For many years I had been trying to shift a good 25 lbs.  However the result was always the same.  I would lose 5 to 10 lbs then grind to a halt and over the next few months it would slowly creep back.  A common story I am sure.

In January 2010 decided that I needed to do something different.  Either that, or it would be another 10 years talking about losing weight without real success.  My brother (a doctor) convinced me to try metabolic balance, and the result has been amazing.  In 6 weeks I lost a full 2 stone and 6 months on the weight has remained off.  Problem solved, you might say.

So how did it work where so many diets that I had tried had failed.  I would put it down to 3 things.  Firstly the diet is tailored to your metabolism.  Through levelling my metabolism and sugar levels I was able to eat significantly fewer calories (c 1500 calories a day as a bloke) and not feel hungry – this really surprised me and was key to me achieving the diet whilst working hard in an demanding job.  Secondly, the regular consultations I had with Sanna were extremely useful.  Sanna helped me to understand which elements of the diet drove maximum benefit and how to flex the diet post weight loss to ensure that the weight stayed off.   Thirdly, now the weight is off, I know how to keep it off and, if it creeps back on, I have a tool for shifting it fast that I know works.

If you’d like to find out more about Metabolic Balance and weight loss, get in touch with our London clinic.

Serves 1

Salad base
90g of baby spinach leaves
20g of cucumber, cubed into small pieces
20g of green olives

On the top
130g of cooked prawns
2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp of grated ginger
1 clove of crushed garlic
1/2-1 finely chopped red chilli (according to taste!)
Dash of fish sauce

Mix the oil, ginger, garlic, chilli and fish sauce in a bowl. Add the prawns and coat them in the marinade.

Assemble the salad in the meantime, and add the prawns together with the marinade on top. Enjoy!

I decided to follow the MB eating plan to rebalance my metabolism and get my body in better overall working order – and with two main aims in mind. Firstly, with a view to losing the two stone I had put on since having had my first child and having unfortunately experienced a number of miscarriages trying to have a second one. Secondly, with the aim of getting my body fit to cope with trying to have another baby and avoid having another miscarriage in the process.

As eating plan aims to reduce your insulin levels, keep cravings at bay and encourages your body to keep any weight loss from coming back, I thought this plan to be a good choice for me personally.

Month one of the eating plan was focused and challenging. However, because the weight loss was rapid I was spurred on to keep going. I lost 9lbs within the first couple of weeks. Since the first month I have kept to the principles of the eating plan but not stuck rigidly to the plan itself but I have still continued to lose weight. Overall I have lost 17lbs and dropped two dress sizes. I have lost 4 inches on my hips, 3and a half inches on my waist and two inches on my thighs. Wow! I’ve never been on a diet in my life and this was certainly the best one to go for. The great thing about the eating plan is that you can follow it again properly for an amount of time to lose some more weight when you want to.

I am happy with my weight loss to date and have wanted to let both my body and my emotions get used to the weight loss before trying to lose more weight again. I am now following it again for a month and hope to lose about half a stone – I will then leave it there for a while and see how I feel in a couple of months.

I have to be honest and admit that I feel that the weight loss was relatively easy to achieve. I am the sort of person who loves eating, is always out socialising and drinking, and hates feeling deprived. I genuinely believe that if I can do it, anyone can!

One of the main problems of PCOS is a disordered insulin metabolism, which makes it easier to gain weight weight and more difficult to lose it.  Other issues include hirsutism (increased facial hair) and sometimes poor skin condition.  Because the Metabolic Balance programme helps balance the biochemistry behind your metabolism, it can be a great help for many of these not so pleasant side effects of having PCOS.  So not only will you find it much easier to control your weight, but you could also get support for the excess facial hair and get a better looking skin.

If you suffer from PCOS and would like to improve your hormonal health, perhaps to conceive, or to feel better and lose weight, do get in touch with us and book in for a free initial consultation.

Sanna Anderson talking about the Metabolic Balance

Last week we were asked to come and talk about the Metabolic Balance programme at The Spirit of the Summer Fair in Olympia.  Amidst the loveliest beach wear and sandals it was great talking to people about their weight loss goals.  The warm weather brings with itself less clothing, and more attention the extra curves often accumulated over the winter months.

I have spoken to so many women who have been frustrated by various different weight loss programmes that haven’t helped them achieve their goals.  Or worse still, they’ve achieved their goal, only to put the weight back on in a very short space of time, plus some!

