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Can You Avoid Boredom

1.02.2023
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Being bored is one of the many reasons people give up on their diet and exercise routines. Have you ever given up due to boredom?

Trying to motivate yourself to do something boring is definitely difficult – but, there are plenty of things in life that we find boring but do anyway. Yet, it seems more difficult to do something we find boring when it is entirely for ourselves.

I’m afraid that I don’t have any life-changing advice for you here which is going to magically make every workout and every meal rivetingly exciting.

But, there are a […]

Countering The Most Miserable Day Of The Year

11.01.2023
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Monday is apparently the most miserable day of the year – the third Monday in January has been marked out by science as the most rubbish day of the year, every year.

Whether you go with this particular date or not, we do seem to universally agree that January and February are the least fun months of the year. The days are short, the weather is cold and miserable and the long days and warm weather seem a long way away.

Which brings me onto the positive impacts of exercise for mental health.

Have you ever really thought about how much […]

New Year’s Resolutions – Are You Over Committing?

4.01.2023
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Happy New Year!

I hope you’ve all enjoyed a Christmas break.

Have you made any New Year’s resolutions?

Aren’t they FUN! We feel like we’ve already achieved something by writing them down!

Remember though that we’re making these grand plans for the year ahead off the back of two weeks of doing not a lot, having eaten in a different way to usual and having been in a different routine to usual.

This different perspective means it’s easy to forget that that ‘urgh I need to eat better’ feeling goes very quickly, as well […]

Let Good Enough be Good Enough

19.12.2022
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Do you feel like you’re either ‘being good’ or ‘eating badly’ with very little in between?

Please take this as your annual reminder that sometimes good enough is, well, good enough!

Many people feel a sense of dread when they think about the food and drink around at Christmas. Some even go as far as avoiding certain events so they don’t lose control over what they’re eating. I think this is a real shame, I’d really like to help you avoid that feeling this year.

I’d like you to remember that we eat for lots […]

How To Get Motivated

13.12.2022
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First up, have you joined the new Facebook group yet? If not, please do – this week I’ve written about Christmas and the benefits of cold!

Today, let’s look at discipline.

It is THE answer to staying consistent with your plan. It’s the thing which will make you stick to your routine even when you don’t want to. It means you’re not hanging on to your willpower hoping you feel the urge to do the things you need to do, and instead, you just do them because you have an internal motivation to do it.

For […]

The Minimum Effective Dose

7.12.2022
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First up, have you joined the new Facebook group yet? If not, please do – this week I’ve written about calorie counting and whether it is important, and how to deal with mid-afternoon tiredness.

Now, for today, let’s talk about the importance of the minimum effective dose.

Sometimes, when we use the phrase ‘minimum effective dose’ it sounds a bit like a bad thing, but actually, I think it might be the only correct answer, especially when it comes to nutrition and exercise.

Imagine you want to lose a few pounds. You know that at its most simple […]

How To Get Into Exercise After 40

28.11.2022
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The answer depends a large amount on whether you’re new to structured exercise, and I’m going to focus on those of you who have not been in a consistent exercise routine for any length of time here.

Those of you who have been in a consistent routine can have another read of my series from a few months ago. This is the one about exercise: How Stuff Changes As We Age

I think that being either completely or fairly new to exercise around 40 can actually make it easier to figure out how you are best to exercise […]

My New Favourite Statistic

14.11.2022
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I posted something in the new Facebook group last week which is my new favourite fact.

Apparently the average age we feel the happiest with our bodies is… 74!

I love this. So many people spend so much of their life feeling unhappy in their bodies and I think this statistic has the potential to free us from this feeling.

While the tide is definitely changing and images we are shown are more ‘real’ and less airbrushed, a huge majority of us still feel the pressure to look a certain way and to be able to maintain the same look […]

When Goals Are A BAD Thing

1.11.2022
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Hang on. Goals are good… They give us something to work towards – don’t they?

Well, yes.

But as with so many other things, the middle of the road is the place to be. You see, if you are wholly focussed on a goal, you are likely missing out on the other benefits of living a healthy lifestyle.

If you are only eating well and exercising for the sake of your one goal, you’re not making the same connections to the bigger picture.

Being completely and exclusively focussed on a single goal can lead to an on/off cycle […]

My Three Step Strategy For Beating Cravings

10.10.2022
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Cravings. They can be a mega beast can’t they – the de-railer of many a plan, and something that can lead to an on and off cycle with heading towards your goals.

It’s a topic of such interest and importance to so many of us that I would like to show you my clear, three step plan to help you overcome your cravings for good. I’ll be explaining it in a free video talk on 20th October at 10am.

This is not a quick fix type of plan. It might even be things you’ve […]

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