Russ asked: I need some advice on trying to build up my abs. I’m on holiday in 8 weeks and my aim is to have a six pack. I currently go to the gym 3 evenings a week and do a variety of crunches. I also run 3 times a weeks for about 30 to 40 [...]

Nicola asked: I was interested to read that Hannah Waterman did only 10 minutes a day of exercise along with a diet plan and lost a considerable amount of weight. Would you say 10 minutes a day is enough to achieve that kind of result?
Answer…
Weight loss comes down to a simple equation of calories consumed [...]

Guest Blog Post: Pat Phillips-Jones from SureSlim Wellness Clinic explains why we should look after our liver…
The Liver is our second largest organ. It is situated at the top right hand corner of the abdomen with the stomach to the left, the right kidney below and the large intestine across the front.

In exactly 3 years the 2012 London Olympics will commence.  For London and Great Britain, July 27th 2012 marks the day when 10,500 athletes will arrive to compete, thousands of international spectators will visit to cheer and billions worldwide will tune in to watch.  The WHOLE planet will turn it’s eyes to London… 
So we don’t want to [...]

When we think of sugar the first image that comes to mind is the sweet, white granules we put in our tea or on top of our cereal.  Few people think of it as an addictive drug and perhaps even fewer think of it as the underlying cause of their weight gain.  The truth is [...]

For millions of slimmers their first ever diet was just to lose a few pounds, maybe for a holiday or even their wedding.  Little did they realise that it would be the start of a one way roller-coaster trip to obesity, binge eating and long term ill health.  So why are slimmers getting fatter, not slimmer? What [...]

Picture the scene. You’ve spent the last week eating like a sparrow, killing yourself at your local spinning class and saying no to that extra portion of chips that you’d usually gobble up in a second. You even said no to the tray of doughnuts being offered around the office and watched everyone else chomp [...]

There is an old saying…  “If the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that it is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long!”
Now eating a frog is near enough as bad [...]

Do you feel like your diets never work?  Are you convinced that you are destined to be overweight? Do you spend your life questioning why you aren’t losing weight on your diets?!  The chances are that for all your hard work you’re probably still making one or more of the 10 most common mistakes of failed slimmers.  [...]

Most people think they have a slow one.  We all wish ours was a lot faster.  The slimming industry has made a fortune selling pills that supposedly boost it… Even my local curry house is claiming that eating spicy food will make it sky rocket! 
But what exactly is ‘metabolism‘?  Why is it important for weight loss? [...]