The Portion Awareness Workbook for Busy Women

This workbook is for career-driven women who are busy, capable and still stuck on weight loss. You probably aren't short on discipline. You've likely tried eating less, cutting foods out or guessing your portions, and you still can't work out why the scale won't move. Usually the cause is simple. A bowl of cereal turns out to be three servings. A bag of pretzels eaten while you cook dinner adds up to more calories than the dinner itself. Without knowing it, you are working from the wrong numbers. Over eight short exercises you will find your real maintenance calories, set a modest deficit and learn what a true serving looks like. You will also practise the habits that make portion control easier: putting a serving in a bowl instead of eating from the bag, and building a breakfast with protein and fibre so you stay full until lunch. Each exercise gives you a prompt to complete, an explanation of why it matters, a worked example and the common mistakes to avoid. By the end you will have your own numbers, a tracking routine that doesn't turn obsessive, and a plan for holidays, snacks and social events that doesn't rely on willpower. I'm Hannah Bloxsome. I'm a former corporate lawyer, I'm 5 foot 2, and I've worked with more than 1,000 women on sustainable weight loss. I'm open about the fact that I'm no better than anyone else with a big bag of crisps. That's why I rely on systems rather than self-control, and this workbook gives you those systems. The approach is practical and has no fluff. It is built on accurate data, not on restriction.