Fitness & Health

5 Health and lifestyle changes that will benefit you and your family

We all want to do the best for our families, and one of the best areas to focus on for their wellbeing is making good health and lifestyle choices. Whether you want to improve nutrition or prevent health risks from your own lifestyle choices, there are a variety of changes you can make to boost health for you and your family. Take a look at the following five tips we’ve listed below for positive…
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Exercise can make you feel like 'you' again - top 5 moves to do whilst baby is napping

If you have read my previous blogs, then you will know that I was very worried before I went off on maternity leave that I would lose my identity without my career. Regularly there are days when I need to remind myself who I am and reassure myself that I am more than just a feeding, highchair cleaning, nappy changing, baby brain nursery rhyme singer. One of the ways I do this is by doing exercise.
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London Mums May 2017 newsletter including Half Term activities for families

  Dear London Mums Spring does not seem to launch and Summer is already at the door. My son is in year 6 and I feel these primary school years have gone so quickly. Before I know my son will be finishing secondary school and will be gone to Uni… I reflect on time and my past 10 years running the London Mums community. Wow! Time flies. In this newsletter, I have packed lots of ideas for the…
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NO New Year's resolutions! Lifestyle detox is the MUST in 2015

New Year’s resolutions suck and in 2015 I will use common sense to detox my lifestyle and live better. At the end of the day health is the most important thing in life! I have made a list of the key ingredients to live 2015 to the max. Linking my annual rant about lifestyle detox to Sandra’s recent article Will this be your last New Year diet ever? here are my top tips to make simple…
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Keeping Active Throughout Life As A Mum

As you may have already experienced, the benefits of exercise spread far and wide. Although trying to bring up small children and staying fit can sometimes be mission impossible. Sound familiar? What a lot of people don’t realise is that several short bursts of exercise can be just as effective as a longer session. So, if you do have that spare moment, grab the opportunity to jump onto your mat…
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COWBOYS & INDIANS DEFEAT COMPUTERS WHEN IT COMES TO PLAY TIME

New research shows that ‘pretend play’ is the defining childhood activity of the last 50 years, uniting the generations. The research, which was carried out by Sainsbury’s Active Kids scheme among children and adults across the UK, examined the favourite childhood activities of each generation from those born from 1940 onwards. Beating off competition from computer games and the latest…
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Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise

Ok, Christmas and New Year are over, breathe, so now to the year ahead. What does 2013 hold for you? Like most people I like to use this time to refocus my thoughts and think about the year ahead. And this year I’ve decided to try working beauty’s big three buy-ins – cleanse, tone, moisturise – to revitalise my life rather than a list of resolutions I never keep, why not try it…
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Surviving the Silly Season

Our Agony Uncle for wellness and fitness Lyndon Littlefair (Corrective & Performance Exercise Specialist at www.londonwellness.co.uk) has sent us great advice on how to survive the silly season. Well it’s that time of year again. It always seemed a long way away, then all of a sudden it’s upon us…Christmas! That’s right, the season of giving and sharing and spending time with…
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What is Wellness?

Our Agony Uncle for wellness and fitness Lyndon Littlefair (Corrective & Performance Exercise Specialist at www.londonwellness.co.uk) has sent us great advice on the true meaning of Wellness. What is the true meaning of Wellness? What does it really mean to be well? Does it simply mean to be not unwell and free of illness? Or does it mean that you have endless amounts of energy, very…
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Pole Dancing: Post Natal Path to Your Best Body Ever! (even better than before the baby!)

Pole dancing is fast becoming a mainstream form of fitness. With celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Kate Hudson embracing it and UK’s Amanda Holden mother-of-two also having a go, many women are now using pole dance as a way to improve their fitness (not to mention bask in the fun of strutting sultry round the pole to make you feel glam and sexy whilst actually working out!) Benefits of Pole…
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