Lunch Hour?

Lunch Hour?

Food, introvert, Self-care, Work Life Balance

When I started working over 25 years ago, (eek) a lunch hour was not only an hour, but was respected by team members. No one interrupted you unless it was a real emergency. Fast forward to today and lunch hours are quite different. It is not often an hour....
Carbs And The Menopause

Carbs And The Menopause

Food, Hormones

Carbs And The Menopause You can become more sensitive to carbs in your menopausal years. Combined with a sensitivity to stress and it easily leads to an expending waistline which is hard to reduce. ‘Eat less, exercise more’ no longer works and often has the opposite...
Healthy Eating In Hotels

Healthy Eating In Hotels

Food, Holiday

Healthy Eating In Hotels I was away for five days on a Pilates course. Which meant staying in a hotel and eating out for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Fab you may think, but my everyday food choices at home were not available so it was time to research beforehand and...
What Makes A Healthy Meal?

What Makes A Healthy Meal?

Food

What makes a healthy meal is not what I want to talk about. However, what makes a healthy meal for you is! There is so much information available to us these days, but it does not seem to help us to be any healthier. Most menopausal women struggle with both their...
Eating Out And The Menopause-PizzaExpress

Eating Out And The Menopause-PizzaExpress

Food

Eating out can feel like a minefield in your menopausal years as we are usually watching our waistline as well as our weight. It may sound like it is the same thing but in your menopausal years it is different. We can become sensitive to stress and carbs through the...
Salt And The Menopause

Salt And The Menopause

Food

Salt And The Menopause Salt makes our food taste better, but too much of it is bad for our health. Monitoring our salt intake is one of the simplest things we can do to be healthy, especially during the menopause. We are aiming for a maximum of 6 grams per day. There...