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Understanding why you gain weight - at a physiological, neurological and psychological level - offers you insight and motivation to gain control. This 6-week course offers you potentially life-changing information and support, based on the Human Givens approach – a revolutionary bio-psycho-social model of human functioning - to harness your own brain and body’s natural needs and resources, and bring about lasting change.

The course covers:

  • Why diets don’t work...exploding the myths
  • What does work and how to make it work- a biological explanation
  • How your brain can help or hinder you
  • Arming you to overcome the barriers to success
  • The connection between sugar and weight gai
  • How to avoid the sugar cravings and predict their onslaught
  • The connection between stress and weight gain
  • How and why stress impacts on your mood, behaviours and weight
  • Relaxation techniques to help you think more clearly, manage emotions, achieve and maintain weight loss
  • Guidance on how to harness the positive power of your imagination to manage stress, thoughts and feelings and reach your goals.
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Marino College of Further Education

Marino College seeks to enctheirage a caring and an open community through developing the whole person
 to his or her
 potential. The collected energy of all concerned with the College is constantly focused on maintaining a centre of excellence.
Marino College was established in 1936 and has a long and proud tradition in education. The teachers have developed
 much valuable experience over the years in ensuring that students gain excellent results in the state examinations within a caring and supportive atmosphere.
In Marino College they:
  • Enctheirage lifelong learning for all
  • Believe that every child has the ability to experience success in school
  • Recognise and support diversity
  • Provide for a safe, clean and caring environment
  • Strive to recognise and achieve the full potential of every individual
  • Believe in educating and nurturing the whole person
  • Believe that every day is a new beginning
  • Believe in respect for all
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