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PSA: Fitness is always waiting for your return if it’s fallen out of favour for you… And it’s never too late to get back into fitness. But like any relationship, consider ‘courting’ first – take baby steps and progress slowly, because if you jump right in hard and fast, you’ll pay the price with potential … Continued

Learning how to delay gratification is a useful skill. One way you can do this with nutrition, particularly when you want a snack (that you might not need) is by setting a 5 minute timer. If you can put TIME between you and a potentially unhealthy snack, you will likely make a better choice. Instead of … Continued

Thank you menopause…Maybe we don’t give menopause the credit she is due. While she comes in like a hurricane… Maybe changing hormones aren’t the ‘problem’, maybe it ‘reveals’ the problems that needs changing. Maybe menopause helps us to: Question Analyze priorities Speak up Step up (OR step back if we’re doing too much) . Have … Continued

Hot flashes? Well, if you need ANOTHER reason to resistance train, here it is… More lean muscle is shown to reduce hot flashes according to this study: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40695-020-00058-9 How do you get more muscle? Resistance training! With declining estrogen levels in the menopause transition, both bone density and muscle mass declines. Resistance training offsets both … Continued