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If waking up for your morning workout normally means a grating beeping sound and three pushes of the snooze button, this post could be about to change everything. There’s a very easy way to start your day feeling alert, positive and raring to go… change your alarm ringtone to a song that makes you sing. …
We all get a bit of sleeplessness sometimes and it can take a few different forms; you might wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to drop off again, or you might wake earlier in the morning than is helpful – but, for many of us, poor sleep is characterised …
Losing weight is a slow process, and it’s not always an easy one. One way to keep yourself motivated is to give yourself rewards for weight loss milestones that you reach along the way – but, there’s is a school of thought that says, it’s best if you don’t reward your weight loss success with …
It’s that time of year. The one where we decide that the health habits we fell into last year (or the year before, or when we were young and a bit foolish) need to be changed because they’re not doing our health any favours. This post contains affiliate links and I get a small commission …
Sticking to a diet is an annoying thing – for it to work, you have to do it all day. Which, personally, I’m rubbish at. I do brilliantly at breakfast, great at lunch, okay at dinner….and then, come the evening, all bets are off and the sofa becomes home to a veritable buffet. If that …
Feeling happy is good for your health. There are many reasons why… happiness is associated with less stress and I probably don’t need to explain why that’s good for you. If you’re feeling happy it’s easier to stick to healthy habits – for example, one study found that people that call themselves happy are more …