Eat, Move, Be Happy - Health Behaviour Change Specialists
Helping people eat better, move more and be healthier
Cerin 
“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 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
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
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
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
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
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 – 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
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
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
One of the most common questions we get asked is some variation of “how do I get started?” One simple way to get started is the Monthly Challenge. So this is your handy 5 step guide: 1. Find your Challenge Buddy Actually, this first step is not essential, but it is a well known fact … Read more
Changing your lifestyle, eating and exercise habits can be hard work. And if your friends and family are not on board and helping you, it can become an impossible task. Maybe they will say things like: “Go on, just one won’t hurt you!” “You don’t have to change, you look lovely!” “You have had a … Read more
Many people are often confused over the conflicting advice they hear about carbohydrates. Sometimes you hear they are good. Sometimes you hear they are bad. Which one is it? Here are Eat, Move, Be Happy, we coach people to instead look at the quality of the carb. Use the infographic below to learn a better … Read more
Humans are social animals and it is a fact that we get bigger and better things done when working as a team, compared to going it alone. This is why we at Eat, Move, Be Happy always encourage people to team up with others when trying to live healthier, happier, better lives. Having someone there … Read more
Our weight, health, fitness and strength are all a result of our recent habits. Like it or not, our bodies are the result of what we have been doing. If you want a slimmer, healthier, fitter body, it is worth your while to get into some healthy habits. And here are a few that will … Read more
One of the key healthy habits we coach people through, is to plan ahead. So many of our unhealthy habits come about because we are unprepared, so we gravitate towards the quickest, easiest, most convenient answer. This answer is rarely the best one for us! This is why we at Eat, Move, Be Happy spend … Read more
We spend most of our lives with our friends and family and whether we like it or not, they have a huge impact on what we do and how we do it. It is an undeniable fact that they can make changing habits and lifestyles much easier or harder. So it seems only common sense … Read more
In the Get Moving classes, we use a range of basic exercise equipment. If you like, you can get these yourself to use when you exercise at home. During the face to face group classes, we share the kit, but during times like these, you may prefer to bring your own to minimise the chance … Read more
Resistance bands are a really useful, versatile and inexpensive piece of kit you can use to help keep your exercise sessions interesting and challenging. This helps you improve your strength and progress safely. At our Move Better sessions, we often get asked, ‘So what type of resistance band do I get?’ There are different types … Read more
Once you have decided you want to change your life for the better, it is important to get on and do it. Delay often leads to it being continuously put off until it is forgotten. So here is your guide to just some of the services that can help you… Live Better Changing your eating … Read more