Guest Blog Post: Vanessa Alexander from Fat Attack explains the benefits of fitness boot camps…
Fitness boot camps and weight loss weekends are a fantastic way to kick-start your new healthy lifestyle, perfect for when you want that burst of feel-good exercise.  Interactive, intense and individually-based, boot camps leave you feeling – and looking – so [...]

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 [...]

Guest Blog Post: Pat Phillips-Jones from SureSlim Wellness Clinic offers a great introduction to the wonder hormone that is HGH…
HGH (Human Growth Hormone) from the anterior pituitary influences cells in a way that promote the growth of body tissues. HGH is released throughout life however its effects are most dramatic during childhood.  At this stage [...]

Allow me to take you on a 5 minute visual journey.  A journey which, by the end of it, will have you understanding your metabolism, your weight and why you struggle to control it.
Imagine a clear bowl…
The bowl holds exactly 2000ml (2 litres) of water.  If you were to pour a 2 litre bottle of water [...]

Tina Asked: I am 43 years old and very overweight. I haven’t exercised for a very long time but feel I need to start something to improve my fitness and lose weight. I am too scared to join a gym so a friend said I should try Pilates.  Is Pilates safe for someone of my size, [...]

Stefan asked: For fat burning, what is a reasonable time to burn a certain amount of fat? For example to burn a few kilograms healthily, over what period could this result be expected?
Answer…
Body fat is stored under the skin (subcutaneous), between the muscles (intramuscular) and around the organs (visceral).  These fat stores are the body’s largest [...]

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 [...]

So that’s it… Christmas is gone.  We are comfortably into January… the month when we are at our fattest, saddest and least motivated. 
Statistically by January 8th, most people have broken their New Year’s resolutions, quit their January diet and neglected their new gym membership…
But fear not! 
There’s no reason to feel down, take to your sofa [...]

Guest Blog Post: Carole Batchelor from Healthy Results in Bedford explains why New Year isn’t the best time to detox…
You’ve wandered on to this page because it’s that time of year again, the time when you decide that you really will get fit/thin/both in time for Spring or maybe in search of the latest thinking [...]

Christmas is traditionally a time for enjoying your food, letting yourself go, putting the diet on hold and enjoying some guilt free calories!  It’s Quality Street time!
But HOLD UP a second!!…
… Before you slip into a deep and cosy chocolate coma, wouldn’t it be great to enjoy your food this Christmas WITHOUT seeing an extra [...]