The difference with Metabolic Balance programme is that it is not only tailor made to your individual needs, but it also addresses many of the underlying biochemical and hormonal issues that can have an impact on weight loss.   For me as a nutritionist, the best part of the programme is the fact that it teaches the participants how to eat healthy foods that suit their individual metabolism.  I’m not a great fan of meal replacements or overly restrictive diets.  Once you’ve achieved your target weight after these types of diets, it’s often really difficult to integrate back into real life and work out how to eat to sustain your weight loss.

Metabolic Balance makes the re-integration easy, and therefore is much more successful for sustained weight loss than many other programmes.  If you’d like to find out more, get in touch and book in for a free consultation to help assess your suitability for the programme.

Any of the above could be a result of changes in your body caused by long-term stress. Many vital nutrients, such as magnesium, get reduced by stress hormones. As magnesium is a vital part of energy production in the body, restoring your nutrient balance can make a really big difference to how you feel.

Stress maybe a fact of life, but feeling drained and not having enough energy to spend quality time with your friends and family shouldn’t be. If you think you could benefit from a nutritional assessment to help your body better deal with the effects of stress, contact us for a free no obligation chat to find out how nutritional therapy can help manage the effects of stress.

“I decided to try MB, as I had a stubborn stone that I could not shift, even though I ate a healthy balanced diet and exercised regularly. This weight was particularly around my stomach.

I started the MB programme with trepidation, I had never been on a ‘diet’ in my life, and was actually opposed to them, as I have seen in my work that they never seem to work. I found the first week and a half incredibly hard. Weighing food was completely alien to me, and trying to think of interesting meals that didn’t involve starchy carbs was really hard work. Even though I was actually eating more at breakfast and lunch time, I found that I was feeling absolutely starving all of the time, more hungry that I had ever been before! I also really struggled with my blood sugar, and had quite bad mood swings.

I was on the verge of giving up. I was fed up with reading about people on the programme who claimed that they never felt hungry when I was, to be honest, feeling pretty lousy. Then suddenly, towards the end of the second week every thing changed. I felt great, had loads of energy, and had lost 4 inches from my waist! I wasn’t hungry until just before meal times, and I was not missing starchy carbs at all.

Saying that, it was still a relief to get through the first 2 weeks, and have a takeaway and a glass of wine once a week! When you have this to look forward to, it certainly doesn’t feel like depravation, as a lot of ‘diets’ can. The interesting thing is that my cravings completely stopped. No longer was I craving wine after the kids had gone to bed, or something to snack on an hour after dinner. Also I was able to go to children’s parties, and not feel at all tempted by all the crisps and biscuits, which was a really strange experience. I found myself staring at a pile of biscuits absolutely shocked that I had no desire to eat them at all!

The other bonus of MB is that my PMT has completely gone! I would normally have quite bad PMT for a week before my period, so I knew that it was imminent, but now I am completely taken by surprise! I’m sure my family are happy about this.

I didn’t have a lot of weight to lose, and there was no dramatic weight loss for me. In 7 weeks on the programme I have lost 7kg, but I have lost 5 inches from my waist, 4” from my hips, and 3” from my chest. I have loads more energy, my moods are more stable, and my libido has improved, which was a surprising bonus!! Also, people are saying that my skin looks much better.

I have reached my target weight, and although I am no longer weighing what I eat, I don’t think I will ever go back to eating loads of potatoes, pasta, bread and rice, as I have realised that I simply don’t need them, or indeed miss them. I am eating what I want at the weekends, and following the rules of the programme during the week, and am still managing to lose weight.

Sanna has been a great help though all of this, she is extremely knowledgeable and friendly, and it really helps that she has been through the programme herself. She was great during the initial wobbles, and was really supportive throughout.“

To achieve this you need a weight loss programme that gives your body all the nutrients it needs.  Metabolic Balance diet programme is exactly that.  It’s a personalised nutrition programme created uniquely for you, using an extensive set of laboratory value from your blood analysis.

The plan includes meals that contain foods that promote a regulated insulin response, which in turn re-balances hormones and subsequently results in a more healthy and balanced metabolism.  The balanced metabolism means that you have less cravings, have steadier energy levels and generally feel better in addition to losing weight.

If you’d like to find out more and get some spring in your step, book in for your free initial consultation!

The main concern of many of my clients after reaching their target weight is whether they’ll put the weight back on as soon as they have some treats.  It’s great to be able to reassure everyone that with Metabolic Balance, this rarely is the case.

The reason why Metabolic Balance creates sustainable weight loss is that it creates a shift in your metabolism.  Unlike many other diets which rely purely on calorie restriction, Metabolic Balance addresses the underlying biochemistry of your body and makes it easy to maintain your weight.

If you’d like to find out more, please get in touch and book in for your free initial consultation.