Joy Lawton

Diets don’t work! Waist measurement is a good way to check your fat distribution, as this is linked to health risk. Carrying too much weight around your middle increases your risk of developing heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

People who carry excess weight around their middle are often referred to as ‘apple-shaped’, whereas those who carry the weight on their hips are ‘pear-shaped’. Women are usually ‘pear-shaped’, while men are more likely to be ‘apple-shaped’.

Measuring your waist is an easy way of finding out whether you are an ‘apple’ or ‘pear’. To measure your waist, find the bottom of your ribs and the top of your hips.

Waist measurement for:

European men at increased risk 94cm (37 inches)
” ” ” high risk 102cm (40 inches)

Asian men increased risk 90cm (36 inches)

European and Asian women at increased risk (32 inches)
” ” ” high risk 88cm (35 inches)

Measure around your middle at a point mid-way between these (for many people this will be the tummy button). Use the table to see if you are at risk of ill health. Remember these measurements refer to adults.

If you are at increased risk, now would be a good time to make healthy lifestyle changes that would reduce or prevent any further increase. If you are at high risk then losing weight and reducing your waist size would improve your health. Changing your eating habits and becoming more physically active would have many benefits.

When you decide to go on a diet you can certainly lose weight easily, but you cannot live happily on a diet forever.

Do you feel that you have tried everything you can think of and are still struggling with your weight? As soon as you stop dieting you will not only put back that lost weight but you will usually also put on a little extra because your body metabolism has adjusted and slowed down.

Lose that weight and maintain that loss.

Try hypnotherapy and NLP - it can be a remarkably effective alternative which can enable you to make a permanent, healthy change to the way you think and feel about the whole process of what, how and why you eat.

See food differently - See yourself differently - Stop those cravings - Eat healthily and naturally and enjoy it!- Exercise better

It works, is easy and feels good.

I can help you to achieve that permanent healthy change and achieve the results you want more easily than you thought possible.

04 Mar 2010