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Avoid Antidepressant Withdrawal
It’s no secret I’ve battled mental health problems for years and have taken medication for it, but I’m very thankful I didn’t suffer with Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms like many people do. In fact 4 million people are at risk of withdrawal symptoms in England every year, yet only 25% say they got advice on […]
Continue readingNew #FITFAM Fitness Magazine!
This is a fitness magazine put together by a student I helped out recently. It’s packed with great, valuable, celebrity and professional endorsed entertaining content, and I know you’re going to love it. Amber Lovell is a talented University student who’s own health and fitness journey inspired a health focussed magazine for her dissertation; […]
Continue readingStress and Exercise – should you take a rest day?
The links between stress and exercise usually refer to working out being stress relieving, but if you’re already stressed, should you be exercising at all? Exercise, while good for you, is another stress on your body. In fact it’s this stress that make it fitter and stronger, as your body adapts to be able […]
Continue readingToddler Feeding; Bedtime snacks and calorie needs (Mother and Baby Magazine)
Toddler feeding advice is hard to dish out (see what I did there?!) as all children are different, but I offered my best advice to Mother & Baby Magazine when three Mums asked for help. What works for one child won’t be relevant to another, and as a Mum you may have your own […]
Continue readingCould Exercise Help Your PMS Symptoms?
You might feel like binge watching Netflix with a family size bag of chocolates but doing some exercise could really help ease those horrible PMS symptoms. The figures show that getting active can really improve the physical and psychological symptoms of PMS. One study, analysing young women over an eight week period, found that exercise […]
Continue readingEvery thought about starting a blog?
The fit mum formula: behind the content with Pollyanna Hale Pollyanna Hale helps Mums lose weight, get fit, and have more energy and body confidence with online coaching and programmes, books and a free Facebook community group. A Mum of two young girls, Polly understands how hard it is for us Mums to […]
Continue readingKids Lunch Boxes – are we failing them? Live Sky News Feature
In a back to school special earlier this year, charity Action for Children set out to help parents improve their kids lunch boxes, and asked me to help. As a parent myself it’s a cause I care about – kids need good nutrition to have energy, learn, grow and behave well. Yes the studies even […]
Continue readingWhen Food TV Shows lead to Poor Food Choices (podcast)
Why, despite there being new food TV shows on healthy eating every week, do people continue to make poor food choices? Information is everywhere. Granted not all of it is fantastic or totally accurate, but the basics are pretty common sense. Eat mostly natural whole foods, get a good variety, eat lots of vegetables […]
Continue readingWhat it’s really like living with Mental Illness, with Darko Botic (podcast)
You’ll never really understand what it’s like living with mental illness until you experience it yourself, with so many people struggling in one way or another, this podcast will hopefully help you understand better, or let you know that you’re not alone. This podcast was with Darko Botic, a personal trainer and health coach […]
Continue readingThe Instafit Challenge – a Bournemouth Uni Diet Documentary
Could you eat like an ‘Instafit’ Instagram ‘wellness’ influencer? That’s the challenge one Bournemouth University student took on when she decided to make a documentary about the different diets people follow in a bid to lose weight, be fitter and healthier and look, well, like an Instagram wellness Influencer! I was asked to […]
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