Is it safe for me to exercise?

Is it safe for me to exercise?

“I know exercise is meant to be good for me, but is it actually safe?”If you have an injury, a long-term condition, or you’re worried about doing the wrong thing, this is one of the most common questions people ask before starting to exercise. It’s a fair concern, and one that deserves a clear and … Read more

What’s the point of New Year’s resolutions?

What’s the point of New Year’s resolutions?

What’s the point of New Year’s resolutions if most of them are broken by February anyway? Every January, gyms fill up, cupboards are cleared out and people promise themselves that this year will be different. Yet weeks later, many feel frustrated, guilty or like they have “failed again”. So are New Year’s resolutions pointless, or … Read more

Keep an Exercise Diary

Keep an Exercise Diary

What This Habit Helps You Do Most people only remember the workouts they missed, not the ones they did. An exercise diary flips that script. It shows you what you’re actually doing, how often you’re moving and where the gaps really are. It’s motivation in disguise. Seeing your own effort and achievement written down makes … Read more

Goal Setting

Keep an Exercise Diary

What This Habit Helps You Do Most people say they want to “get healthier” but can’t quite describe what that means. A clear goal turns a vague wish into something you can actually act on. It gives you direction, purpose and a finish line to aim for. Think of this as choosing the destination before … Read more

Keeping a Food Diary

Keeping a Food Diary

What This Habit Helps You Do A food diary shines a light on what actually happens during your day, not what you think happens. It’s a simple way to notice patterns, habits, nudges and traps you didn’t realise were steering you. Think of it as switching on the kitchen light at night. Suddenly you can … Read more

Why aren’t I losing weight?

Keep an Exercise Diary

If you’ve been eating “healthy” and exercising but the scales aren’t moving, it can be frustrating and confusing. Often, the reason isn’t a mysterious metabolism problem, it’s usually that one or more of the basic principles of weight loss aren’t being consistently applied. This page will help you take a clear, honest look at the … Read more

How to Plan, Do and Review

In our Live Better coaching classes, we regularly ask people to set themselves homework, complete their homework and review how they did. This is one of the most important parts to controlling our weight and improving lifestyle habits.  Because unless you do something different, you won’t achieve anything different. So this is all about the … Read more

High Blood Pressure Self Management Health Talk

High Blood Pressure Self Management Health Talk

High Blood Pressure Self Management Health Talk – 25th January 2024 6:30pm Dr Claire Oliver (Dyneley House Surgery), Anna Sheryn and Cerin Rees (Eat, Move, Be Happy, Social Enterprise) will be leading an online talk on the self-management of high blood pressure on Thursday 25th January 2024 6.30pm – 7.30pm. During this talk, you can … Read more

What next after Live Better?

So you are drawing to the end of your Live Better course and are wondering “what now?” First of all, bloody well done! We hope you benefited from your time coming to Live Better sessions. We would really appreciate it if you could complete a feedback form to let us know what we did well … Read more

November Challenge

November Challenge

Welcome to the November Challenge, your chance to get into new, good habits that stick. Choose your challenge Choose one of the following challenges: Complete a food diary daily (click here for a template) Eat x3 balanced meals a day (click here for the Healthy Eating Plate guide) Be more active every day (click here … Read more