Fat Loss – Viki Thondley | Mind Body Food | Depression, Stress, Eating Disorders

Releasing Toxic Emotional Weight – Why It’s Not Always About Food

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on February 23, 2018 / Body Image, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT), Self-Care, Stress Management

Releasing Toxic Emotional Weight Why It’s Not Always About Food This week I reached out to a trusted friend and colleague for assistance in reaching a specific issue around my changing weight, that I couldn’t on my own. A few years ago after an emotional rollercoaster with key family members (still not resolved on their behalf), my body began to shift into protective mode (i.e. stress and survival) and my weight started to slowly increase, regardless of my eating and movement not changing – improving actually! Excess weight is often about ‘protection‘. When I became aware of what was happening, I

What 48 kilos GONE looks like WITHOUT dieting and in just 12 months!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 15, 2017 / Body Image, dieting, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Holistic Health, Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT)

What 48 Kilos GONE looks like without dieting and in just 12 months! This is what 48 Kilos (106lbs) removed in a year looks like as a result of RTT. Meet my colleague, Colleen Andruszkiewicz, who gave me permission to share this with you. Colleen lives in Ontario, Canada, and is a fellow Rapid Transformational Therapist (RTT). Overnight she shared photos of herself inside our RTT therapy practitioner group – where students and graduates from all over the world come together to share support, insight on various case studies, and ongoing education. It’s my favourite Facebook group because it’s full of other

5 Limiting Beliefs Holding Your Mind Hostage

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 27, 2016 / Body Image, dieting, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition, Personal Growth, Wellness Coaching

5 Limiting Beliefs Holding Your Mind Hostage When I started MindBodyFood my main driver was to make a difference in the lives of women who struggled with liking themselves, accepting their bodies and were using food as a means of control, punishment or comfort in managing stressful thoughts and emotions. Think BINGE EATING, EMOTIONAL EATING, STRESS EATING. What I’ve realised over the years is that nearly EVERYONE in their lifetime struggles with five core underlying and limiting beliefs that they’re either: Not good enough Not smart enough Not worthy enough Don’t deserve it Can’t do it UNDERNEATH their body and

Body Image, Acceptance and the Dreaded Scales

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 27, 2015 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food

Body Image and the Dreaded Scales So after I shared my previous Vulnerability post today THIS happened…… Warning – Real and honest body talk here after they made me get on the scales… Well, actually I chose to. It was either get on or don’t donate. #BIMGA #bodyimagemovement Posted by Mindbodyfood with Viki Thondley on Monday, October 26, 2015 About Viki Viki Thondley is a Mind-Body Wellness Specialist and qualified Holistic Counsellor, Food, Stress & Lifestyle Coach, Meditation Therapist, and Eating Disorder Recovery Coach who inspires women to shift from limited thinking, low self-esteem and restriction to whole-self nourishment, body confidence and

Is Being Healthy Your Obsession?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 22, 2015 / Body Image, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition & Weight Loss

I really dislike labels. I especially dislike labelling the way we eat, the way we look, and the way we behave. “I eat clean. I am fat. I am a perfectionist.” Why do we need to make judgement instead of making way for growth, understanding and change? Labelling the way we eat is a dangerous tendency. We get so caught up in whether we’re doing it right or not. It develops a righteous thinking attitude, that for some can translate into control: If I can control my healthy diet, I can control the way I feel. Strong, intelligent and capable

Is Food Controlling Your Life?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 30, 2015 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food, Holistic Health, Wellness Coaching

Is Food Controlling Your Life…. Or are you just eating your feelings? So many people have an unhealthy relationship with food. They habitually use it for comfort, distraction and punishment instead of true nourishment, information and energy for the brain and body. Your relationship with food is usually a reflection of the relationship you have with yourself. When clients come to me for food issues, they are totally exhausted from fighting back emotions and living inside their heads. No matter how hard they try, they just can’t seem to get a handle on their eating! Is this really the way

When Hunger Isn’t Real

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 3, 2015 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss

When Hunger Isn’t Real… We eat for all sorts of reasons: when we’re angry or sad, stressed or festive, starving or hormonal. Most people over-eat, and usually when they weren’t actually hungry in the first place. Eventually, distracted from the stress of daily life and worries, it becomes impossible to distinguish between hunger that is real and hunger that is fake. There are actually several different types of hunger, because our drive to eat comes from various sources that often don’t have anything to do with physical hunger – that real, true hunger that begins as a rumbling sensation

5 Reasons Why Your Diet Isn’t Working

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 27, 2015 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Healthy Eating

