How to commit to your fitness goals
We all know that if you want to achieve something, you need to be committed to achieving it, otherwise you won't get very far. When you're committed to something you prioritise it every day and won't let the millions of things that compete for your attention on a...
How to Start Exercising Today
The hardest part about exercising is getting out the door - this is where many people fail. Most people tell me that once they're out there, they're ok, they're actually enjoying it, it's the getting out there that's the problem. So today I'm going to share with you a...
How to get fit when you have no motivation (3 steps)
When it comes to exercise, or rather, not exercising, the main problem we have is a lack of motivation. Think about it, if you had the motivation, then it would be no problem to actually get it done, right? Of course, there are times when you might have the motivation...
How to not give up on your fitness goals
I know many people set fitness goals this time of year and many have also given up on setting goals because they've learnt from experience that new year's resolutions just don't work. It's true that they rarely work but that doesn't mean that making resolutions...
3 Reasons why WalkFit works where other programmes fail
WalkFit was meant to be just a 'summer special' when I started it in June but I, and the participants, enjoyed it so much and the results were so great that I decided to keep it going. I'm delighted to see more and more people joining in and repeating the course many...
5 Feel Good reasons to go for a walk today
Most people start walking or exercising because they want to get fit or lose weight but when the focus is on changing the body shape/size and hence long-term results (this is diet mentality), it is very hard to motivate yourself to keep it up every day. Not...
3 Ways to Change How You Feel When You Don’t Feel Good
When you don’t feel good, that’s your body or your intuition telling you that you need to change something. For that reason, it's essential to realise that you should never ignore your negative feelings or try to fight them, instead, you should listen to them and then...
Develop a Feel Good Mindset
In my last post, I talked about diet mentality - the mindset we all have towards our bodies, weight, food, exercise and health. Diet mentality is something we obviously want to let go of but in our world, it can be difficult to see that. I have discovered a...
Do you have a diet mindset?
Diet mentality is the product of diet culture and diet culture is everywhere so most people don't even realise that their mindset is unhealthy - I didn't, until fairly recently! Diet culture is the culture we live in; you cannot avoid it. In our culture,...
If you want to stop failing, you have to take your eye off the prize!
The main reason why people fail to reach their fitness goals is because they have their eye on the prize. The only reason they put their runners on and get out the door in the evenings is because they believe exercise will help them reach that goal (which in 9...