It’s all in the mind…?

Today I was sent the following email: How to boost your will power to lose weight – and guarantee the results Most of us embark on a weight loss plan with good intentions and yet most of us fall by the way-side fairly quickly. Our excuse? A lack of will power. We lack...

Portion distortion?

Recently I have been a little concerned with my food portions.  I always try and make my meals healthy and balanced, but always stress about whether I am having too much of one thing and not enough of the other.  However, obsessing about weighing your portions of food...

Fighting back!

Yesterday I felt really inspired and could empathise with Lisa’s post, especially in reference to the impact that celebrities and the media can have on our body image. Do you love who is staring back at you in the mirror? The fashion, movie and music industries...

Eating Healthy on a Budget

On many occasions when doing my weekly shop the aisles are bombarded with special offers and buy-1-get-1-free promotions on unhealthy, processed and sugar laden food.  These high prices discourage many people to follow a healthy lifestyle of eating green and...

STOP the guilt trip!

Guilt Pronunciation:/gɪlt/noun[mass noun] the fact of having committed a specified or implied offence or crime: it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner’s guilt a feeling of having committed wrong or failed in an obligation: he remembered with...

Green Tea Goodness

I came home today and found two packages waiting for me to open… The very generous people at Teapigs and Qi sent me bundles of tea to review.  There are so many unusual flavours like Liquorice and Peppermint and Chocolate Flaked tea.  I’m a Green Tea kinda gal, so I’m...