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How To Keep Going

Your mental attitude is completely under your influence and control. You simply can’t blame anyone else – whatever your situation. Even in tough times when life throws something at us and forces us to make changes, the one thing that … Read More

Eat for Immunity

Eating the rainbow is a really important step to take when wanting to get healthy. An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits the oxidation of other molecules. Adding antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables to your diet each day will strengthen your … Read More

Time To Say Goodbye

I love a good movie: they are such a rich source of metaphors. Sometimes when I’m teaching or coaching I hear myself reach inside my head and pull out just the right metaphor by way of a movie example. When … Read More

Do You Want What You Think You Want?

This blog runs along the same theme as last week’s, it’s about being very honest with yourself about why you want to lose weight and why you have not achieved that goal up to now. In the past when I … Read More

Why are you struggling?

How many people do you know who started a diet in January and have already given up as there’s too much deprivation or starvation! Are you one of these people? Let me assure you, it really doesn’t have to be … Read More

The Most Important Blog You Will Read…

This blog is potentially one of the most important that you may ever read. I say that not to overstate my writing skills; I am not that vain or that deluded! but because I am going to teach you some … Read More

How to Respond to Your Inner Voice

I can remember as a child when I first became aware of the voice inside my head. I had never been told about it and for a while I was genuinely frightened, I thought I was going mad. I thought … Read More

What’s More Important Than Diet & Exercise?

The two most common elements of pretty much all the weight loss programmes available to us are: 1. Diet2. Exercise. This has been the strategy for many years, and so it’s nothing new to us, such a simple formula BUT … Read More

Why Habits Make or Break Weight Loss

I’ve said it time and time again, it’s not willpower that will get you healthier and slimmer, it’s the little habits repeated again and again that make ALL the difference. All of us need repetition and reinforcement to get our … Read More

Why You Should Avoid Extreme January Dieting!

Let’s face it, right now, many people are feeling the negative effects of weeks of excessive consumption of food and booze and contemplating a strict January diet! During the month of January extreme dieting and detoxes are abound, usually fuelled … Read More