Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Spend a few minutes considering what are your favourite family friendly meals… How did you discover them, are they passed down from your relatives, or are they from a tried and trusted cookbook? Have you tweaked the recipes slightly to suit everyone’s taste? I know I do all the time!ContinueContinue reading “Ripple Effect…”
Category Archives: Success
Why do diets fail?
Most of the media is aimed at trying to stop people thinking diet, and it certainly raises the issue of why? Could it be that we have had so many years of ‘dieting’ and not succeeding long term that we have become disengaged and disenchanted? Photo by freestocks.org on Pexels.com Could it be the negativeContinueContinue reading “Why do diets fail?”
Why?
We all want to lose weight, maintain weight or get healthier and it’s often a top priority as a New Year begins. But there tends to be a defining moment that makes you decide to act, and those reasons are personal to each and every one of us. At the beginning you have a strongContinueContinue reading “Why?”
Are you getting enough?
Photo by Acharaporn Kamornboonyarush on Pexels.com When it comes to losing weight and getting healthier, sleep plays an important role: Research tells us that when people get seven to nine hours of quality sleep, it’s easier to eat well, move regularly, and be in a better frame of mind The amount of sleep we getContinueContinue reading “Are you getting enough?”
What is SUCCESS…..
Success means different things to us all, for many it’s a direct association with what the scales say, so if its a weight loss – that’s a successful week, but often in the past when we have followed a strict ‘diet’ our expectation of what we should lose often falls short of what we actuallyContinueContinue reading “What is SUCCESS…..”
Will 2022 be the year for the New You??
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com Many of us have been on a personal weight loss battle for as long as we can remember, at school many of us hated P.E simply because of the showers and shorts!! We have tried virtually every diet, homemade and faddy and have been successful in varying degrees depending onContinueContinue reading “Will 2022 be the year for the New You??”
Christmas leftovers
Happy New Year to you all!!!! Are you glad it’s over and are you pleased to be focusing forward and are you looking forward to continuing/restarting your weight loss journey? Maybe deciding this year to join our meetings! Let’s all make this the start of a wonderful, in control, healthy, happy and lighter 2022!! DidContinueContinue reading “Christmas leftovers”
Resolutions…….
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com For many of us the 1st of January will see the start of of our New Years resolutions- all those things we want to achieve…and for how many will it be the same as all the other years, to lose weight, become healthier, be more active and so on.ContinueContinue reading “Resolutions…….”
Twas the night after Christmas and all through the house…..
Twas the night after Christmas and all through the house,Nothing was stirring not even a mouse,Till down in the kitchen a small light came onAs the fridge door was opened – whose willpower had gone? Trifle and cream, cheeses and cake –All kinds of goodies for Santa Claus sake,But a moment of pleasure on secretive lipsMeansContinueContinue reading “Twas the night after Christmas and all through the house…..”
A day off for Christmas……..
A day off on Christmas day (But being a bit careful all the same) This is an honest account of a real person’s food diary on Christmas Day, many of you will chuckle as some of the entries may resonate with you 6.00 a.m. Kids woke us up so we had 2 mince pies andContinueContinue reading “A day off for Christmas……..”