Staying Fit Articles

Written by: Tamra Hammett RD,

Children who eat a nutritious lunch perform better in school. The best lunch is a combination of foods that supply protein, fat and carbohydrates to sustain energy and concentration for several hours. Eating foods from at least three food groups gives children the nutrients and energy they need to feel good and do well in school.

Written by: Harwood E

Using a personal trainer to help you achieve your fitness goals used to be the sole reserve of film stars, pop stars and professional athletes but in recent years there has been an explosion of affordable personal trainers gaining contracts to work out of local gyms and to train people such as you and I who may need motivating or who may have just reached a plateau with there training. So what should you look for in a personal trainer and how can you get hold of a good one who will take you forward and not just take your money?

Written by: Harwood E

As any of you who have tried to keep fit and healthy over the years will know one of the biggest obstacles to overcome in your quest for fitness is keeping yourself motivated enough to stick with the correct diet and an exercise plan that benefits you. When you first start an exercise plan or join a gym it is easy to have the motivation to keep going but after a while as things start to get a bit stale you tend to develop a lethargy towards the exercise plan and you start to slip into your old eating habits. So what can you do to keep motivated and help you achieve your fitness goals?

Written by: Harwood E

Today we live in a very physical world, not in the jobs that we do but in the lives that we lead. As our working lives are more and more becoming service industry led desk jobs we are in danger of becoming a very sedentary species. Couple with this the fact that we are all now more health conscious than ever before as well as being much more aware of our appearance and you begin to understand that life is all a little confusing.

Written by: Harwood E

In the busy world that we live in today there is so much going on to distract us from the reality of life that it is not surprising that we are seeing obesity levels rising in nearly every developed country on the planet. Today, instead of focusing on the bare essentials that we need to survive in life it is so easy to take short cuts and half do a job, if we do it at all.