Post Holiday Resolutions 2014

Post Holiday Resolutions 2014

Holidays are often time for reflection and thinking of changes you would like to make to improve your general wellbeing. I’m no different! During my two weeks summer holiday in France I had the following list: 1. Learn to speak French before the next holiday 2. Learn...

Does Carrot Cake Count As One Of Your Five A Day?

Does Carrot Cake Count As One Of Your Five A Day?

Yes I’m teasing, we all know carrot cake comes under the treat section rather than healthy even if they do include a vegetable! It is often difficult to find healthy meals when you are eating out. I’m sure we have all picked something from the menu that we thought was...

Love Your Heart!

Love Your Heart!

Some of our goals can be challenging to complete, others are challenging in the manner of tracking them. Blood pressure falls into the later. It is one of our Goldilocks goals where we don’t want it to be too high and we don’t want it to be low either. It has to be...

Well Hello Broccoli

Well Hello Broccoli

Eating cruciferous vegetables is one of those small simple proactive changes I made that I really wasn’t sure if made much difference. I have studied food and the menopause and it always came up, so of course I adapted my diet to include it.

How To Declutter Your Brain

How To Declutter Your Brain

We all have such busy lives it’s hard to sometimes relax when your head is full of stuff that needs to be done.It is easy to be constantly connected to work and the internet it can be hard to unwind and relax.

She Protects Her Peace

She Protects Her Peace

Now and again, a quote jumps out at me and makes me stop and think. “She protects her peace” was a quote that did that last week. We often do not protect things that are important to our own wellbeing and we allow ourselves to be talked out of things if it doesn’t...

Chips Or Salad?

Chips Or Salad?

When travelling chips or salad are often the staple side options Most people think salad is being good and being bad is having chips. Is this always the case?

I’m Too Busy To Count Calories

I’m Too Busy To Count Calories

At some point you may have decided if you eat healthy natural foods rather than junk foods you should not put on weight! Perhaps because it can be time consuming to count calories but not all foods are created equal even healthy ones!

Fitbit Tracker Review Part 2

Fitbit Tracker Review Part 2

I have been using a health watch called Fitbit Charge for almost 10 months. I bought it as I was interested in tracking my daily steps and sleep monitoring. You can read my initial thoughts on it !here It syncs easily to my iPad using Bluetooth and a WiFi connection....

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Take care of yourself,

Samantha