Why Diets Fail
Maintaining a healthy weight is about making healthy food choices with an abundance mind set of there is so much food available I’m not missing out. To maintain a healthy weight I can’t eat all of it so I make educated choices whilst still enjoying food
This Habit Will Help You Lose Weight
You’re a busy lady, me too, it’s easy to keep a tally in our heads of what and how we have been eating. However, if the pounds are sneaking on and not coming off taking the time to keep a food diary is one of the simplest and cheapest methods to lose weight. Tips on...
My Secrets To Healthy Eating
We all aspire to be healthy eaters but life often gets in the way and we may not always make the best choices. Eating from home is an important aspect of that for me. Healthy eating starts with what you are buying! How to creating a healthy shopping list Deciding what...
Daily Wellbeing Check List – Free Poster
For those busy days when you need a little reminding to look after yourself! Print off this free poster and pop it somewhere you can see it to help you to remember. To download your own printable PDF poster, click here and save to your PC. P.S. it looks prettier if...
SMILE: 5 Easy Steps To Help Balance Your Hormones
Making some simple changes to how you live your life can have a huge benefit and positive impact on your wellbeing and PMS symptoms. We are hugely influential on our wellbeing. The key is finding solutions that easily fit into our lifestyle. Anything that you shoehorn...
Menopause? No sweat!
We have all heard horror stories of hot flushes and weight gain but is the menopause always destined to be like that? It turns out there is quite a lot you have control over to minimise symptoms. Being proactive about health care and wellbeing is high up my list of...
Basal Metabolic Rate: Harris Benedict
The Harris Benedict method calculates how many calories you need – Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) using your age as well as weight and height.
The Menopause Diaries: Food resources
The below external links are background information to my book The Menopause Diaries. PDF: Food Standards Agency - Balance of Good Health Web link: Fruit and veggies colour list PDF link: 5 a day portion guide Web link: Glycemic Index Blog link: Carbs, Fiber and Fat...
The Menopause Diaries: Exercise resources
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Web link: Recommendations for exercise Web link: Exercise Recommendations for Menopause-Aged Women Web link: Exercise, Menopause and Osteoporosis PDF: Dehydration and Estrogen PDF: Perceived Exertion(RPE) PDF: Strength...
Hello, this blog is to help you to ‘work out how to workout’ in your fifties.
If I can help you please get in touch and we can chat about how you improve your fitness post-menopause.
You can read my blog here, sign up for my newsletter here and take a Post menopause Fitness quiz here. All designed to help you fall in love with exercise again after the menopause
Take care of yourself,
Samantha