The essential part is to make your brain realise it isn’t being punished or denied by going without “cheat” foods. I think we eat pretty well at home, everything is made from scratch and my kids are all as skinny as I remember being at their ages. Having a ‘virtual gastric band’ fitted, also known as gastric band hypnotherapy, doesn’t require surgery.

The system consists of an introductory explanation and then a hypnotic trance that helps your unconscious mind and your body to believe your stomach is smaller.

Resilient people are able to greet change and difficulty as an opportunity for self-reflection, learning, and growing. You find that your portion sizes are acceptable, you exercise regularly but you know the foods you are choosing to eat are doing you harm.

They can also help you to recognise patterns, reactions, or behaviours you may not realise you have been doing. It is the combination of changing habits in both body and mind that is often most successful for those seeking weight loss. Moves like burpees, squat jumps and press-ups are examples of some of the exercises in a HIIT workout. The aim of the program is to completely transform your way of thinking around food and eating so that you can lose the weight in a healthy, natural way – and keep it off.Merely focusing on the end goal of weight loss can often overlook underlying issues of an unhealthy relationship with food that may be affecting you across different areas in your life, including impacting your self-confidence and self-esteem, causing feelings of anxiety or guilt, or even holding you back in social or work-related situations. AS SEEN Channel 4's How to Lose Weight Well, BBC, Daily Mail, Chat Magazine, Vogue and Marie Claire. It includes help and encouragement in all aspects of weight loss including practical guidance, emotional support, and a free online course with MP3s and other support materials.