February - 2016

Are you fit?

Have you ever noticed that when you look at fitness options, a local class, a local personal trainer, an online programme or anything in between there is always a picture of a ripped young model or even the trainer themselves looking lean and glowing? Surely there is more to this than aesthetics? Is that what you believe to mean you are fit? Most of the women I meet are realistic enough to realise that they CAN look and feel amazing without aspiring to look like a fitness mod

Is there more to fitness?

I have been thinking about marketing this week and how to put across what I do. I’ve been looking at how the fitness industry presents itself and how I fit into that. It’s not something that comes naturally to me or something I feel comfortable with. It’s not something that feels very straightforward. I can’t put out adverts showing ripped slim models because I don’t look like that and I’m not even sure the type of clients I want to attract actually aspire to looking like tha

Are you craving sugar?

It is day 5 of our sugar challenge, have you got involved? The first few days can be hard, you are thinking about it all the time and it pretty much fills all your thoughts. The thing you want most in the world is a twirl or a chocolate biscuit or just anything to satisfy that craving. But the funny thing about sugar that I have noticed over the years is that the longer you are without it the less you want it. Have you noticed that? A lot of the time if we want to avoid sugar