Weight Loss

Fed up with diets that don’t work? Finding it impossible to lose weight or keep the weight off? Our expert weight loss nutritionist in London can help. We have helped 100’s of people lose weight and keep it off.

You may have experienced weight problems or been overweight for most of your life and feel as if you’ve tried every diet invented, but still you never quite seem to see the weight loss results you’d like or might expect from the variety of diets you’ve tried.

Or may be you’ve been lucky enough to never gain weight and then suddenly started to struggle to maintain your weight or seen substantial weight gains recently. Perhaps it seems much more difficult to lose the weight than on previous occasions. Sometimes, when this happens in later life you find it much harder to shift the weight you’ve gained.

Many diets offer a ‘one size fits all’ approach to losing weight and when you’re struggling to lose weight, sometimes using the same diet as everyone else doesn’t but it’s very demoralising when they seem to work for others. You have to remember that you’re completely unique and you therefore need a diet and nutrition programme that’s designed for you and YOUR needs, one that takes your circumstances, your health and your body into consideration.

Helping you to eat tasty nutritious food that makes you feel good, as well as helping you to lose weight is our passion at The Nutritionial Therapy Clinic. Meal replacement diets, low fat diets, low calorie diets or starvation diets are not healthy or sustainable and don’t help you build the sort of good relationship with food that you need to take with you into a healthy future. If you want to lose weight and keep the weight off, you need a good, healthy relationship with food that’s easy to maintain for the rest of your life, not just for a few weeks or months. Otherwise you end up in that Yo-Yo diet trap where you lose weight and a few months later you’ve gained it back and sometimes you’ve even gained more weight, and have to start all over again.

Why do some people find it so difficult to lose weight?

There are many underlying reasons that could explain why it’s so hard for you to lose weight and some of those could be health related, although some could also be down to bad eating habits. Often people struggle to lose weight because of an underlying health issue that they aren’t aware of, but sometimes it’s just a matter of the wrong foods or too much food even. Some of the possible health issues that might make it difficult to lose weight are listed below:

Tiredness causing bad food choices, quick fix foods
Blood sugar imbalances causing overeating and binge eating
Snacking or constantly grazing
Not eating enough of the good fats
Food allergies and intolerances
Eating at the wrong times of the day or the wrong foods for you
Not enough sleep
Hypothyroidism, PCOS, menopause and other hormonal imbalances can all make it difficult to lose weight.

One diet that addresses all the above issues and more is the Metabolic Balance diet. This programme became famous in 2013, when Boy George attributed his dramatic weight loss to the diet and people have been losing weight and maintaining their weight with Metabolic Balance ever since. The Metabolic Balance diet was created by expert nutritionists and is scientifically researched and proven over more than 20 years. It allows you to eat healthy, tasty nutritious foods that you can buy in your local supermarket and to build a good relationship with healthy food for the future. At The Nutritional Therapy Clinic, we create Metabolic Balance plans that are individual to each client and this can help them achieve the required weight loss they want, but also the Metabolic Balance diet plan has the added bonus of improving general health and well-being. The diet is especially good for eliminating the cravings that can often make it so hard to stick to a diet and also balancing hormones, where they are out of balance, and this can often help you lose weight when it hasn’t been possible before.

What Our Clients Say About Us

I went to the clinic not really sure how to regain control of my eating, feeling utterly miserable and just unsure of how to move forwards. I felt that Emma listened and took the time to understand what type of approach would work best for me. I spent 12 weeks following the personal plan and lost weight, felt better, and most importantly resolved my issues with sleeping. I was able to ask questions and get support at all times, and our check-in meetings really helped to keep me motivated. I have such a better understanding of my personal nutrition, and I know that if I need any additional advice or a reboot at any time I could get in touch and Emma would be happy to help.

I decided to try the metabolic Balance diet as had been struggling to find a diet that worked for me. I lost the best part of 2 stone in less than 12 weeks.* After the initial few days of adjustment I took to the diet very quickly and starting loving food that I had never looked at before. I found the structure of the diet worked well for me – lots of flexibility on what I could eat but sufficiently structured so it”s hard to cheat. It may not work for everyone but I really liked it and having hit my target I am no longer on the diet but now choose healthier foods because it is what i want and not out of some sense of duty other than when having treat meals/ holidays. I am now five months in and have managed to keep the weight off. Emma was great – really encouraging, non judgemental and very clear.

