Your Calorie and Nutritional Guide to Fruit

On our blog Is Your 5 a Day Affecting Your Results On The Scales?? We discussed the calorie values of fruit, and how easy it can be to consider fruit to be both ‘free and zero’, when actually it isn’t. As stated it is important for a healthy body to eat 5 portions of fruit andContinueContinue reading “Your Calorie and Nutritional Guide to Fruit”

Does size really matter?

So does size matter? Or is it what you do with it that really counts? (time to get your head out of the gutter!) Some of us have big appetites and some of us don’t, but when it comes to how big your portion needs to be it all really depends on what will satisfyContinueContinue reading “Does size really matter?”

The Countdown!!!!

Well, here we are again, the countdown begins towards Christmas and the final days of 2023!! Has this year delivered all your hopes and dream? Have you made significant changes to your behaviours, habits and choices?? Regardless of how this year ends, another opportunity is fast on it’s heels, a chance to realise all yourContinueContinue reading “The Countdown!!!!”

Is Your 5 a Day Affecting Your Results On The Scales??

Photo by Trang Doan on Pexels.com Our meetings have been looking at the quantity of fruit we consume daily, particularly if you have been to a weight – loss group, is often considered to be either ‘free or zero’ and obviously the understanding is that we need to get our 5 a day in forContinueContinue reading “Is Your 5 a Day Affecting Your Results On The Scales??”

Dig Deep!!

Photo by ArtHouse Studio on Pexels.com All too often when life is not going the way we want, we’re maybe feeling under the weather, a bit flat, can’t put our finger on it, just not right. It’s all to easy to revert back to behaviours, habits and foods that we have moved away from, andContinueContinue reading “Dig Deep!!”

Good food, Good friends, Good times

‘Good Food’ What does Good Food mean to you? What does good food look like? Is it foods we tend to think of as forbidden, like chocolate, take away’s, ready meals? If that’s your idea of good food how did you feel when you ate like that? How do you feel when you have eatenContinueContinue reading “Good food, Good friends, Good times”

Best of British!!

Photo by vectors icon on Pexels.com The ‘Best of British’ is a well known saying, in actual fact we possibly have more sayings than any other country! Everyone has heard of most of the typical British Sayings, so today we are going to take a look at them and see if they are relevant toContinueContinue reading “Best of British!!”

Well Done Me!!!

It can be really easy to focus on the negatives in our lives, and lose sight of the positives. Sometimes we need a little help to re-focus and to think about all the things we have achieved and should feel proud of, all too often by being disparaging of the major wins we’ve had soContinueContinue reading “Well Done Me!!!”

All The Fun Of The Fair….

Photo by Zachary DeBottis on Pexels.com Photo by picjumbo.com on Pexels.com Photo by Matheus Cenali on Pexels.com Photo by Catarina Cunha on Pexels.com This time of year see’s the arrival of our famous local ‘Street Fairs’ Ashby has it’s ‘Statutes’ Nottingham the world famous ‘Goose Fair and ‘Loughborough it’s ‘Fair’ which is the last fairContinueContinue reading “All The Fun Of The Fair….”

My Secret Love…

Photo by Monstera on Pexels.com I’m going to confess to all of my secret lovers!! Photo by Tayeb MEZAHDIA on Pexels.com This got me thinking of matters of the heart… I feel this terrible guilt and I feel tonight is the night to confess to my secret lovers.  But please don’t tell my husband! MyContinueContinue reading “My Secret Love…”