Maybe it’s not that fasting isn’t a good idea, but that there are other important steps for you to take first. To return to my cautions: TORONTO, ON, July 9, 2020– Scotiabank is pleased to announce that Gillian Riley, President and CEO, Tangerine Bank and Executive Vice President, Scotiabank has been named a Catalyst Honours Champion for 2020. Gillian is being recognized for her profound contributions in advancing female inclusivity in the workplace, as well as for her notable leadership within corporateCanada. The course content is entirely focused on sustaining changes in the longer term. It’s not enough to lose weight. What matters is bringing a new attitude to eating less.

Gillian received the award in the Company/Firm Leader category for her commitment to progressing inclusivity in the workplace through outstanding leadership. For over two decades, Gillian has had a substantial impact on the representation, advancement and inclusion of women across Scotiabank, Tangerine Bank and in various communityinitiatives. It is a pleasure to welcome someone of Gillian’s calibre to the Nationwide Board. Her digital banking experience and strategic approach combined with her extensive Board experience make Gillian a valuable asset to us given our strategic direction and the challenges we are facing in the banking sector.” said Board Chairman, Kevin Parry. Gillian also created the Commercial Banking National Women’s Group with a mandate to promote the business imperative of gender equity, diversity, and inclusion within the commercial bank. This mandate includes raising awareness of unconscious bias and providing training to reduce its influence, supporting the professional development and empowerment of women, positioning women for career advancement opportunities, and building the profile of women leaders in commercial banking. Gillian enabled the group to examine and resolve concerns at all levels within the commercial bank.

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You’ll discover how to eat less without dieting, without feeling restricted and deprived, without becoming obsessed and rebellious – and without falling off the wagon! This has some similarity with Mosley and Spencer’s cautions, but also some differences. In particular, my caution not to fast if you don’t normally eat high-quality food would seem to contradict their advice to “eat what you like most of the time”. However, Mosley and Spencer say, It was a while before I understood that the only way I would ever be able to develop this mysterious quality I needed to deliver an online course was by doing it. And making any attempt to create some false persona was bound to fail. I could only do it in the most sincere way I knew, in the only way I could do it. I broadcast my first webinar in January 2017, and along the way I think I’ve made every mistake it’s been possible to make. The passion Gillian brought to her athletic pursuits growing up continued into her adult life and powered her career to great heights. This revised and updated edition offers you a unique and inspiring solution to overeating: its aim is to look at thoughts and beliefs about food, unravel the mind's addictive impulses, and retrain it to have a more healthy, balanced relationship with food. It introduces you to practical techniques that you can apply in your daily life; it shows you how to set your own limits without feeling deprived and becoming rebellious; and it gives you the ability to develop greater control by helping you to overcome addictive behaviour. So simply follow Eating Less and see your weight fall off and stay off.

Her clients describe themselves as yo-yo dieters or ex-dieters. Instead of recommending what, how much and when to eat, Gillian teaches how to develop an entirely new attitude towards food, eating and weight loss. This way of thinking turns the diet mentality on its head, leading to a sustainable control of overeating. You could pig out on your non-fast days…but you won’t do that. In all likelihood, you’ll remain gently, intuitively attentive to your calorie intake, almost without noticing. Similarly, you may find yourself naturally favouring healthier foods once your palate is modified by your occasional fasts. So yes, eat freely, forbid nothing, but trust your body to say ‘when’.” For a full list of winners, please visit https://www.catalyst.org/media-release/catalyst-honours-2020It’s not a good idea to fast if you are desperate to lose weight, or if you have a history of anorexia or bulimia. Note that both authors of The Fast Diet took on fasting entirely for health reasons. The health benefits of fasting – such as dipping into ketosis from time to time and the fascinating process of autophagy – are well established ( 1, 2). There’s also impressive research showing a beneficial impact on brain health ( 3). But Mosley and Spencer seem oblivious to the fact that many people will be motivated to fast primarily to improve their appearance, and this makes a massive difference. When I think about the appreciation I have for the work I do, and how I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else ever, it’s quite extraordinary to recall how much I really didn’t want to do it to start with. I’d written a self-help book on how to stop smoking, based on a decade of teaching a cognitive approach to smokers. It had been published by a big publishing house, and every time I spoke to my editor, she asked me to write another book, a book about overcoming temptation for food in the same way I’d written about doing that for cigarettes. She kept pleading with me, over and over again, and I kept saying “No!” and “No way!”