The Slimming Clinic Blog
How can mindful eating improve weight loss?
Have you spent the last few months eating or snacking more due to boredom or anxiety or stress? Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been facing huge restrictions to our lifestyles and daily routines, with the majority of us being confined to our own homes since...
Ramadan: Weight Loss Diet Advice
Over the last week, we’ve had a number of questions surrounding Ramadan and how patients can fast whilst sticking to their weight loss journey and when they do eat, what sort of foods they should be looking to, to ensure a healthy, balanced diet that ensures...
Ramadan: Weight Loss Medication Advice
When it comes to your weight loss diet on Ramadan, things tend to be quite simple. But what about those of you who are observing Ramadan and are taking our weight loss medication? Patients who are fasting throughout Ramadan should seek the advice of their The Slimming...
What Is Link Between Obesity and Coronavirus?
The link between obesity and coronavirus is scientifically apparent; being obese increases your risk of suffering complications if you catch it. The current COVID-19 pandemic that we are living through is causing many challenges in society. Aside from the health...
Find Your Body Confidence
Spring and summer are such fantastic times of year. The days are longer, brighter and warmer and moods are instantly lifted by the mere sight of the sunshine peering through the curtains in the morning. This year, spring and summer may be spent a little differently...
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 weight loss clinics. Following the government announcement last night of a full UK-wide lockdown, we...
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...