This has come up a few times recently with clients and its something that needs to be addressed.
In this day of glorified restriction and orthorexia disguised as “clean eating” I feel the need to make one thing perfectly clear…
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Bit of a feel good post here, at least that’s what I’m attempting.
Theres a lot of bad shit going on in the world at the moment, this week everyone is tired, everyone looks drained, we’re all stressed.
The weekend approaches and the protests continue, we aim for a lie in but things get in the way.
Or we take the lie in and then feel lazy?
What to do?
This post is addressing something that I believe to be really important. Something that is encouraged that might be ruining your fitness and your health.
In a world where everyone is posting about their daily workouts or checking in at the gym I think it’s important for me to tell you the truth… Read more
Three years ago today I went to visit my boyfriend in hospital after his double transplant.
It’s by far the biggest thing we’ve both faced in our relationship. And it’s the biggest challenge I faced that wasn’t my own.
Yet we learn the best lessons during times of stress…
This is a question I’ve been asked many times and if you’ve ever asked me for “a workout” you’ll know that I’ve said no. Here’s why…
How much time have you spent looking in the mirror being unhappy with what you see?
How normal is to to watch our friends, Sisters, Mothers and Grandmothers look in the mirror and judge themselves? Berate themselves? Depress themselves?
There are entire industries dependant on women looking into mirrors and feeling unhappy. And quite frankly, I’ve had enough.
Let’s learn how to love your body.
This post is inspired by my friend who was on the receiving end of bad gym etiquette so consider this an open letter to all who use a gym.
To set the scene, at an unnamed gym in Glasgow a girl goes to use a machine, only to be screamed at by a guy who is on his phone but feels that he can “bagsy” the machine while not actually using it thus acting like a petulant five year old at a soft play.
This is unquestionably unacceptable.
But what do you do in this situation? Ideally we would avoid this situation and here’s how…
I want to be healthy.
I want to improve my health.
I want to lose weight, the healthy way.
I hear these phrases on a weekly basis, and I can’t help but wonder how many people use health then they mean ‘thin’.
If you’re below the age of 25 you might not remember this advert
It was for Metz, an alcopop of the 00’s Read more
Facebook helpfully told me last night that it was been a week since my last blog post.
A week?!
What’s going on.
Well…