Making Health Easy, Fun – and Just a Little Bit Surprising
I’m currently working on a series of blog posts which see me exercising every day for a month in an attempt to get my fitness back up. Each day I’ll try a new workout or a different tip I’ve read and today is something I found in a study from…
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The Huffington Post website recently teamed up with a heap of nutrition researchers and listed what they believe are the 50 healthiest foods. Number 46 was Chia Seeds. This made me happy ass I’ve been eating rather a lot of them lately in the form of some chia seed bars….
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Once upon a time, I was fit – and I mean mega fit. I once ran 63km in a weekend – that’s a half marathon followed by a full marathon (see why in this post here) but since I moved back to the UK things like the weather, not having…
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(ad-gifted) Did you know you should never wear your contact lenses in a swimming pool? Many of you might be shocked right now – ‘what do you mean you can’t swim in contact lenses?’ you’re saying. ‘And why? Well, there’s two main reasons why it’s a really bad idea. For…
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This week I discovered I have an exercise nemesis – and its name is the Plank. Those of you with naturally flat stomachs may not have experienced this muscle-led instrument of torture, but basically, it involves balancing horizontally on the floor held up on your elbows and toes while pulling…
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I’m very excited today. It seems I have been nominated for an award. The Guild of Health Writers award for Best Consumer Weekly Feature to be precise – for a piece I wrote for the British magazine Stylist. Considering the last thing I won was…..ummmmm, nothing ever….I’m not holding…
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Admin note: I first wrote this post in 2012 so as I go through updating the blog in 2020 it’s now horribly out of date, but I’m keeping it on here as a moment in history – a review of the first generation Fitbit when it was new and exciting!…
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Sorry if my typing is a looking a bit disjointed here – I’ve been doing a one-song workout and I’m a bit out of puff. See there I was sitting here trying to decide what to blog about today when the miracle of happiness that is iTunes shuffle decided to…
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A long time ago in a land far, far away (let’s call it New Zealand) I was quite a serious runner. Not a fast runner, but a persistent one. In the years I lived there I ran 20+ half marathons, one marathon……and something called the Goofy Challenge. This takes place…
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Rejoice, Rejoice. My feet a less ugly today – and it’s all to do with a magical device called the Emjoi Micro Pedi. You see I have a confession – I have extremely ugly feet. I ruined them with high heels many years ago and the fact that I spend…
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