As a parting thought this year, i wanted to encourage you to really focus on your health for 2023, and to do so in a sprout-sized manner. It really is possible to make dramatic improvements to your health by making small changes and sweating the sprout-sized habits consistently.
Read MoreOne of the issues in my opinion with New Year's Resolutions is not that we make them and then don't seem to stick with them, but that we don't put enough time aside to consider the context and the 'why' for the goal and then don't formulate a plan that is capable of being life-proof and sustainable.
Read MoreI find that motivation and inspiration, whilst wonderful can be fleeting and never seem to be around when you need them to be, i.e. to help you with the day to day grind of working through the sprout-sized actions and habits to achieve the goal.
Read MoreIn this short video, I provide an overview with a simple visual illustration of the four levers of weight management as I see them.
Read Morethe amount of confusing and contradictory information out there about what you SHOULD do to lose weight is overwhelming.
Read MoreI don't know about you but I regularly berate myself for all the things I should do. In fitness, health, work, family, and on. I'm good at 'should.' What about you? You see, I have long thought that should should be banned as a word.
Read MoreIn Episode 84 of the Restless Midlifer podcast my guest was Duncan O'Brien and I thought it really worth emphasising something he spoke about in relation to getting back into fitness. I think as we near the end of the year and a time when many of us will set out plans to achieve particular health goals, we can overlook the basics and the need to build a good foundation for our health and weight management.
Read MoreHave you had one of those days or weeks where you feel like it all comes on top and you just don't know where to start? Overwhelm - it is perfectly natural and can hit us at any time. Last week I travelled to York to deliver one of my sprout sessions. I had a train booked which was cancelled and thankfully i checked in enough time to dash into the car to drive down to York.
Read MoreI'm guessing you know the game Kerplunk? It's where you have a tower through the middle of which is a bunch of straws or sticks. On top of the sticks are marbles and the name of the game is to remove a stick turn by turn, with the aim of allowing as few marbles as possible to drop through to the bottom on your turn.
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Read MoreI have been thinking about focus this week. Namely, how focused are we in our goals and how focused do we need to be? I got to thinking that focus is dependent on certain factors that may be present in our life and therefore impact how and what we focus on. How we feel about the focus and the factors is also critical.
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Read MoreWhen embarking on a health campaign to lose weight or get fitter, we can often be seduced by the latest piece of fitness equipment. But what about the last one. You know the treadmill or (insert equipment name here) that is gathering dust or now acts as a place to hang clothes?
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