Category: Activity
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January – Day 21/31

More of a borrowed post today after lots of talk around “Blue Monday” yesterday. These are truly the things that can actually make you feel better however difficult they may be – you grow when you step outside of your comfort zone. “Self-care is often a very unbeautiful thing. It is making a spreadsheet of…
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January – Day 20/31

After our reality check a few days ago, how is everyone doing? Are you feeling better? Feeling more energetic? Lost a few pounds? If not, what are you doing about it? If you are struggling and you need help to see where it’s not quite going right, drop me a message and I will do…
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January – Day 18/31

Yesterday we did a home workout, today I want to share a very basic gym workout – should you find that you fancy it! Warm up – 5 minutes on any full body cardio machine plus the following dynamic stretches: Hamstring swings Arm circles Arm across the chest Torso twists Shoulder shrugs Main Workout –…
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January – Day 17/31

Short post – quick body weight workout you can do anywhere. 5 Minute Warm Up – 30 seconds each: walk on the spot jog on the spot bum kicks high knees right leg swings left leg swings jog on spot whilst circling arms forward jog on spot whilst circling arms backwards jog on the spot…
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January – Day 16/31

Time for a reality check! How are you doing with the plan? Are you seeing changes? Are you making changes? Well, if you’re doing it properly, you should be and here’s the hardest fact – if you’re not then you have no one to blame but yourself. Brutal? Maybe. Necessary? Absolutely! The thing is, when…
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January – Day 15/31

Good morning, how are we all doing with the plan? If you’re following the rules that you should be starting to notice a difference! Today I want to touch on eating out. I know, I know, it’s the middle of the longest pay month of the year and it’s not really something you’re thinking about…
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January – Day 14/31

The difference between nutrient dense and nutrient “empty” foods. I’m pretty sure you will have heard somewhere down the line someone say something along the lines of “You’re just eating empty calories” but do you know what they actually meant by it? Did they know what they meant? All foods contain marco-nutrients which we spoke…
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January – Day 13/31

Just a quick one today – Monitoring weight loss. If you can, try to weigh yourself every day, at the same time, in the buff, before you have eaten or drank anything and after your morning wee. Log your weight each day. IT WILL GO UP AND DOWN! At the end of the week add…
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January – Day 12/31
It’s the weekend!!! What are you doing? Serious question, how do you spend your weekends? Do you have a million things to do? Do you work? Do you take time out for yourself? As well as getting fit and healthy and looking at weight loss, I think it’s important to look at ourselves as a…
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January – Day 11/31

We’ve talked about food, daily activity, structured exercise and water. But what other things are important in looking after your health and well-being? A huge one for me is SLEEP! Humans are the only species that will actively fight the desire to sleep. We stay up to binge watch TV series, waste hours on social…
