Chrissie Webber works as a writer, business coach and motivation/ leadership trainer and is Managing Director of Life-Shapers Ltd, an online weight-loss motivation company. With over 20 years experience in the field of business and people development she has an expertise in the area of motivation for permanent weight loss.
Following a lifetime of weight issues - at her heaviest, over 21 stone and a massive size 30 – she has personal experience of diets and their devastating effect on size and psyche. With a background in nursing, psychology and business coaching, coupled with a lifetime of dieting, she developed and successfully used a series of models and tools that enhance weight loss motivation. Now over 5 dress sizes smaller and having sustained her weight loss for several years, Chrissie continues her passionate drive to change the mindsets of people away from a ‘Scarcity’ dieting mindset – where food is demonised as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ – to an ‘Abundance’ mindset where mind, body and spirit work hand in hand with food and nature.
This really is the season to be festive and jolly. So it is definitely time to put our emphasis on enjoying ourselves without the fear or battle with food. The question is, how do we do that with food in even more abundance at this time of the year?
With that question ringing in my head I decided to write down a set of rules for ‘Conscious Eating’ at Christmas …
1. Have fun and enjoy every mouthful of food you eat.
2. Switch your mind onto your body checking in frequently to make sure you don’t over eat.
3. Have whatever food you like but eat only half the portion you would normally have.
4. Remember that when you drink alcohol your mind and body connection does not work effectively.
5. Eat until you are just full and feel the fool enjoyment of the food.
6. Increase your physical activity. This will help to balance out any excess food intake and reduce the amount of reaching out for food you do.
7. Stop those guilty and negative thoughts they only spoil your Christmas fun.
8. Remember to give yourself some ‘Me Time’ and do something loving for yourself every day. After all your hard work preparing for Christmas you deserve it.
9. Eat mostly the foods that suit you best but don’t stop yourself from having those special Christmas foods you love.
10.And finally, when you have had enough to eat remember to is OK to leave food on your plate and throw it away. Have a wonderful Festive Season and enjoy every minute and every mouthful. 
