Happy New Year! 🥂🥳
A short and sweet one today for the New Year. I’m sure a few glasses of Champagne were raised last night and maybe again today. Enjoy! And at only 95 calories a glass it’s a bargain!
Happy New Year!
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Tuesday Tip: Alternative Resolutions
Tuesday Tip: Alternative Resolutions 🎉
New Year, New start! it’s a cliche isn’t it? Having said that it IS a good opportunity to refocus and think about what you want to achieve over the next few months. I’ve posted this before but I think it’s worth a repost for 2024. Instead of the usual eat healthy/exercise more, here are my favourite resolutions that are doable and a bit more interesting:
1 Switch your phone off
Put your phone away a bit more – whether for meals, after dinner, when out – whatever – you and your friends and family will enjoy more real face time than FaceTime.
2 Read
Ditch the telly and read a book – an actual book – be it on paper or kindle. It could be a classic or something newer.
3 Grow something to eat
Seeds cost pennies and you don’t need to be green fingered – get some vegetable or fruit seeds, pop them in a pot on your windowsill and grow something yummy.
4 Cook a new recipe every week
Just one recipe, one meal a week – it doesn’t need to be complicated or lengthy – dust down your cook books, or get online for inspiration.
5 Walk
Walk somewhere you would usually drive or take public transport to. Get off a stop early or park further away if you can’t replace the whole journey.
6 Plant bulbs
Buy some bulbs (they’re cheap, and some newspapers give them away free at this time of year too!), dig them in (pot or garden), wait – and enjoy some spring/early summer colour!
7 Say hello
A simple hello, a please, thank you, or even a smile at someone, in a shop, cafe, passing on the street – wherever – will brighten your day and theirs.
8 Try something new every week
Anything new, doesn’t need to be big – a new food, a new activity, a new route to work, anything!
9 Focus on others
Do something nice for someone every day/week – a simple compliment, helping a friend, or something bigger and potentially life changing like donating blood, sponsoring a child in need or volunteering.
10 Celebrate you
Who says you need to change, anyway?! Perhaps you’re perfect the way you are: even with flaws. Maybe these are to be celebrated as unique aspects of you, so focus more on the things you like about yourself!
Happy New Year! Xx
It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaas!
It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaas!
So short and sweet today, no calorie comparisons! And because it’s Christmas, chocolate is definitely a perfectly acceptable breakfast food this morning!
Enjoy! Merry Christmas 🎄🍊🍫xx
Tuesday tip: Merry Christmas!
Tuesday tip: Merry Christmas! 🎄
It’s Christmas Eve! So my only tip today – is to enjoy your Christmas tomorrow! However you are spending the day – have a lie in, spend time with friends, family, (or animals) that you love, maybe take a gentle walk, enjoy yummy food, watch Christmas tv etc.
If you’re working then take some time out when you can to do something that you enjoy. Don’t stress about what you’ve eaten, or how little exercise you’ve done, just enjoy the tastes and yummy food, a day or two won’t kill you! Get back to your normal eating and training pattern afterwards and you’ll be back on track in no time.
Hope you have a lovely Christmas 🎅🏼🎄xx
Just a few festive nibbles…’
Just a few festive nibbles…’ 🎄
At this time of year there tend to be treats out all over the place – boxes of open chocolates at the office, at home, in shops, mini mince pies out in the tea room, crisps at home etc. It’s certainly a time when we should relax a little enjoy some of these foods we like but so often it becomes mindless snacking just for the sake of it. You grab a lindor ball as you walk through to the kitchen, where you idly shove a few crisps in your mouth, before popping a celebration in as you head back to the living room.. Sound familiar? You probably won’t even remember you’ve had them! And you almost certainly won’t attribute excess calories to these little nibbles here and there.
But as you can see – it’s quite easy to consume more than a substantial meal’s worth of calories in ‘just a few nibbles’ . The meal pictured is a Zizzi dish of roasted mushroom risotto – not a specifically low calorie meal. It comes in at 669 cals. The nibbles – 5 celebrations chocolates (337 cals), 2 lindor balls (146 cals), mini mince pie (114 cals) and some crisps (30g Kettle chips) – are a hefty 751 cals – and you’d probably still go and have dinner as well….
So whilst I definitely wouldn’t suggest you avoid all the festive snacks, it might be worth just being a little bit mindful of them. If you want them – have them and actually enjoy eating them, rather than just popping them in your mouth without a thought. Be aware of the calories so you’re making an educated choice!
Merry Christmas 🎄
Xx
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