This article is a big DO! If you've been following so far this year, you'll have cut the junk food out of your working day, convinced a bunch of friends to help you move more, studied your daily and weekly routines to find out when you can prioritise your health and started your fitness routine early with good quality regular walking. You may even have signed up for a charity fundraiser to keep you on track. This means you're ready for the next stage: Metabolic programming! Y

Over the winter you've probably curtailed some regular hobbies or interests because it's been cold, or you've had a cold, or you

Next week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week, running from 27th Feb - 5th March. It's an international awareness event, fighting the myths and misunderstandings that surround eating disorders. This year, the activities will focus on early intervention. The earlier someone can enter treatment for an eating disorder, the greater their chance of recovery. Later in this article , we'll find out about eating disorders but this is our "CONTRIBUTE" article and I want to let you know

Remember this image? Three weeks ago the newsletter focused on using this mild winter to build up a better baseline fitness level. I told you how in a study by Simon Young on how to increase serotonin in the human body without drugs, there were 4 methods found to be effective: meditation, bright light, exercise and diet. My big "DO" recommendation was to commit to walking more so you'd enter spring time with an exercise routine already built in to your week to make you more k

If you manage to behave all week and turn into the cookie monster whenever you enter a restaurant, a Valentine's Meal is unlikely to lead to a romantic evening. We’re all prone to temptation but every so often a night out can signal a descent into dessert debauchery. Sometimes we even make it to the main course, “Oh, just sparkling water and the fruit plate to start, thanks.” Or “Grilled chop with green salad for me.” And then a switch flickers and somehow there’s an extra or