Eating Less: Say Goodbye to Overeating (Positive Health)

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Gillian Riley is an author and webinar host who has been teaching her course on “Taking Control of Overeating” since 1997, at first in groups in London, England, and for the past three years online.

I suspect all this is sounding a bit negative, and the last thing I want to do is to dissuade you from fasting if it’s going to work for you. By all means give it a try. Notice and manage your addictive desire to eat and you can certainly find that it fits in very well with everything you’ve learned in my books and webinars.One good approach is to ask: “What’s one thing I could do better?” says Gillian. “It’s a question that leads to things you can work on.” You won’t be told to wait until hungry before you eat and to stop when you’re full, because a good amount of research shows these signals are unreliable. You’ll need an alternative; one that’s flexible and one that suits your schedule. 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. Gillian is also the pioneer behind The Scotiabank Women Initiative(SWI), which helps advance women-owned, women-led businesses through three key pillars: Access to Capital, Education andMentorship. Gillian Riley is currently at the leading edge of digital banking in Canada as the President and CEO of Tangerine, where she drives the bank’s strategic direction to provide Canadians with simple and innovative banking. A passionate champion of gender initiatives, Gillian has held several senior leadership positions across Scotiabank in Retail, Small Business, Commercial Banking and Operations. Through this experience, she gained an in-depth understanding of banking and the importance of delivering compelling customerexperiences.

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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. It’s not a good idea to fast if you have a tendency to overeat either before or after a fast– and – It’s not a good idea to fast if you go on a fast as a way to take control of your overeating. It’s clear that neither of the authors have ever had an addictive relationship with food – what many people call ‘food issues’. The research they cite on the success of IF from the University of Chicago studied just 16 obese people over 10 weeks. ( 4) I’m sure you know of people who complied with various protocols for at least 10 weeks and then regained their weight in the longer term. They were able to ‘be good’ and ‘follow the rules’ for a while, but this simply doesn’t last for the majority. I’m not saying that fasting is a bad idea; I’m saying it might not provide a complete and permanent solution for everyone who generally overeats. To further drive gender parity at Scotiabank and Tangerine, Gillian spearheaded equitable policy practices to ensure diversity in the candidate pool and on hiring panels and to ensure women have equal access to job opportunities and advancement. These policy changes have led to an increase in representation of women at the manager level and above at Tangerine and an increase in women on the Tangerine Bank board. 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.

I once knew an author who had told me, “if you can write a letter, you can write a book”. And I thought, that makes sense. I know I can write a letter, and I can just keep going for as long as I want. Only four per cent of venture capital debt in Canada is going to women-owned business,” says Gillian. “Yet 47 per cent of businesses in Canada are owned or partly-owned by women . So clearly something in the ecosystem isn’t working to support women in business.” You won’t be told what to eat, when or how much to eat. Instead, you’ll be given techniques, together with the theory behind them so you understand what you’re doing. Using these techniques, you’re able to make whatever changes you want to make – and connect with your motivation to do so.

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The passion Gillian brought to her athletic pursuits growing up continued into her adult life and powered her career to great heights. In her role at Tangerine, which was acquired by Scotiabank from ING Group in 2012, Gillian is now leading the charge in growing the bank’s customer base. She’s also spearheading an initiative to help women-led businesses in Canada thrive and grow, as executive sponsor of The Scotiabank Women Initiative. Straightforward and simple, it succeeds without drugs, hypnotism or acupuncture...It really works! Dr Anthony Flood, St Luke's Hospital

Gillian and the full list of winners will be recognized at Catalyst Honours 2020 – a dynamic three-day virtual conference – taking place from October 6-8, 2020. I had two reasons for my reluctance. One, I knew it would be a massive undertaking to write. And it was. Secondly, which I thought was more important, the entire subject seemed to me to be all about improving appearance to gain approval from others; about losing weight in the hope of feeling more credible and worthy. I’ll add that if you exercise a great deal, if you regularly sleep badly, and/or if you are under quite a bit of stress, these also mean that fasting may not be right for you at the present time.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. 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!