Listen to this blog post! Get my kids involved in the kitchen – are you mad? Slightly, yes, but to be honest, whatever age your kids happen to be, there is some way they can help in the kitchen and get involved in the cooking of the family meals. Whether it’s fetching a spoon (or …
Listen to this blog post! Starting Out When I began investigating how to create a healthy lifestyle, I began by surfing the Internet, a bit like what you are probably doing now. I discovered a variety of articles from dietitians, scientists, fitness gurus and health coaches that gave me a bunch of information and some …
When you want to lose weight or make changes to improve your health, most people set a goal and jump into action. Whilst goals are useful, are they enough? Where people often slip up is that they lack a system. Goals are good, especially if they are SMART, but systems have many advantages. They help …
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The Internet is flooded with advice and recommendations about planning and reaching your goals. When we plan, we usually consider goals, activities and results. After years of setting goals, I have noticed there tend to be two kinds of goals; Those focusing on the future (usually with numbers) e.g. I’m going to lose 2 kilos in …
Last year (2017), the ‘Clean Eating’ movement was clubbed over the head partly because it’s very name suggested some other foods must be ‘dirty’ – and with that comes guilt and fear – seemingly imposed by a food-loving elite on the less fortunate. Despite that attack, and despite some people moving away from the term, …
There are many articles with tips to improve your health, in just 10 minutes I Googled the following 102 tips and another 5,290,000 results are waiting for me. 16 tips 7 tips 21 tips 20 tips 12 tips 16 tips 10 tips So why do you need another tip? Two kinds of tips Well, let’s …
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The Learning Cycle can change the way you learn; it can help you master any subject or skill by making your learning deeper and much more effective. Given that learning can change our lives, it might be a useful tool to use! I would say it’s more than useful, it’s essential, because the exciting thing …
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Studying online has become a viable option for many people, giving them flexibility of time, place and who to study with. Online courses also potentially offer a whole new way of learning; more personalised, and highly engaging. However, take care, there are more and more online courses popping up on the Internet, and the one …
Learning about Nutrition online I realised a while back that people who have successfully changed what they eat to create healthier lifestyles, have invested some time in learning about nutrition. I have taken note, and if you follow my Facebook page, you will know I have recently been learning about the basics of nutrition on the …
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You may remember from my recent post that I have been looking at how to plan meals. Well, I have being using Cook Smarts and to be honest it is pretty cool, but I am adapting to it, rather than it adapting to me. So, whilst looking further afield, I discovered Plan to Eat, and …