If you think I’m slightly obsessive about spreading the pelvic floor message to all of womankind (ambitious … me?) you’d be right. If you’ve already done your exercises today then please tell me to give it up. Still here? I thought so. So I’ve just been asked to write a…
If you know you’ve got pelvic floor issues, it can be a bit daunting to start training your tummy muscles again, or indeed to start exercising at all. Good abdominal tone goes hand in hand with pelvic floor muscle tone so it’s vital to find your core again after pregnancy or…
fat during pregnancy, fat, pregnant, post natal, epping, pilates, pregnancy, fit school Celebrity bounce-back-into-shape culture could have us all believing that during pregnancy we should all put on the standard (according to the NHS) eight to 14 kilos of additional ‘baby’ weight, and that six weeks after that almighty ring-of-fire-and-brimstone…
Every few months an article is published that says something along the lines of Pilates is bad for you, Pilates will give you a bad back or, core training is a waste of time. The latest ‘Pilates ruined my life’ feature was published by (have you guessed it yet) the…
This is the latest diet book to make it big. Make it so big in fact that author Venice A Fulton (real name Paul Khanna) is set to make monster bucks as the paperback version of his book flies of the shelves. Previously self-published on line, Six weeks to OMG is doing…
Mood swings. Depression. Anxiety. As women, we get used to a fair amount of hormonal fluctuations and the occasional down day. But add babies, money worries, sleeplessness and mum hormones to the balance, and the occasional teary day can become less occasional. Whilst depression is a medical condition, requiring medical attention,…
Here’s one for you all from my hubby, who has managed to succinctly sum up some of the adipose challenges we lady folk face daily. “Happy Father’s day to all those who were able to celebrate this great day where I was allowed to take a nap on the couch.…
Nutrition and good food is a fascination of mine. I love to cook it, eat it and above all share it. And given I married a typically atopic husband (asthma, hayfever, pet allergies) we’ve always been pretty cautious with Isaac’s diet and I’m really keen to find new foods for…
There is, quite rightly, a lot of talk about strengthening, squeezing and lifting of your pelvic floor muscles during pregnancy and (hopefully) beyond into your grandparenting years. But what of those – arduous for many – few hours spent pushing a baby’s head out of your rose garden? As important…
You may or may not have noticed that I rarely stray into the world of diets or calorie counting. I make no secret of the fact that I detest Weight Watchers. I think the diet industry is just that, an industry. Its advertising preys on our insecurities and makes us…
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