How are you coping with the Christmas excess? There's the potential to eat and drink way more than you usually would at every turn. How do you navigate the Christmas excesses while still enjoying yourself and not feeling deprived. Pick just ONE thing you can manage and stick with it. This blog has loads of ideas! www.midlifemenu.com/christmas-excess
Read MoreDo you just eat whatever you want after you've exercised? After all, you've earned it, right? Well, did you know we tend to overestimate how many calories we use during exercise and underestimate the calories we consume? This means we can sabotage our best weightloss efforts with how we think about exercise and eating. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/exercise-eating
Read MoreDo you find that a change of routine affects your healthy eating efforts? Holidays have been shown to be a time when midlifers put on weight and with half term coming up are you planning some eating and drinking activities. This blog post shows you how to avoid the weight gain associated with a change of routine. midlifemenu.com/blog/change-routine
Read MoreHeartburn is painful and can stop your enjoyment of simple activities. But what causes heartburn and do foods and lifestyle help? It was only recently that I started getting heartburn and now it seems to come back if I don't do these simple things. This blog details simple strategies to keep heartburn at bay. midlifemenu.com/heartburn
Read MoreAs midlifers we tend to have a lot going on in our lives which can cause stress trying to fit everything in. At Easter our stress levels can rise further as we try to see family and have a break from the daily routine. This can have an effect on our main stress hormone, cortisol, which can negatively affect your health and weight loss efforts. Find out five easy ways to reduce stress www.midlifemenu.com/blog/reduce-midlifestress
Read MoreThis week Midlife Menu takes a look at cholesterol levels, not only explaining what they are but also exploring 5 popular myths and suggesting 3 foods to eat instead which will help get those cholesterol levels under control. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/cholesterol-levels
Read MoreThe average person experiences at least a few pounds of Christmas weight gain. This can be demoralising if you've been working hard to eat heathily. Plus with midlife weight gain happening too we don't need the additional Christmas weight gain undoing all our hard work. This blog post will navigate Christmas eating. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/christmas-weight-gain
Read MoreAs midlifers we tend to have a lot going on in our lives which can cause stress trying to fit everything in. At Christmas our stress levels can rise further as additional jobs get added to our to-do list. This can have an effect on our main stress hormone, cortisol, which can negatively affect our health and weight loss efforts. Find out five ways to reduce your main stress www.midlifemenu.com/blog/stress-hormones
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