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
Chances are you are stuck at home as I am. And just like me, you may also have your kids at home all day since the schools are currently closed. As a result, many of us feel stressed - our daily routines have changed, we may feel uncertain and anxious in these challenging times and…
Continue reading ➞ How to Avoid Weight Gain in Self-Isolation
March 1, 2020, Etihad flight Abu Dhabi - Zurich The plan had been to be sitting on this flight with a glass of champagne in hand. However, I am sitting here with a cup of peppermint tea. The plan has changed. But let me start from the beginning. 48 days ago I was diagnosed with…
Continue reading ➞ What I have learnt from being 6 weeks sober
This is one of the questions I get asked a lot - how do you resist eating everything in sight after a good workout session? I often overhear ladies at the gym discussing after a class (once they have caught their breath) what they plan to eat when they leave the gym. For example, going…
Continue reading ➞ How to Fight Cravings After a Workout
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
It’s probably no surprise that I see the topic weight loss come up all the time. I write a blog about fitness and I follow a lot of people on social media that are active in the “fitness universe”. I am passionate about fitness and nutrition and read books and articles about it daily. On…
Continue reading ➞ A Working Approach to Weight Loss
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