Celebrate the victories, not just the numbers
Have you ever heard of Non Scale Victories? It’s often shortened to NSV. They are really something worth celebrating when it comes to healthy sustainable weight loss.
My clients come to see me because they want to lose weight. And they do, whether it’s inches or pounds lost. But they also come away with so much more: NSVs.
I focus on slow but sure weight loss for so many reasons. Here are a few: Fast weight loss is what you get with a very low calorie diet or even that very trendy ketogenic diet that is incredibly high fat and very, very low on carbs. Both are a quick fix but they are also not only difficult to do, but more than anything they are difficult to maintain.
With low calorie diets specifically, you are hungry all the time AND you run the risk of slowing down your metabolism. How? The body senses starvation, goes into self preservation mode where it economises and burns fewer calories. This means it’s also highly likely that, in spite of your best efforts, when you go back to eating normally, you’ll put all the weight on (and then some) once you stop the diet. And you will stop, just as people stop going to diet clubs.
When you learn to eat meals that balance your blood sugar levels (don’t worry, you don’t need a PhD to understand how it works and neither is it super restrictive), the weight loss does happen, but there are also some other unexpected results.
These can include more energy, motivation to exercise again, better sleep and mood, emotional balance, not constantly thinking about food (oh the freedom), plus the end to seemingly unrelated symptoms such as headaches, heartburn, restless legs to name just a few.
On top of all that, when you work with a coach on fixing your diet and making some simple lifestyle changes (importantly learning it’s ok to put yourself first for a change), you really can rediscover your inner sparkle.
These are just a few examples of these NSVs. Although what had initially had those clients pick up the phone was the desire to lose weight, what they gained was so much more. Many even tell me that their NSVs are worth more to them than weight loss and they don’t want to go back to how they felt before. The bottom line is that a good, balanced diet can make a difference - I see it happen every day.
If you’d like to get a feel of how it would be working with me on one of my programmes and packakes, I invite you to book a complimentary, 30-minute strategy session to discuss your goals, available anytime, by accessing my diary HERE. I’m also happy to announce I’m holding an in-person open day at the Self Centre in Bury St Edmunds on Tuesday 7th June and a Zoom event on Thursday 16th June, For more information, click below.
Hannah Wyborn
Weight Loss Coach
Naturopathic Wellness Practitioner