What do people on Slimming World eat?

Slimming World is another slimming club that, like Weight Watchers, prides itself on group support and an easy to follow plan that can yield some very impressive results. It was founded in the UK in 1969 and its main principles have stayed the same – fill up on the good stuff, cut down on the bad stuff. […]

What is being obese doing to my health?

It’s not nice to think about, but being obese can have damaging effects on our health. So often people lose weight for superficial reasons, like looking good naked or fitting into smaller clothes, with ‘improving my health’ an abstract footnote on our list of reasons. So what exactly is being obese doing to your health? […]

What do people on Weight Watchers eat?

Curious about what people doing WW (or Weight Watchers) eat? It can be hard to know what exactly ‘points’ translates to and whether or not people doing WW live on salads and plain chicken breasts (spoiler: they don’t). We wanted to know what people were eating, so we trawled through Instagram and many Weight Watchers […]

How to survive Dry January

January is a return to normality and for most of us, an acknowledgement that we have overindulged and need to rein it in. Nowhere is that more apparent than in what we eat and drink – a recent survey revealed that the majority of Brits set new year’s resolutions and the majority of those relate to eating […]

10 steps to kickstart your weight loss

Weight loss doesn’t have to be difficult. You don’t have to starve yourself, do a ludicrous juice diet or kill yourself in the gym for hours on end every single day to shed those extra pounds, there are much easier ways to kickstart your weight loss. When it comes down to it, weight loss is actually […]

So you want to lose weight in 2019…

Oh hello! We’re going to go ahead and guess that you’re here because Christmas is over and you’ve come into January stumbling and squinting into the light: yep, you’ve eaten way too many mince pies and you’re having to do some hardcore arithmetic to figure out how many drinks you had as you saw in […]

What we learned in November

Did you know that there’s less than ONE MONTH until Christmas? We say it so often it’s become a bit of a cliche, but damn, this year is flying by. Soon it’ll be time to jump into January hyperfocus mode, but let’s hold off on thinking about that… This is the Haribo you’re most likely […]

Five of the best low-calorie alcohol-free beers

If you love a pint, you’re not alone, but it’s no secret that alcohol is high in calories – and that’s before you even get to the fry up that makes your hangover more bearable. There has been a massive increase in low-alcohol beer on the market in recent years, but did you know that […]

Why am I not losing weight?

Why am I not losing weight?

Why am I not losing weight when I’m doing everything right?! Sound familiar? Yep, there’s nothing more frustrating than stepping on the scales to find that your weight hasn’t budged, or worse, has gone up, when you thought you had a pretty good week. There are so many factors to take into account when it […]

Will losing weight get rid of back fat?

Back fat, spare tires, love handles – we’ve got them all, and chances are that you struggle with back fat too. It’s one of the most common complaints we hear from men losing weight, with the big question being: will losing weight get rid of back fat? Let’s find out. Why do I have a […]