The Psychology of Weight Loss Online Course - Beyond Chocolate

The Psychology of Weight Loss Online Course will guide you to transform your relationship with food and understand the psychology of overeating.

Beyond Chocolate is a non-diet online programme supporting people who want to stop the obsession with food and their weight.

The course offers psychological insight into one’s relationship with food as well as tools and strategies to have a more balanced and healthy approach to weight loss through a series of modular lessons.

You will not be alone. The thriving and welcoming online community is supportive and inclusive in helping all members to achieve their goals.

There is nothing like Beyond Chocolate's Psychology of Weight Loss Online Course available in the UK.

Most programmes offer a ‘one-size fits all’ approach and even those programmes that say they are not diets ultimately offer a diet-like set of rules or guidelines which essentially expect you to change your life (hence the term life style change) from one day to the next.

The Psychology of Weight Loss is completely different. You do not need to change yourself or your life to fit in with the programme. We won’t be telling you to eat any special foods, or to cut food groups out of your diet, we won’t be inviting you to count or measure or restrict. Our course guides you through a process of understanding your relationship with food, of recognising why you eat the way you do now and provides you with a set of tools and practices that you can bring into your life to completely transform you approach to weight loss.

Not only will you understand why you have never been able to lose weight for the long term, you’ll know exactly what to do to have a healthy, balanced relationship with food and your body.You will have access to course materials including video tutorials, interactive trackers, tools, worksheets, bonus downloads and community forums for 12 months after activation.

Lesson 1. Why diets don’t work
Lesson 2. Awareness and triggers
Lesson 3. Are you hungry?
Lesson 4. Mindful eating
Lesson 5. Eating what you want without feeling guilty
Lesson 6. How much is enough?
Lesson 7. Body Confidence
Lesson 8. Exercise and Fitness

Our online course has been designed for all computers, laptops, mobile phones and tablets so you will be able to access the lessons wherever you happen to be.

Who is Beyond Chocolate?

Our programme - The Psychology of Weight Loss - wasn’t created by a marketing team in the headquarters of a dieting company. It is not the latest business venture of an ex-model or some obscure doctor or Z-list celebrity. Our online course is the fruit of two women’s quest for an alternative to the constant obsession with food, weight loss and dress size. We know what it’s like because we’ve been there.

Beyond Chocolate has gone from being a grass roots kitchen table organisation run by two sisters in their spare time, to being the UK’s leading ‘No Diet Community’ in the space of just 15 years.

Today, Beyond Chocolate is a vibrant and supportive community involving thousands of people who are saying NO to dieting, restriction and deprivation and embracing a new way forward.

Beyond Chocolate was created by Psychotherapist Sophie Boss and Food & Eating Coach Audrey Boss. Co-authors Sophie & Audrey have written two books published by Piatkus. "Beyond Chocolate - How to stop yoyo dieting and lose weight for good" (Piatkus 2006) and "Beyond Temptation - How to stop overeating and feel normal and in control around food (Piatkus 2013) both highly rated and available on Amazon.

We provide a safe, supportive space for any woman who has decided to ditch the diets and the shame, secrecy and overeating that almost always goes with them.

What's included in the course?

• Information and action packed lessons
• Private member forums
• Audio and video lessons
• Interactive trackers and tools
• Worksheets and bonus downloads
• The freedom to learn at your own pace

Each lesson includes downloadable mp3s that you can save to your library to listen to in the car or on the way to work. Great for a dose of motivation to say goodbye to diets and dieting when you need it most.

People who have done the course say...

"Loved the fact that I could pop in and do a worksheet for 5 minutes or download an MP3 lesson to take with me and listen to on my way to work. I used it every day. This course has taught me so much about my relationship with food and the support means I know I’ll never go on another diet ever again. I feel FREE! Thank you!" Jayne

"Today one year ago I downloaded Beyond Chocolate. One of the best decisions in my life and one that I made in complete desperation. The desperation has been replaced by learning, understanding and growing. This is a day to celebrate!" Ina

"I just wanted to let you know that I have had a stack of cadburys dairy milk in my cupboards for so long that they've gone out of date! I forgot they were there. This never would have happened before the course. Thank you so much!" Kate M, Reading

"I was listening to this weeks MP3 download and had a light bulb moment. I really can stop this whole diet thing. Beyond Chocolate is definitely the way forward! I'm only 3 weeks in but I feel so much freer around food already" Mel L, York

"This is the best thing I have ever some for myself. I just wish is found you 20 years ago!" Helen P. Sheffield

"The support was way more than I expected. You always had a kind word and a wise insight. I couldn't have done it without that." Lucy R, Bristol

I know you can’t guarantee that this approach will work but can you give me an idea of the likelihood of success and how soon I will see changes?

So many of us have weight loss as our primary goal. We may also want to feel more in control of our eating, less obsessed, less stressed or confused.

We cannot guarantee how much weight you’ll lose or what weight you’ll be when you have put into practice all principles and tools . You may lose weight, you may put some on and you may stay exactly as you are today. It depends on how much you weigh now. It depends on how much you’ve dieted in the past. It depends on how old you are. It depends on what types of food you eat, your genes, your constitution and so much more.

What we can guarantee you is that by working through the programme, you will have a a healthier, more balanced relationship with food and your body. The Online Course will give you freedom, peace of mind, choice and power. We know that the women who have come on our workshops and followed our online courses say that for the first time in their lives they feel normal, they don’t constantly worry about food and their weight and they start to enjoy food and life again in a way they didn’t think was possible.

How quickly you feel the difference is very individual. The more you take action and use the tools we offer you, the sooner you will feel the benefits. When we start a new diet we often feel enthusiastic and motivated. We start to lose weight and that spurs us on and keeps us going. And the longer we deprive ourselves and stay on the diet, the harder it gets. When we get to our goal weight we often find we just can’t keep restricting ourselves and we start to give in and relax and often yo-yo right back to where we started. With our online course the process is completely the opposite. To start with progress may feel slow and effortful. Weight loss may come steadily but it’s more likely that it will be slower and less steady and regular than on a diet. It takes time, willingness and action to reach a real understating and to start making changes. Dieting and lifestyle changes get harder and harder the more you do them, the beauty of the course is that it just gets easier and easier the more you practice. Eventually it just becomes a way of eating that feels completely natural and when you look back you won’t believe how much you’ve changed!

All sorts of people come on on our workshops and take part in our online courses, from all corners of the UK and around the world. Our participants have included barristers, sales assistants, doctors, accountants, students, teachers, business owners, women whose job is to bring up their children, vets, nurses, admin assistants, writers, personal trainers, nutritionists, journalists, writers, nannies, entrepreneurs… we could go on.

Some people who join us consider themselves very overweight and some don’t want to lose weight but want to regain a balance in their relationship with food and the way they feel about their bodies. Many people who follow our programme think they are hopeless cases (although we don’t believe that anyone is a hopeless case). By the time they find us many people are so desperate, after years of dieting and trying to find a way that works for them, they may well think that nothing will ever work.

For many people this feels like a last chance, their last hope… So whoever you are, you are very welcome and you will fit in fine.

If you are fed up of dieting and overeating, if you’ve given up hope of ever finding a way to just eat when you’re hungry and get on with your life – our approach IS DEFINITELY for you.

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