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Make losing weight feel Second Nature. We want to make losing weight feel easier; to make it feel second nature. House Rules...
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Our app uses behavioural science to retrain your mind to make healthy choices automatically, so these stick in the long run. We also pair you with a registered nutritionist who provides one-to-one advice and supports you to build new, healthier habits. Please bring a love for food & health, an open mind and a positive attitude to our channels!
2. We expect our users to offer us the same level of courtesy that we offer them, so we have a short set of 'house rules':
-all users must comply with the social media platform’s terms of use as well as these terms of use
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5. We reserve the right to adjust these rules as needed and to delete content for reasons not stated in this list.
6. Please remember we do not offer medical advice. For any medical concerns or individual advice, please consult your GP or health professional.
7. We welcome discussion and feedback, including about the Second Nature programme itself - we're always keen to make the programme better! If you have something you'd like to tell us privately, or any questions or comments, please contact us on [email protected]

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12/10/2026

If you're seeing this on Monday, we want to remind you of something.

Diet culture has given single foods and single decisions far too much power, creating the illusion that one meal or snack is significant enough to make a real impact on your health or progress.

Let's do the maths. Three meals a day is 21 opportunities a week to make choices that support your goals. Roughly 90 a month. Over 1,000 a year.

So why do we let the minority of our meals dictate how we feel about the majority of them?

Give yourself credit for your progress. What you do most of the time matters far more than what you do some of the time.

Follow the link to find out how Second Nature can support you with nutrition, weight loss, and building healthy habits:

https://www.secondnature.io/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

09/10/2026

It's Friday night, Autumn is here, and you fancy a tasty but nutritious meal that supports your goals?

We've got you covered.

The Second Nature app has over 100 whole food recipes, designed to make healthy eating feel enjoyable, satisfying, and non-restrictive.

You can also buy our recipe book via our shop - currently 25% off 🍏 Grab it today via the link:

https://shop.secondnature.io/books?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio

08/10/2026

Here are 7 things that affect how, and how much, you eat without you even realising →

Content by our health coach .c_nutrition 💙

Eat less, move more is the formula everyone's heard. It skips the hunger hormones, sleep debt and decision fatigue that decide how easy that formula actually is to follow day to day.

Psychology shapes how you eat in more ways than one: the beliefs you've picked up about certain foods, the emotions tied to treats or restriction, and the cues designed to catch your attention before you've decided anything. Food marketing is one clear example: priming and salience bias, colour, "limited edition" labels, eye level placement, all steering decisions you think you're making freely.

Life changes, and our routines do too. Losing the automatic cues, a set lunch time, a stocked fridge, is usually what makes healthy eating harder, not a drop in motivation.

Who we're with can influence how we eat. Research shows we unconsciously mirror the portion sizes and food choices of whoever's at the table, often without realising it.

And of course, social pressure can have a big impact too.

The more forbidden something feels, the more we think about it. It's called the forbidden food effect, and it's why restrictive diets often end in overeating the exact food they banned.

We're more likely to eat foods that are easy to see, reach and grab. Changing what's visible in your kitchen is a proven environment design strategy, a more reliable lever than trying to resist temptation every time the cupboard opens.

When life gets stressful, food can become about more than hunger. Cortisol stays elevated under stress and pulls you towards quick, high reward food.

Ever noticed eating well feels harder after a bad night's sleep? One night of poor sleep raises ghrelin and lowers leptin, the hormones that control hunger and fullness, which is exactly why cravings hit harder the next day.

It's not always about trying harder. Sometimes the more useful question is what's actually making a habit harder right now, sleep, stress, what's in easy reach, how restricted it feels, a disrupted routine, who you're with, or the cues working on you without you noti

07/10/2026

Most people find us once they've tried everything else and nothing's stuck.

Years of tracking every calorie, the juice cleanses, the 12 week plans, the pricey powders that promise to fix everything.

By the time they get here, eating feels like a test they keep failing, their heads are full of nutrition rules that never made sense, and they're convinced the problem is them.

It isn't. That's why Second Nature exists. We're here to push back on diet culture and offer an evidence-based approach to weight loss that lasts. One place that looks at you as an individual, covering nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, and the psychology behind your habits.

We're not handing you another plan with an end date. We're helping you build habits that fit your life.

Tap the link to find out more.

https://www.secondnature.io/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

06/10/2026

Here's why it pays to look past the headline ➡️

02/10/2026

Maybe weight loss was never meant to be the key result. Just the side effect of living a healthier life.

The side effect of eating balanced meals on repeat. Moving every day because it feels good, not as punishment. Prioritising sleep as much as you can. Finding ways to manage daily stress instead of pushing through it.

and most importantly, finding a way to balance all of this so its actually sustainable and realistic for YOU.

Get that right, and a healthy weight follows on its own. It's why 9/10 of our Members lose weight and keep it off for 12+ months, because the focus was never just the scale.

Build the lifestyle. Let the number sort itself out.

Of course, change is hard, and Second Nature is here to help you when you're ready.

Follow the link to find out more today:

https://www.secondnature.io/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

01/10/2026

So much of weight loss is psychology, and not many people know that.

One of the biggest shifts we notice in Members who lose weight and keep it off for years is how they handle setbacks. A missed workout or a heavier week doesn't spiral into "I've ruined it, may as well carry on." They catch that thought, question it, and talk to themselves the way they'd talk to a friend having a bad day, not a verdict, just a moment.

That's cognitive restructuring and self-compassion doing the real work, and it's what breaks the restrict, slip up, quit, repeat cycle that keeps so many people stuck. It's a big part of how 9/10 of our Members lose weight and keep it off for 12+ months (JMIR Diabetes, 2020).

Build the psychological flexibility that makes it stick, not just the diet.

30/09/2026

Have you heard about the benefits of beans but have always struggled with them? 🫘

Many people are put off beans and legumes because they cause discomfort and bloating when they're not a regular part of their diet. But that gas isn't a sign they don't agree with you. It's your gut bacteria getting to work.

The same fermentation that causes gas also produces compounds linked to gut health, and beans have been shown to lower LDL cholesterol. The good news is your gut adapts.

How to build your tolerance:
🫘 Start small with 1 to 2 tablespoons of rinsed tinned beans a day
🫘 After two weeks, add a little more at a time, up to 80g a day
🫘 Soak dried beans and rinse tinned ones to remove some of the gassy carbs
🫘 Eat beans most days so your gut bacteria stay adapted

28/09/2026

The cold is coming... SAVE this one 🥶 ➡️

Thank you Second Nature health coach Ashley Leong (ANutr) 💕 for this one 🩵 💧

27/09/2026

Ever notice that the more rules you have around food, the more you think about it?

This is known as the Ironic Processing theory: your brain monitoring a particular 'forbidden' thought to make sure you're not thinking about it ironically keeps the thought active.

Tell yourself you can't have biscuits after 7pm, and suddenly biscuits are all you can think about at 7:05. Every rule creates something to monitor, resist and negotiate with. Can I have this? Have I earned it? Should I skip lunch to make up for it?

That constant background chatter has a name: food noise. And rules turn the volume up.

The way to quieten it isn't another rule. It's balanced meals, enough to eat, and letting all foods back on the table. When nothing's off limits, food stops being the loudest thing in the room.

What's one food rule you'd love to let go of?

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