This week this news article caught my eye. It’s about successive governments’ problems with their lack of policy implementation. Politicians love to churn out anti-obesity policies and campaigns – but does anything actually change? Government advice on following a low-fat diet has resulted in obesity and Type 2 diabetes rates doubling in just 20 years. […]
First up, here’s a few of my thoughts on yesterday’s events. Sorry it wasn’t in the news (which is what my newsletter is about usually) but it was me, and I want you to know more about me. I’m a real person and it was my birthday yesterday, and a big one at that! I
There is no shame celebrating your birthday ….I know this now Read More »
Don’t eat this if you are serious about getting healthier! I don’t usually give nutrition advice in my newsletter, but this year I have been reading and hearing the old saying, ‘everything in moderation’. I morally need to tell you that vegetable oils * – especially when heated at high temperatures or in processed foods
Don’t start creating lofty goals for your New Year resolutions unless you are willing to fail. Feeling like you’ve gone and ‘oops I did it again’ feels like a punch in the stomach. You don’t want it and you’ll do anything you can to avoid it. I get it. I totally understand. I have done
Hey healthy – do you want to make a start on your health and life goals? Read More »
Don’t start creating lofty goals for your New Year resolutions unless you are willing to fail. Most people give up their new year resolutions after a couple of weeks because they fail. After a year of being stuck at home, stopping our routines, even losing ‘incidental’ exercise and activity – things have gone downhill for
This is what I recommend you definitely don’t do this New Year Read More »
First I recommend you stop blaming yourself. It’s not your fault the shops were all closed just before Christmas. I had plans to go to my local gift shop and buy some unique and beautiful non-high street presents and give retailers (apart from Amazon) a chance this year. So, here’s a quick thought. How about
Are you frustrated with your lack of planning or is it the government’s change of rules? Read More »
but I recommend you start forecasting your future. It’s been a totally un-real year, and I understand that we will not be back to normal until at least Autumn next year. (Vaccinations and public health-wise). So my question is what are you going to be doing differently next year that you couldn’t or didn’t do
Most of us are gearing up for Christmas Read More »
If you ever read the tabloids you will know that celebrities sell newspapers. I’m not a fan of them but it is a guilty pleasure, for research! This week’s coverage has been on the ‘I’m a celebrity – get me out of here” in Wales. Contestants have lost weight due to their strange and highly
I’m not a fan of reality shows but… Read More »
Hillbilly Elegy on Netflix tells the story of how Yale lawyer JD Vance overcame his mother’s opioid addiction and upbringing of poverty and hardship to become successful. His Grandma, ‘Mamaw’ told her grandson, “You’ve gotta decide you wanna be somebody or note” You’ve got to decide if you ‘wanna’ be slim and healthy or not.
Don’t be a victim. Read More »
Professor Dame Sally Davies, the country’s former chief medical officer doesn’t seem to mind the possibility of offending anyone because her higher good is the health of the nation and protecting/saving the NHS. She blames squarely the country’s high Covid 19 death toll on the obesity crisis and ‘a structural environment’ that enables junk food
Should the government do more to encourage weight loss? Read More »
That’s the overwhelming majority view of people who look back after their transformations, if they haven’t given up, lost heart or never achieved what they’ve set out to do in the first place. The trouble is getting started in the first place can be so difficult. What is the trigger that needs to be set
Is how you look a bonus to how you feel when you change your lifestyle? Read More »
There is more uncertainty in the mix (on top of the latest lockdown) because what happens in the world’s largest economy impacts us. I get it. It’s impossible not to be affected by our environment. Events unfold and we sometimes feel our minds are on overload. The thoughts can go round in a loop where
Election result in USA disputed – how does this impact our health – and our waistlines? Read More »
