Do you struggle to get to the gym or stick to your diet? Are you too busy to do the right things for your health? And do you even enjoy doing the things that are supposed to make you fit? If you answer yes, then try a day out at any of the historic houses and gardens run by the …
The human body is such a complicated thing that just about everything you learn about it is full of contradictions. Take losing weight, the thing so many struggle with. It can be confusing to think that the act of losing weight could make it harder for you to lose weight in the future, but this can be true if you try to …
To summarise this post, the concept is that exercise gets your body in order so it can use fuel properly and access deeply stored fuel like fat. Many years ago, I was thinking about how to express obesity and other diseases in relation to the effect of exercise on helping them. Then I realised it’s just like keeping order when …
If an economy stagnates, it dies the same as your body The flow of money is critical to an economy, and the flow of energy is critical for the body. You must invest (spend) energy to free it up. Lock up the energy by staying at home, and you lock it inside. It literally can’t be spent. With an economy …
Successful weight loss is not only about physical activity. It is primarily about the weight gain dynamic and the habits that make you gain weight versus those habits that help you lose it.. Simply put, if you find fun activities that do not involve food, then you will be reducing your opportunity to add food fuel to the fire that …
I love TED talks and I had the pleasure today of reliving some special talks I watched by Adam Grant several years ago. Adam is an organisational psychologist studying what he calls “originals”: thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. The surprising habits of original thinkers His first talk gives a summary …
When I grew up course books were physical things that you either had on your bookshelf or found at the library but these days you get to have these amazing resources right there in your browser. Courseware Fit2Thrive can get very technical so to help you understand the biology here are some references to online biology courseware for reference. They …
The whole reason I got into software development was to improve the way in which biology is researched, understood and presented. I have always wanted better ways to explore the subject and understand how the whole complicated system works. This article is an attempt to plan, develop and deliver on that vision. It is not a complete or organised article …
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When you think of walking you don’t automatically think of holidays or days out wandering around theme parks or scenic villages but now that I have mentioned it you might have realised that walking is the forgotten exercise that underpins most if not all the fun things in life. Days out As my page exploring Days out testifies every day …
Enjoyment is so important because research shows time and again that people who achieve their goals and stick at things when the going gets tough, find a way to enjoy the process. By doing this they focus less on the end goal and more on the steps toward it as they learn to enjoy the process of doing what is …
Do you know how you move? That’s a bit of a strange question isn’t it, I mean how often do you think about how you move? Isn’t it just a way to get from A to B? Well, not exactly. In fact, every movement you make has an impact on you as an organism as a whole and also in …
Do you really know what your neighbourhood is like? Do you know where the nice bits are that you would enjoy spending time in and wandering around? For years I have to confess that I didn’t and I missed out out on so much because of my ignorance. These days I have learnt to make a point of getting off …
Life is busy isn’t it. It is so easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life whether it’s work or kids or keeping up with friends. Being busy is part of our culture and taking time to do nothing but relax is not. That’s a generalisation but if you ever feel like you do not …
How often do you feel exhausted and lack energy despite having spent a long time sat down not really doing anything physical? I bet it is quite often as it happens to us all. How often do you wish you were able to get your energy back? For years I was looking for the answer to this question and as …
Every day I am glad that I have learnt how I work Fit2Thrive Life is about making the best of it with what you have but do you really know what you have and what to do with it? This is the question I started this journey with because I realised a simple truth many years ago. We are human …
Life is hard and it takes a tremendous toll on you yet your body automatically heals itself day after day. Over your lifetime it will adjust to the demands made on it in all sorts of ways. It will get stronger or faster or be able to move for longer depending on what is asked of it. What is amazing …
in my experience we are taught in mainstream culture that getting fit and healthy is hard work and very much the opposite of play. Thankfully I have had different teachers who gave me different lessons and so I grew up playing and relaxing while getting fit and healthy all at the same time. I want to teach others what I …
Introduction We have just come back from a wonderful holiday in the lovely village of Porthcurno at the very tip of Cornwall just a couple of miles from Lands End the most westerly point of England. We had a fantastic time and in the same spirit as my series on our Weymouth holiday I want to share some of the …