Since I started treatment for a thyroid problem my metabolism changed completely. I could not lose weight despite following my previous short term successful diets. I was feeling very tired and sleepy. I was starving myself to one meal per day and still I was not losing any weight. I had cravings and I was in need for chocolates on an everyday basis and on occasions they would replace my main meal. After a thorough internet search I found Emma and I contacted her. She gave me the option of the metabolic balance diet and I decided to follow it. I have been on the metabolic balance diet for 12 weeks now. I have lost 15 ½ pounds, I am full of energy and my skin glows*. I am on phase 3 and I plan to continue with it. It is not difficult to adhere to it and Emma is very supportive and encouraging. It is the first time in my life that I have been able to stick with a diet and this is due to the fact that I enjoy what I am eating and most important that I do not feel hungry. My cravings have gone and as a medical doctor I can see that the diet is based on stabilising my blood sugar levels. I fully recommend the diet and most of all Emma who is very experienced and comes with nice alternative meal /food ideas to suit everyone.

Despite being active and fit, doing various challenges for charity, which required stamina and determination, I’d gradually been getting larger as I approached the dreaded 50. Not large enough to be obese, or even to be considered very large, but certainly enough to feel uncomfortable and to lose my waist which had always been my saving grace. I promised myself that I would find a way during my 50th year to eat properly and return to a comfortable size before I lost complete control. To say that the Metabolic Balance method of eating was perfect for me is a serious understatement and with Emma’s direction it took me just over 3 months (including the Christmas/New Year period) to lose considerably more than I thought I ever could (3.5 stone & 3 dress sizes to be precise). What’s even better is that it has all gone from the problem places – hips, waist and thighs and I am now the same size I was when I was 20!* Even better, when losing weight at 50 you tend to get gaunt around your face but this has not happened at all! I have never been hungry, having managed to rid myself of my sugar cravings almost immediately I started the MB diet and yet now that I am in Maintenance I find I can eat a little of anything I used to eat without craving more. Emma’s guidance on how to mix and match food allowances and her very timely and patient responses to endless questions from me have made the whole process very straightforward. The only problem is I need a new wardrobe!! Or can that really be called a’problem’?

I couldn’t be happier with my experience on the Metabolic Balance diet. I have lost 12kg since I started the plan in late March* and I never found any phase of the plan difficult. I was hungry at the beginning but now I am so used to eating every 5 hours, I don’t feel hungry in between. I have a very sociable life as you know and I also travel a lot, which makes it’s very hard to stay on the plan while I’m out or on a trip, but as soon I get back on track it take me just 2 days to be where I was weight wise. So now I know exactly what to do and if I slip up, I know exactly how long will take me to be where I was. This makes me very happy as my lifestyle is the same but I am able to maintain my ideal weight. Thank you so much again.

I’ve had a hypothyroidism since 1995 and struggled with my weight and low energy levels ever since. I met up with Emma in late November 2011. At that stage I felt really depressed about my appearance and ready to do anything to get rid of all the weight I’d accumulated over the past few years. At first I was very apprehensive about the Metabolic Balance programme, as it seemed a very strict and regimented diet. With Christmas around the corner everyone was telling me not to start the program until the New Year. The thought of gaining more weight during the holidays made me even more determined to go on the plan straight away in the hope of losing a couple of kilos before the festive season began. I started the Metabolic Balance programme in early December. The first 2-3 days were really hard, but even though the portions seemed small I didn’t feel hungry. Emma was very supportive. She emailed me great tips just before Christmas, on what to eat when going out so I didn’t feel I was missing out on anything. Having one treat meal a week allowed me to enjoy my Christmas lunch, desserts and all! By that time, only 3 weeks into the programme, I’d lost 6kg and an amazing 11.5cm from my waist alone!* Up to now, I have lost nearly 12kg and I feel and look great.* I try not to think of the Metabolic Balance programme as a diet, but continue following the basic ‘rules’ of the diet plan as a way of life!

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