Photo by Karyna Panchenko on Pexels.com Is it time for you to make the change to healthier and more filling wholegrains? Wholegrains can benefit your health by reducing the risk of heart disease by up to 30% Wholegrains are also linked to decrease risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer They are much more fillingContinueContinue reading “Time to go with the Grain?”
Category Archives: Excuses
Need or Greed…
As a child, I was always in such a hurry to finish my meals, not because I wanted more, but my friends were all out playing and waiting for me, and off we’d all go. I never left home starving and I didn’t come home starving, probably as we were all having fun and actuallyContinueContinue reading “Need or Greed…”
Focus Forward
With Easter fast approaching, for how may of us does Easter represent the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring? Feasting with the Easter Bunny? Easter Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Photo by David Orsborne on Pexels.com Are you ready to “Spring forward”? What does Spring indicate to you? NewContinueContinue reading “Focus Forward”
Organising your surroundings for success…
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com One of the best and easiest strategies to help us to avoid making unplanned and unwise food choices is to remove it from sight. Many of our members used this strategy over Christmas to wonderful success, either putting chocolates on a top shelf/wardrobe and nibbles away from them atContinueContinue reading “Organising your surroundings for success…”
Myths and Sayings…
I’m sure we have all have heard many different myths and sayings throughout our lives. Some of them are included below, and if you have any more, please add them to your comments. Nearly all of them can be applied to our healthy weight loss, lifestyle and journey, so how many can you relate toContinueContinue reading “Myths and Sayings…”
It’s not Fair…..
Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels.com One of the phrases that is frequently used in life is “It’s not fair” it appears all too often especially regarding a weight problem. Everyone else can eat what they like and not gain a ounce, somehow you only have to look at food and it’s half a stoneContinueContinue reading “It’s not Fair…..”
Rechauffe cooking….
It would be interesting to know how many of you clicked on this article as, like me, you had absolutely no idea what ‘rechauffe’ cooking actually means!! Are you thinking an amazing new technique of cooking that will revolutionise your meals?? Actually, it’s a technique that’s been around for time immemorial…. The art of re-heatingContinueContinue reading “Rechauffe cooking….”
How SAD are you?
This week we have the most depressing day of the year, it seemed apt to write this post! The 3rd Monday of the New Year has been awarded the gloomy title of “Blue Monday” because of a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights and the arrival of unpaid credit card bills. Until this particularContinueContinue reading “How SAD are you?”
Why do we fail?
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that countswinston churchill There are various reasons why so many people abandon a challenge that they have set themselves; It’s a much bigger challenge than expected It’s too restrictive and doesn’t allow for ‘ normal ‘ life The results aren’t comingContinueContinue reading “Why do we fail?”
As the clock strikes Midnight
As the clock strikes midnight, it can be a time for reflection or even a time to look forward to a new opportunity. When it comes to looking back over the year it can be easy to think of all the things that didn’t go to plan or even those that went horribly wrong withContinueContinue reading “As the clock strikes Midnight”
Success Lies in Mind 