Sleep. And Changing Beds (*NB – video will make you Eeewwwww).
When I saw the email from the Sleep Council, I admit I rolled my eyes a bit. Yes, yes, we know. Change your mattress. It’s good for you. We all need good sleep. Yada yada. But then I saw this little fact jumping out at me: Obese adults who lose at least 5 percent of their body weight report that they sleep better and longer after six months of weight loss, according to a new study. (Department of Medicine at the Perelman School...
Feel good from the inside! | Win a feel-good hamper
After a long winter filled with too much chocolate and comfort food, it might be hard to remember how you felt last summer. Sometimes our busy lives can take over too, leaving us with little time to exercise or focus on healthy eating. The key to feeling good is to focus on what’s inside. The right nutrition can have a huge impact on how we feel, eliminating feelings of tiredness and fatigue. Here nutrition expert Pharma Nord...
George at ASDA Ladies Sportswear – It’s properly good!
Following on from our recent Top 5 Fitness Tips from an (ex) Couch Potato, George at ASDA thought I might like to try out some of the sportswear in their amazing value range. So they sent me some. And I tried it on. And I loved it! Honestly, it’s properly great. I’ve tried a variety of items: This Sports Top is a fab stretchy fabric which is perfect for any activity – I love it for cycling in cold weather, it keeps...
Warm Salmon Salad Nicoise – warm, comforting, healthy and a perfect antidote to Christmas richness.
This year has been one of huge change in our house – way back in January Mr littleStuff was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, and not being a give-in kind of person he took it is a personal challenge. Since March he has lost over 6 stone in weight, and along the way has re-found his zest for life – and kicked his pancreas into working again. He’s no longer diabetic, and we seem to have almost accidentally re-invented...
NIKE 7 inch Distance Running Shorts – Review
I wrote back in May how Mr LittleStuff spent the first half of the year literally changing his life; losing three stone and getting fit had started to show some major changes in his health. But here we are, 5 months further down the line. And how has he done. Well, how about I tell you that this week he was signed off from all diabetic medication? He has so dramatically changed his health that he has reversed his Type 2 Diabetes, and...
Saucony Virrata – review
Let me start off by saying… I am no runner. I have started the Couch to 5K programme twice – last year I stopped at week 3, fearful for my heart (it’s not good when you can feel your pulse bulging in your neck, and you may actually have wet yourself, is it?). But this year, accompanying the husband on his Road To Good Health, I have managed to stick with it all the way to week 9. But – on the cross-trainer. It...