The time between Christmas and New Year’s is a great opportunity to reflect on the past year, and see how far you’ve come. I’ve been looking at my goals and resolutions from the past few years, and wow I’ve changed! I’m cringing so hard at my old resolutions – they’re the usual clichés of ‘lose… Read More 2018 Resolutions
Calorie challenges, in which anything 5-20k calories are consumed in a single day, are becoming increasingly popular on YouTube. It seems to have become a ‘rite of passage’ for fitness Youtubers to do a calorie challenge – some have even started eating it all in a single meal. It’s easy to see why they do… Read More The Problem with 10k Calorie Challenges
There was a time when #StrongNotSkinny was my favourite hashtag – rewind back to 2015 and you’ll probably find it on all my Instagram posts. At the time, I was new to weight training, and found the idea of focussing on strength as opposed to thinness so empowering. I loved everything the hashtag embodied –… Read More The Problem with #StrongNotSkinny
I have been a huge fan of Hazel Wallace, aka The Food Medic, for quite some time. She was one of the first people I followed when I set up my Instagram account 3 years ago, and it’s been cool to see her exponential growth on social media. She was #goals to me for so… Read More The Food Medic: A review
‘The hot, new workout that can burn up to 1000 calories’. ‘Best exercises for abs: 24 killer moves’. ‘Get her curves with the ultimate full-body blast’. We see headlines like these daily on social media, blogs, and fitness magazines. They all promise different things, but it generally boils down to this – do this workout… Read More We Need to Talk about Fitness
This is not the blog post I planned on publishing today. It is, in fact, one I never really planned on writing. I’ve thought about it many times, but never have had the courage to be honest – like properly honest. I’ve somehow built up a following on social media from being into health &… Read More Let’s get Honest
I love the New Year, and the optimism that it brings. Before I get carried away with setting my 2017 goals, I thought I’d take some time to reflect on 2016 and what I’ve learned. There’s no point launching into a New Year and just repeating the same mistakes! 2016 was a bit of a… Read More Lessons from 2016
The New Year is just around the corner, and with it comes the ever-popular resolutions. A pretty common one is the desire to become more organised, and sort your shit out. Every year there’s someone promising to be on time, get up early and have their life together in the new year. How often to… Read More Sort your Shit out in 2017
Okay so this might be a bit of a controversial post! However, with the sheer amount of supplements on the market, I think it’s important to highlight which simply aren’t worth the money. It can be so confusing to know which supplements to take, and which to avoid, especially when starting out in the gym.… Read More Supplements which aren’t worth the money
I feel like doing a ‘monthly favourites’ blog post is such a stereotypical blogger thing, but I’m going to just roll with it for now! So here’s my monthly assortment of things I’m liking at the moment – enjoy! Book: I’ve just finished ‘Gut’ by Guilia Enders, and I was a huge fan! It was… Read More August Favourites
