It’s all in your head. That’s what you have to remind yourself when you set out on a weight loss journey. All the pain and second guessing comes from within. That’s why tackling your mindset is the first thing you should to to ensure your success. Here are three mental strategies you can use during …
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Every exercise program has a mission. Different forms of exercise operate on different beliefs or principles. Pilates is no different. Joseph Pilates believed that your mental health depended on a strong physical body. This is what he learned from his classical Greek studies. He believed the opposite was also true, that your body couldn’t be …
Joseph Hubertus Pilates was born in Germany in 1883. The young Joseph suffered from asthma and several other illnesses as a child. Instead of accepting a sickly lot in life, he used exercise to improve his health. He had an inquiring mind. He was always studying different types of exercise routines to understand how physical …
Losing weight is not so much of a physical journey as it is a mental one. You must be in the right frame of mind, track your progress, have the right motivation and do it for the right reason. We discuss all these things and more in this article. Get in the Right Frame of …
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If you have been on a restrictive diet (or two or three) that eliminated one or more types of foods, then you have probably experienced food cravings and also know they always win out, regardless of how hard you try to resist. Have you ever wondered why they happen and why they are so powerful? …
Have you ever stopped yourself from reaching for a snack because you realized you weren’t actually hungry? Oftentimes, we forget to check with our stomach before grabbing a bite and we instead let our mind, emotions, or the clock control us. Intuitive eating is taking off, and for good reason. Intuitive eating is all about …
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A healthy mind is a healthy body. At least, that’s what ancient wisdom strives to convince us of. Two things that are particularly powerful for improve your psychological health include meditation and mindfulness, but can they really help you lose weight? Let’s face it, everything starts from inside your head. There are many physiological aspects …
Food cravings can be extremely overpowering, no matter how sure you are that you want to stick to your weight loss plan. Here are seven ways to help overcome them. #1 Don’t skip meals Skipping a meal is a bad idea when trying to lose weight. Even if you do it in an attempt to …
Weight loss isn’t an easy journey for most people, and oftentimes, the things that stop us from making progress come from inside our own heads. Here are seven of those psychological barriers that may be hindering your weight loss. #1 You’re thinking “all or nothing” Most people who start a weight loss journey quit everything …
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We’re reopening! If you caught the prime minister’s press conference on Nov 23rd, you’ll already know gyms are able to reopen across the country from Dec 2nd. That’s great news for all of us. And I know it will help us get back some sense of normalcy. Review the UK’s winter plan We’ll open …