The Slimming Clinic Blog
Resistance Bands Exercise
Resistance bands are great cost-effective way to work out and can be adapted to all abilities and fitness levels. Using them offers a strength-based workout without having to use heavy hand weights and because they come in different strength resistances, it means you...
Never give up!
How is your new year’s resolution going? What promises did you make to yourself at the beginning of the year and are you keeping them? According to fitness app, Strava, after analysing data from 98.3 million fitness activities loaded into their app, today, 19...
Banish Blue Monday
It’s the most Monday-est Monday in the whole calendar, so much so, over the last few years, it’s been dubbed ‘Blue Monday’. Supposedly the most depressing day of the year, the third Monday in January is when people have lower moods and motivation due to the dark, cold...
Self-care Ideas
When you think about self-care, what pops into your head? An afternoon off from the kids? Time spent in the sun? Reading for a few hours? Meditation? Whatever your ideas are, the truth is, in our busy lives, we don’t often have time for hours spent indulging ourselves...
Our favourite winter activities
Getting out with the kids in the cold weather, whilst keeping the costs down, can prove to be hard over the Christmas holidays. Luckily, we have some great ideas for keeping them busy and helping to keep your weight loss exercise up! Go ice skating Get down to...
Festive Survival Tips
Our favourite festive tips The festive season can be a difficult time to stay on track with your diet and lifestyle programme. It is a season traditionally filled with family occasions and social events that can lead to temptation and undoing the worked hard you have...
What is Xenical?
Xenical – The facts Xenical (Orlistat) is a medication that reduces absorption of fat eaten in the diet. It works by reducing the action of gut enzymes that normally help break down ingested fat so it can be absorbed by the body....
Stay slim while you socialise!
Christmas is such a wonderful opportunity to catch up with loved ones and friends you’ve not seen for a while and this means our diaries look fuller than Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve. It can be a bit of a nightmare for those of us trying to keep to a weight loss...
Weight Loss Tips from People Who Have Lost Weight
Struggling with motivation? Is your weight loss plateauing? Or, maybe you’re just looking for new tips to help your weight loss. Look no further! We’ve gathered some fantastic weight loss tips from people who have successfully lost weight with weight loss programmes...
Doctor Q&A – Appetite Suppressants
Doctor Q & A - Our Appetite Suppressants Have you ever wondered how our medication works? We asked Dr Jane Glazebrook, our Bournemouth clinic Doctor to debunk some myths around our appetite suppressants and answer some FAQs from you about them. How do appetite...
Benefits of Medical Weight Loss Programmes
Being overweight or obese can put you at risk of developing serious health problems and can negatively many different areas of your life. While diet and physical activity play a fundamental role in helping you lose weight, not everyone succeeds with will power alone....
Gain back your confidence
There are many reasons that people come to join us here at The Slimming Clinic, but the reason we hear most commonly is that people are suffering from low self-esteem, lack of confidence and a fear of being able to do the things they want to through being over weight...
