In February, I wrote a blog called ‘Why I’m not talking about weight anymore’. Maybe you remember it? I wrote that weight shouldn’t be the ONLY tool we use to measure our progress. That self-worth shouldn’t be determined by a number on the scales. Have I changed my...

I was about 14 when the Spice Girls first rose to fame… I hated them. I was an insecure 14-year-old girl, and they were everything I thought I wasn’t… attractive, mega confident, loud, ballsy, slim, all the boys fancied them…. I decided they were a threat and I hated...

I saw something on Facebook yesterday that annoyed me a bit…   A celebrity that I follow (and like) was basically saying that there’s no need to pay someone to help you to lose weight when all you need to do is “eat less and move more.”   That has worked for this...

When I started in the fitness industry, 20 years ago, weighing people was ‘the done thing.’  This was how we measured people’s progress and I never thought anything of it, or questioned it.  It’s just the way it was.  It’s what I learned from my peers and the courses...

Let me start by saying, just because it’s January, it doesn’t mean that you HAVE to go on a diet, make a New Year’s Resolution, or try and change your life.   We’ve all had a rough year and, right now, weight loss might be the last thing on your mind…. However, you...

This is something I’ve wanted to talk about for a while, and it’s something that’s made me feel quite conflicted, as a female Coach who helps people to lose weight ‘Anti Diet Culture’ is something you may have heard about or read about.  It’s only something that’s...

I’ll admit it, I am a reformed ‘all or nothing’ person. If you’re not familiar with what being ‘all or nothing’ looks like, let me explain… It’s either being on a strict diet OR eating everything in sight, it’s exercising hard every single day OR sitting on the couch...

Honestly, if I had a pound for every time I’d heard this, I probably wouldn’t be writing this blog.  I would have retired a long long time ago! Motivation is something that a lot of people struggle with. My Weightlifting Coach, Adam Travis, has a great analogy,...

If you do a quick Google search, you’ll probably find that there’s lots of conflicting advice about what you should and shouldn’t be eating during your pregnancy, and it can be really hard to know what to do for the best. I’m sure you’ve got enough on your mind at the...

Writing a blog is something that’s been on my ‘to do list’ for about errr…. 5 years…! I really enjoy writing. I often find my Facebook posts end up super long, because I just have so much that I want to talk about! So, here’s my first effort. Given the situation we...