will show you how you can implement it into your daily routine, one step at a time.

*The programmes main focus is changing your mindset and stopping self sabotage, however, you will also get recipes and meal planners.

* And finally - you get the Mind over Body Weight Management manual, which is full of helpful tips and worksheets helping you on your journey to permanent lifestyle changes.​

MEET THE FOUNDER, SUSI LODOLA

I help my clients become free from the yo-yo diet trap and change their relationship with food forever. The end goal is for my clients to end blaming themselves and experience shame about body shape and food choices. Instead they find peace with how they look, accept realistic goals, and focus on healthy behaviour rather than how many calories/points or syns they eat. I understand that to lose weight and keep it off you need more than to “eat less & move more”. I learned that through my own experience, as I went through most of my life trying out the latest diets which promised to help me lose weight. I counted calories, points and syns, I cut out whole food groups, detoxed and drank shakes. I did lose weight on most of those plans, but I found it difficult to sustain and very soon the weight came back on, and then some more on top of it.
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The thing is, I knew exactly what I should eat and what I shouldn’t. Most of what I ate was healthy, home-cooked food. However, I was an emotional eater, and I found that is the case with most people who come to see me for weight loss. I started to gain weight in my late 20’s after I had my first child. The weight was slowly creeping up every year and after my 3rd child was born, I decided to work from home part-time and focus on raising my 3 children. I was lucky to be able to do that and I really enjoyed being at home with them. However, I also missed going to work outside the home, and I also missed interacting with other people.
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I later learned that emotions such as guilt and stress caused me to reach for sugary foods and more weight was gained. Emotional eating provides short lived relief from uncomfortable emotions, as we try to buffer and suppress them. The relief is short lived and very quickly followed by more emotions such as guilt, self doubt and self-loathing. This is a vicious cycle that can go on for a very long time unless it is addressed. I was feeling stressed, frustrated and guilty because I missed work. I was also living in South Africa at the time, where I had no family support around me during a time when the children were small. I would turn to chocolate, looking to make myself feel better. Deep down I knew that this is not going to help but I was thinking “just a little bit won’t make a difference”.
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Later on in life, when I went to college to study Psychology and Psychotherapy, I had to undergo counselling as part of my studies (50 sessions to be precise). I then discovered that I did hold strong associations with chocolate going back to my childhood and that chocolate had become my “go to” when experiencing difficult emotions.
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During my studies in Psychology, Psychotherapy and a Master in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy & Motivational Interviewing, I learned how Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is applied to help change behaviours and thought patterns. This is key to achieving lasting behaviour changes that lead to sustainable weight loss. Once I started applying the principles of CBT to myself, I started to lose weight without having to “diet” or count points, calories or syns.
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My own experience of weight gain and weight loss, combined with my studies, led me to developed the “Mind over Body Weight Management Programme™”. This programme is evidence-based and applies CBT tools and techniques which not only equip you to achieve weight loss and a healthy lifestyle, but also to help you achieve a balanced and fulfilling life. Hope to work with you soon and help you achieve your health goals. Susi x