5 Reasons Why Your Diet Isn’t Working This week I was awarded a place in Diet-to-Go’s Top 100 Healthy Lifestyle Bloggers list for 2015! Check the list (including me!) out here: http://diettogo.com/blog/top-100-diet-blogs I’m really honoured to be in such esteemed company when it comes to talking about dieting and self-care, because it increasingly disheartens me to see so many women (and men) of all ages continue to make misguided attempts to lose weight – effectively working against their bodies and taking on the shame of their “failure” when they put all the weight back on. I spent 18 years hating my body and blaming my weight. I

My Interview on HOT FM

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 3, 2015 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Holistic Health, Wellness Coaching

HOT FM Interview I love talking on the radio, especially going into the studio and sitting around all the equipment that I would have a ball playing around with! I wouldn’t know what I was doing but I know I’d have fun! This morning I spoke on the radio with Hamish and Tanya from HOT FM 100.7 in Toowoomba. The interview was by phone and is a quick chat on women, food, dieting and emotional eating. It’s nice and short at four minutes long so it won’t take a lot of time for you to listen in while you’re working or pottering

Super Seed & Herb Crackers [Recipe]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 1, 2015 / Fat Loss, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Wellness Coaching

Super Seed & Herb Crackers Finally! I’ve cracked the code on home made crackers that don’t require a dehydrator! I’ve made so many seed and gluten free, grain free loaves of bread now, that I’ve wanted to finally break our Jatsz cracker habit by creating some kind of delicious and super healthy home made version of crackers that will make a decent amount to last for a while before having to make them again. I like the idea of all the things I can create with a dehydrator, but we don’t have one and I’m not ready to find extra

Are You Drinking Enough Water?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on December 12, 2014 / Fat Loss, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching

Drink Water, it’s Healthy Do you notice if you’re thirsty right now as you read this? Are you tired, or struggling to stay awake, or concentrate? Water does way more than simply quench our thirst, and yet we often don’t realise the benefits of drinking up. Blood is 83% water. The brain is 74.5% water. It’s fair to say that without enough water being replenished into the blood stream to carry nutrients and oxygen to your cells, regulate your body temperature and nourish your brain, you’d easily start to feel tired, cranky and thirsty. As much as I know myself

This is my Beautiful 40 year old Body

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 3, 2014 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Disorders, Fat Loss, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Inner-Strength, Lifestyle, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching

My Beautiful 40 Year Old Body For those of you wondering how my knee is healing after surgery in June, it’s been slow, especially as a secondary injury was initially overlooked. Over the years my body has faced tremendous abuse; physical, emotional and self-inflicted. I’ve been hard on myself and pushed my body to breaking point many times with several broken bones, tears and surgeries. Throughout many stressful years my weight struggled to settle because of the severe restriction, starvation and binge/purge episodes I put it through for 18 years. My hormones, metabolism and digestion broke down several times. I

Are Your Cravings Real?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 17, 2014 / dieting, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss

Mind or Body Cravings? In previous blog posts I’ve explained how when we restrict and deny nourishment to our body (dieting), we often wrestle with cravings (also tiredness and mood swings) until the brain overrides our willpower and has us reaching for a quick fix of fat, sugar and salt. Hunger and cravings are two different sensations. The body regulates our hunger, while the mind wields greater power over food cravings. Hunger serves a more functional purpose, signalling our brains that it’s time to eat and replenish the energy and information we’re running low on. To recap previous articles about the

The Slow Down Diet / FREE Eating Psychology Online Conference

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 11, 2014 / Body Image, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss

2nd Annual Eating Psychology Online Conference It’s a sad fact that every single one of us has something negative to say about our bodies at one time or another. For many people, especially women, it’s an everyday never-ending torrent of disgust, shame and hatred. Another huge challenge is food and eating – what to eat, when, how much….. so many negative and worrying thoughts about our bodies, food and eating. I know all too well what this destructive relationship can do after spending over 15 years battling an eating disorder. It’s dark, painful and lonely. I don’t want that for anyone

Trust Your Inner Wisdom (and break free from Dieting)

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 20, 2014 / Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss

The Wisdom of Dieting Who’s been on a diet before – lost weight, regained weight and done the whole thing over again? The word ‘diet’ has evolved over many years of experimentation. It used to summarise your daily assortment of nutrients or food intake, but over the years ‘diet and dieting’ have become more about restriction, starvation and deprivation. When we don’t like our reflection, especially those thighs and that stomach, we tend to blame our body and put it on a diet. When we have no energy and feel bad about ourselves, we often think we’re not trying hard

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