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Your Calorie and Nutritional guide to Shellfish and Seafood

As we all know, fish and seafood is an important part of a healthy, balanced diet and are low in fat and provide Selenium, Zinc, Iodine and Copper But we possibly don’t know the nutritional values and calories, so here it is, everything you need to know about shellfish and seafood. Mussels,Oysters, Squid and Crabโ€ฆ

Packing up????

For many of us since the pandemic holiday plans may changed slightly since having re-discovered the English Riviera!! That doesn’t necessarily mean foreign holidays are off limits, just that additional ones in Britain are a nice break away in between, especially with the surge in Airbnb! So is holidaying in Britain very different? Many wouldโ€ฆ

It’s Here ….

Summer is officially here! Many of us wait all year for this magical season looking forward to all the joys that summer brings, the opportunity to wear less layers, brighter colours, relaxing in the sunshine (all the hard work in the garden complete!) Longer, warmer days and nights. In fact, to borrow a famous quote…โ€ฆ

June tips for Success….

Who doesn’t love a beautiful, fragrant rose in bloom and it is the flower for June. There are so many varieties, rambling, tea rose, climbers, bush ooh so many to choose from!! Traditionally, June is the hottest month of the summer – Blazing June – ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ˜ŽIt’s also the halfway point of the year, soโ€ฆ

An Apple a Day!!!

An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Is a popular saying derived from an old Welsh proverb from the 1800’s “Eat an apple on going to bed, and you’ll stop the doctor from earning his bread” and, whilst an apple can’t replace your prescribed medication, modern science agrees! We all probably know the benefitsโ€ฆ

Size Matters….

So how big is yours? How do you typically decide how much of a certain food is right for you? Many factors impact the portion sizes we choose, including how much we normally eat, how hungry we feel, how much we enjoy that particular food,and how much food is available. Research shows that our environmentโ€ฆ

Excuses

As humans, we can be absolutely brilliant at creating a wide range of excuses but ultimately they limit our capabilities. From avoiding the gym to studying for an exam or sticking to a healthy eating plan, too often we look for excuses about why we can’t, even though we want the results in the momentโ€ฆ

May tips for Success…

What springs to mind when you turn the calendar over to May? Is it warmer days? May bank holiday? Beautiful bluebells in the woods? Longer nights? Time in the garden? School holidays? Spring bank holiday? There are so many thoughts that May evokes!! It could also be an opportunity to reflect on the first 4โ€ฆ

A-Z Hobbies

The devil makes work for idle hands so keeping your hands and thoughts occupied can make your weight loss journey easier, mostly the reason we overeat is because we are bored โ€“ nothing to do with being hungry. This is mindless eating, so if we can use a hobby to keep our minds and handsโ€ฆ

Create Your Roadmap to Success

“RoadMap” seems to be a bit of a buzz word at the moment! For those of us who are showing our age๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ We thought a road map was one of those big map books we got from the AA/RAC that we stashed away in the car in the years before we had sat navs orโ€ฆ

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