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Ditch the Wagon, Ride a Bike (and Other Dodgy Motivation Metaphors)
Healthy livin'. It's something I'm meant to be all about. And I am, most of the time - or rather, I was, until, say, early December - back when I had my knee operated on for the 4th (and hopefully final) time; when I had a birthday that involved a lot of cake; when I was job-hunting and interview[...] -
The Meal Plan is Here!
I know, I know - I've kept you guys waiting on this one. But finally - I've finished the meal plan. Finally. It's been a labour of love, but one that I hope you guys will find really helpful in getting healthy and happy - so I really hope you like it! It's designed to be used alongside the exerci[...] -
The Programme: Your Questions Answered
I've been amazed by the fabulous response to the exercise programme we published on Thursday this week - you guys are awesome. I've been rather inundated with questions since, so apologies if I haven't been able to email back right away! The questions that have popped up most often, I've answered[...] -
Get With the Programme!
We've finally made it! I can't even begin to tell you how hard we've been working to get this programme finished for you guys, following the amazing, astounding and oh-my-god-I-may-be-welling-up-a-little-bit response to last week's guest post by Matt, the trainer who designed this programme. This[...] -
Q&A: Diet or Exercise?
Q: If you had to choose one thing to start with, would it be exercise or food? With everything going on, both is overwhelming at the moment. Personally, if I had to choose one thing to tackle first, it'd be food. But - and this is a big but (and I cannot lie) - I'm not saying that you should go o[...] -
Where Do I Start? Part 3 - Nutrition
I've asked Matt to help me with this post, because he's a nutritionist (who actually won the Contribution to Physical Activity award at the Worcester Sports Awards the other night for this very programme - woo!), so this is kind of his specialist subject. I can't over-estimate how much of a fountain[...] -
Where Do I Start? Part 2 - Getting Ready to Change
I'm always interested by psychological type things - especially when I can apply them to myself, because let's face it. I've started a blog about me. Safe to say I'm a wee bit self-absorbed. Anyway, that meant that when Matt told me about something called the transtheoretical model of behaviour [...] -
Where Do I Start, Part 1 - What's a Lifestyle Change?
I've been asked this a lot since I started this blog - and yet, weirdly enough, it's one of the posts I've struggled most to write. That's for a few reasons. Firstly, when I set out to lose weight initially, I didn't think like I do now. When you first start, you're all motivation - you know you wan[...]
