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What’s YOUR Definition of Fit & Healthy?

14.11.2024

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How do YOU interpret “fit and healthy”?

Is it a particular look? A feeling? Something more specific?

For most of us, while losing a few pounds might be rather welcome, the bigger picture of what we want to achieve is more practical.

Think for a minute about the videos you see on social media from personal trainers and the like. Have you noticed how they’re almost always super-toned, mega-fit, live-and-breathe exercise people demonstrating exercises which would hospitalise most of us mere mortals?

Perhaps I’m being a bit flippant, but really – I think we are […]

The Most Impactful Things You Can Do For Your Health

7.11.2024

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Fitness, Health, Mindset

I’m a fan of keeping things as simple as possible. And, most of the time for most people, getting the basics right will get you most of the way to your goals.

And yet, we’re always drawn to believing that we need to do something “more”.

Whether it’s trying a particularly strict diet, following an intense workout routine, taking particular supplements or collecting data about ourselves with gadgets and apps, we always feel that more is better. And we often end up bamboozled with too much to do, or too much information, which leads to an on […]

What Do You Need For Your Body To Change?

31.10.2024

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Health, Mindset, Weight Loss

We all want quick results from our weight loss plan. We, quite reasonably, want to see confirmation that the effort we’re putting in is worth it.

But this can draw us to unnecessarily extreme diets, which might work in the short term if you can battle your way through, but in the longer term simply make the weight loss harder to come by.

So with this in mind, these are my top tips for getting your body to change without doing anything extreme.

In fact, despite the fact that they’re not going to be anything you haven’t […]

Losing Weight When Life Is Busy

10.10.2024

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Mindset, Weight Loss

It’s really easy to fall off the wagon when life is busy, but I have some tips for you to help you keep heading towards your weight loss goals when time is short.

Don’t seek perfection
This applies to both diet and exercise. Keep turning up and doing the best you can today.

Plan in advance
Note down a few breakfasts, lunches and snacks which you can keep the ingredients for at home. Don’t over complicate your choices – just remember how important both protein and fibre are, and how many excess calories you can save by simply […]

Gaining a Long Term Relationship with Exercise

1.10.2024

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Fitness, Mindset, Weight Loss

I think that the way we approach exercise has a bearing on how likely we are to create a long term relationship with it.

Let’s think about how most people approach exercise.

It’s with a dislike of a particular body part, a desire to punish themselves for whatever sins against body-perfection they feel they have committed. Often the exercise routine is either “full speed ahead” or “totally off” – there’s usually no middle ground with this approach.

It’s quite a stressful situation from all angles.

It’s not really using exercise as a partner to improve […]

Food & Exercise While Using Semaglutide

18.09.2024

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Health, Weight Loss

I’ll make this the final part about semaglutide for now, but please do ask me any other questions you have and I’ll do my best to answer you. I’d be happy to cover more about semaglutide in future emails in a few weeks.

Ok. So, if you’ve decided to give semaglutide a try, then there are things you’re going to want to bear in mind.

Overall, your aim should be to create habits and routines which will last you for the long term. Try to think of the semaglutide as a way to make it […]

Who Is Most Likely To Benefit from Semaglutide?

10.09.2024

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Health, Weight Loss

A lot of you enjoyed the article I wrote a few weeks about semaglutide. I received a lot of questions, so I wanted to write a more thorough piece about it.

The most common question I received was some variation of “should I try it?”.

Obviously, I can’t tell you the answer to that, but I can give you my opinion on who it might be most effective for. Of course, there are lots of considerations and your suitability for semaglutide does not only come down to these things – but I think it’s a good place to begin […]

Losing Weight From A Particular Area

29.07.2024

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Mindset, Weight Loss

So many of us have a particular area in mind when we talk about wanting to lose weight. For some, it’s the thighs, for others, it’s the stomach – and so on.

Is there a magic trick for getting these particular areas to lean out more quickly?

Unfortunately, when we lose body fat, we can’t really choose where the fat comes from – and so you’ve got to lose body fat throughout your whole body.

The other unfortunate truth is that the place you store the most fat is also likely the place the fat seems to go […]

Are You Considering Using Ozempic?

22.07.2024

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Health, Weight Loss

It’s interesting to see that ozempic / semaglutide is gaining so much traction all of a sudden – and (this is likely not what you’re expecting me to say) I think perhaps it might be one of the safer weight loss aids.

In fact, I think peptides in general could become big news over the coming years. There’s talk about various peptides helping digestive issues, joint issues, reducing pain, slowing ageing – and many other things too. But for now, in the UK, they’re fringe at best, and considered as for research purposes only!

Back to semaglutide.

I really […]

Do You Enjoy HIIT Workouts?

10.07.2024

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Fitness, Health, Weight Loss

If it’s the kind of exercise you enjoy, then a bit of HIIT can certainly form a part of your overall exercise plan.

But.

If you’re doing HIIT several times a week and it’s the main part – or the entirety – of your workout plan, then it might be worth considering making a change.

I would argue that repeatedly doing HIIT sessions is likely not optimal for your body, especially over the longer term.

Often, doing HIIT regularly leads to injuries. This might be caused by simply doing too many repetitive, explosive movements too often; or perhaps a […]