1) Buy plain clothes as opposed to patterns, especially large bold patterns.
2) Avoid clothes with strips going across, if you want to wear strips then always with stripes going down. Strips going down will certainly make you look taller and thinner.
3) Clothes that are too tight will make you look larger, clothes need to fit [...]
For instance it is a problem if your goal is an event like a school reunion and the need to get into a particular dress. However, this event can be used as a stepping stone. Having a series of stepping stones can help you get to where you want to be – step by step, [...]
Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Clinic
1) The bigger the plate, the bigger the glass, the bigger the bowl – the more you consume. During experiments people were given different sizes of plates and bowls and told to help themselves – in most cases the people given the smaller plates and bowels ate [...]
Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Moving out of the ‘box’, out of your ‘comfort zone’ can be a daunting experience but it is also an exciting experience. Changes in life are inevitable we need to view them as good things.
Be serious about making life-long changes, remember what you [...]
Tip of the Day – if you are unhealthy or overweight or both – your lifestyle made you that way and they very idea that sometime in the near or distant future you can return to your old habits – is counter-productive. This is exactly what happen in 95% of cases – going ‘on’ diet [...]
Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
TIP OF THE DAY
Being dehydrated or not drinking enough water slows down the metabolism – so make sure you drink enough water for a healthy metabolism.
However drinking too much will put too much strain on your kidneys, can cause an imbalance of the electrolytes [...]
Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Researchers discovered something interesting about the essential oil of grapefruit. We all know aromas/smells can affect our appetite – encouraging it or curbing it. Several trials with people, have shown that that inhaling grapefruit essential oil over time helped to curb their appetite and [...]
Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic
What happens to you at the week ends? Routines and healthy eating habits go out of the window. You turn into a snacking eating machine?
Typical things that happen at week- ends Saturday morning get up later than usual and skip breakfast. Go shopping staving, shopping [...]
Sonia Jones ND
Research shows time and time again, if you eat more in the morning you will eat less in the evening encouraging weight-loss.
So many people skip breakfast or have too little or eat the wrong foods in the morning. So many people have it the wrong way round, starting off with less and increasing [...]
03.18Color me thin
Sonia Jones ND
We have all heard of using colors to heal, calm, or stimulate etc. Colors can also have an affect on our appetite.
It would seem that red, orange and yellow stimulate and encourage appetite and conversation. Restaurants know this fact very well. If your house is decorated in these colors consider redecorating especially in [...]