
While the cat's away
Not too long ago I ran a group where we’d had a two-week break between sessions. I asked one of the ladies how she’d got on: “While the cat’s away, the mice will play,” was her answer. I took a deep breath, held steady and remained quiet. Right there, right then I wasn’t really sure how to play it. And this is something that I come across a lot: Clients chasing numbers on the scales just to please me. So what is the problem here? Well, I want them to lose the weight, of cours