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Diet & Exercise At Christmas

11.12.2024
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Discussing how to approach your diet and exercise routine over Christmas is a conversation I’m having a lot with clients at the minute.

It feels like quite a big topic, perhaps because I don’t think there’s really a right answer to how you “should” approach things.

How do you feel about your diet and exercise routine over the next few weeks?

Are you looking forward to a break? Perhaps you’re resigned to a break?

Perhaps you’re worried that the inevitability of all the tasty, extra calories and the ease with which you could avoid exercise […]

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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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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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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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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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 […]

Losing Weight From A Particular Area

29.07.2024
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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 […]

Do You Get Up In The Night To Eat?

21.06.2024
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Do you get up during the night to eat?

Apparently, for those who do, the average overnight caloric intake is 700 calories.

That’s a lot of calories, especially if you’re looking to lose weight. You could easily be eating back your calorie deficit overnight, or even pushing the balance into weight gain.

But, if you do get up in the night to eat, I suspect you might already know that!

So, the question becomes: why do you get up in the night to eat?

Well, while the answer to this will vary person to person, I have some […]

Have You Tried Everything to Improve Your Chronic Pain?

16.05.2024
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If you’re struggling with a long term injury or pain, you’ve likely tried a whole load of ‘stuff’ ranging from rest to therapists, as well as other things like diet changes, supplements – or good-old blaming your age!

But, have you ever tried being less specific and just working on improving mobility in your body as a whole?

This pretty simple thing can work absolute magic.

Of course, a decent hands on therapist can be awesome and super helpful – but if you’ve been seeing someone (or a variety of people) and doing all the corrective exercises for […]

Do You Ever Keep A Food Diary?

17.04.2024
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Do you ever keep a food diary?

I think there are plenty of reasons to consider keeping one, even if just for a week.

Food diaries are generally used to keep track of what you’re eating. Either for fact finding, or to help maintain discipline when you’re trying to reach a certain goal. And this is useful – but, I think they have uses beyond this.

Whatever your goal, most of the route involves adjusting your habits and making sure the way you eat most of the time is in line with the goal you’re trying to achieve […]

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