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Having a bad day? This might help.

How to be a bad ass – techniques for when things suck.

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Exercise is extremely important when it comes to living a healthy lifestyle. But a lot of newbies get it wrong. Including myself!

Heres 5 easy steps on how to exercise and enjoy it.

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We’ve all seen the #MotivationalMonday Instagram posts, with those one liners encouraging us to abandon the safety of our lives and join the elite but while it might sound impressive and motivational we shouldn’t leave our comfort zone.

Comfort zone

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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…

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I wish I had your willpower.

I hear this quite often and it surprises me because when I look at my attitude to food I don’t consider myself to be using my willpower.

But in the past this was a real sticking point for me. Read more

Compliements, we all love them.

I used to love hearing that statement, and on the face of it it seems really positive and upbeat.

I’ve lost weight and someone else has noticed!!!

But on the flip side… Is it helpful?

Or is it harmful?

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Eat treats in moderation
Eat carbs in moderation
Drink alcohol in moderation

What does this even mean?

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I was asked the other day by a client if we need to restrict food to see weight loss. Did the diet have to be 100% spot on in order for weight loss to occur?

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Anyone who has ever had the short sightedness to say that ‘fat people’ are a drain on the NHS purely because of their body size need to do some more research, thankfully, I have the blog post for you.  Read more

Cheat days!
Cheat meals!
Forbidden foods that you are allowed to eat once a week.

This is a thing now.

But why?

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