Something shifted over the last few years. Menopause went from a thing nobody talked about to a thing everybody’s selling. And some of that is genuinely good. Women deserve this conversation out loud. For decades it got shoved in a drawer and ignored, and that helped no one. But there’s a flip side. Where there’s […]
The “perfect” body has changed every single decade. Yours was never the problem I was having a clear out recently and came across a box of old magazines Some of them must have been twenty odd years old. Maybe more And flicking through them was genuinely startling. Not because of the fashion (although, wow) but […]
NEAT = Non exercise activity thermogenesis This sounds fancy and complex, but what it really means is ‘move more’. NEAT refers to the calories burned by movement that is not specifically exercise. You might be surprised by how much this can add up! A 65kg person burns about 102 calories an hour when sitting at […]
Nobody wants to hear that the basics are the answer I had a conversation this week that I have had about four hundred times A lovely lady asked me what she should be doing differently She had already tried the 5:2 She had tried cutting out carbs She had tried the shakes, the app, the […]
Healthy choices look different to everyone This week we have been chatting to our members about how healthy choices might feel and look different to every individual person and their circumstances. To someone who struggles to hit their fibre goals, snacking on fruit and veg would be a healthy choice. For someone who struggles to […]
One of the biggest reasons that we ‘fall of the diet wagon’ is the perpetuated idea that you are not allowed to eat bad food That you automatically go on santa’s naughty list when you eat a cookie or a doughnut That eating out is bad for you, and that you absolutely must not ever have dessert […]
I will avoid turning this into a gushing love story for my puppy Although, I do adore the little ball of fluff Before I had a dog, I was afraid of them I had been bitten by them and chased by them in the past but it was more than that I didn’t know how […]
For a couple of decades, I would say food controlled me. I didn’t think about it all the time, but I had a pretty messed up relationship with food and I definitely use it as a crutch to ignore my emotions. After a period of particularly stressful emotional eating and mismanagement of my health […]
…………without gaining a tonne of weight When you are going on holiday, the excitement and joy can be overtaken by the dread of gaining weight from the dramatic change in lifestyle choices We just got back from an all inclusive break and i wanted to share my ideas with you to help you […]
A week is kind of a long time if you’re counting the minutes down for something that you’re looking forward to, but when we are talking about fat loss and results from lifestyle changes, a week really isn’t so long I often chat with clients who are frustrated that a week of altered habits isn’t […]
