The Slimming Clinic Blog
How Exercise can Help During Isolation
Whilst is it important to keep your health and fitness up during these unusual times, we should also consider the intensity levels of the activities we participate in during this time too. Moderate weight loss exercise has a direct relationship with improving our...
Balancing work and home life
The life adjustments we have all had to make over the last weeks have been pretty seismic and most of us are finding that we need to build a new routine and find a new balance between work and home - now they have essentially become one! It can sometimes feel really...
Tips for beating boredom in isolation
We are all presently dealing with a very different way of life and one that, for most of us, has been quite a shock to the system. It can be difficult to plan ahead as there are still currently no exact timescales of how long isolation may continue for so time...
Dieting Tips for Isolation
In a time of anxiety and worry about the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, it is hard to stay on track with your weight loss programme. I even felt this on the lead up to the lock down last week. For some reason in clinic I seemed to feel hungrier and was having...
Important COVID-19 Update
During the outbreak of COVID-19, we have taken extra measures to ensure that the health and well-being of our patients and staff has been the priority in all of our clinic. Following the government announcement last night, we have taken the very difficult decision to...
Can better sleep help you lose weight?
Sleep is great isn’t it? Think about how refreshed and alert you feel after a good night’s sleep. But did you know that sleep isn’t just good for our mental health and alertness, but sleep is also crucial to helping you on your weight loss diet. What’s interesting is...
Check Your Batteries
To recharge your batteries PHRASE Definition: To rest and relax for a period of time so that you feel energetic again "She wanted to recharge her batteries and come back feeling fresh and positive." Are you forever busy with more and more to do, jumping from one job...
The Power of Holistic Weight Loss
Do you lose weight but then find it hard to keep off? Or have you struggled with your weight for a while? What approach is best for a steady weight loss, sustainable for life? The Slimming Clinic believes that weight loss isn’t just as simple as ‘eating less and...
Do you eat the rainbow?
We’re not talking about fruity sweets here, but rather, do you get a rainbow of fruit and vegetables in your weight loss diet? We know that NHS advice states we should get at least 5 varieties of fruit and veg into our meals each day and should make up about a third...
Is it possible to speed up your metabolism?
It’s often said that slimmer people can eat what they want and stay that way, due to a ‘fast metabolism’. But what exactly is metabolism and are we destined to live with the fact that some are ‘slow’ and some are ‘fast’? Can having a fast one really help your weight...
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...
