It has been a while since I have come here to share my thoughts with you. I think I just had lost motivation to write about health and fitness and exercise. I haven't lost my passion for these things - on the contrary, these topics interest me even more since I have entered menopause. As…
Continue reading ➞ About self-love
Much has been said about exercising to lose weight. I myself have blogged about it here and here. The general consensus seems to be that if you want to lose weight, you need to eat less and move more. This is based on the fact that in order to lose weight, we need to burn…
Continue reading ➞ Exercise and Weight Loss
I have written a lot about weight loss. Mostly because it’s the number one topic that people want to talk to me about when they’re discussing their health and fitness goals. Also, because I have experienced serious weight loss myself. And last but not least, because there is so much AWFUL and outright wrong information…
Continue reading ➞ Diets Don’t Fail
It’s been a while since my last blog. I mean to write more often as I love writing and I am passionate about health and fitness. But somehow I just couldn’t find the time, peace and quiet in the last few weeks to sit down and write. You may know this feeling - there is…
Continue reading ➞ How to Create Habits for a Fit and Healthy Life
You’re probably thinking why does she blog again about flexibility training? Hasn’t she just written about yoga practice to improve flexibility? Yes, I have, but this time I want to point out some interesting research about the benefits of flexibility training and how much time we should spend doing it. And no, I don’t mean…
Continue reading ➞ Flexibility Training – How Much Do We Need?
As most of us are locked down at home to a greater or lesser degree, many are keeping up their workout routines by exercising at home. Even if you don’t own any equipment like dumbbells or squat racks, there are endless varieties of exercises available that use only your bodyweight. I myself do mostly bodyweight…
Continue reading ➞ Yoga at Home
I don’t know about you, but I am a total creature of habit. I love my daily routines. I like when my days - especially weekdays - follow a pattern. I get up at the same time, I have the same amount of coffee, do the school run, do my workouts at the gym, groceries…
Continue reading ➞ Tips to Start Exercising at Home
Be honest - are you stretching after every workout? I certainly am guilty of neglecting to stretch more often than not. I am usually in a rush to get changed and drive off to take care of daily business. However, I regret it afterwards - I have tightness in my shoulders, back and I really…
Continue reading ➞ Why You Should Keep Stretching and Start if You Haven’t Yet
In my last blog I talked about the physical benefits of exercise. And I did not address weight loss on purpose. Exercise is usually recommended to people who want to lose weight (actually they want to lose body fat as explained in my blog about why the scale is not a good gauge of success).…
Continue reading ➞ Mental Benefits of Exercise
In my last week’s blog I talked about a different approach to weight loss by focussing on your health first. A healthy weight is the result of a healthy body. In this framework, exercise is not a means to an end - exercise is not a means to lose weight, but rather part of a…
Continue reading ➞ 10 Physical Benefits of Exercise
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