Last Wednesday night, Celebrity Operation Transformation featured Gerald Kean and Karl Spain, both with Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Ireland welcome the focus on type 2 diabetes and the highlighting of complications that arise from this condition. One of the main contributory factors to the Type 2 epidemic is increasing obesity and that is why we welcome the focus being put on … [Read more...]
Inspirational True Life Transformation Story of Pauline Harley
"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters" is a quote that is frequently used by motivational speakers and life coaches. It's easy to say these words. It's much harder to put it into practice. It's even more remarkable when a series of misfortunes besets an individual and they have the strength of character and resilience to keep on going and defy … [Read more...]
Kick Start your Summer Weight Loss Goals With Bulletproof™
It’s famous for its ‘super power’ coffee but high performance brand Bulletproof offers a whole lot more than a morning pick me up. Learn how to kick-start your fat-burning mode with the Bulletproof Diet. Choose FAT and lose up to 1lb a day. More and more people are discovering the benefits of a high fat diet and Bulletproof has been advocating the importance of quality … [Read more...]
Young Slimmer of the Year: Teen gets a second chance after losing 14st 5lbs
A teenager from Northern Ireland whose weight left him suffering with anxiety and feeling depressed says he’s finally comfortable in his own skin after losing half his body weight and being named Slimming World’s Young Slimmer of the Year. At his heaviest 19-year-old Tom Johnston felt so low that he was forced to drop out of his sixth-form studies. Now, since losing 14st … [Read more...]
LloydsPharmacy launch free healthy living campaign, Get Summer Healthy
· LloydsPharmacy invite customers to sign up to Get Summer Healthy, Lloydspharmacy’s free healthy living programme · Customers lost over 3,668lbs last year, the equivalent weight of a male hippo or a saloon car · Ireland’s largest pharmacy group plays its part in addressing Ireland’s obesity epidemic through a free, eight-week health transformation … [Read more...]
The ‘Diet’ Foods that Don’t Help You to lose Weight – Infographic
It seems like everywhere we turn these days we are tempted with some form of 'diet' food. But how healthy are they and can they really help us lose weight? The graphic below looks at some of the foods that might be considered ‘healthy’ by some but are in reality , bad for us. For example, low-calorie cereal bars may be advertised as ‘healthy’ snack options but quite often they … [Read more...]
Don’t flip over pancake calories!
With Pancake Tuesday today, it is inevitable that many health and fitness regimes will be temporarily side-tracked by Pancake Day indulgences. While it is tempting to go for the most decadent option available, the calories on those toppings can add up very quickly, so here is a handy guide to working off those treats from Dan Smullen, personal trainer at 1Escape Gym. If you … [Read more...]
Free weight loss app ‘weight-mate’ launched by safefood
A free smartphone app to help people to lose weight in a healthy way has been launched today by safefood. The launch of the app "weight-mate" comes as recent research indicates that one in three Irish adults (35%) are trying to lose weight[1]. At present in Ireland, almost two in three adults (61%) are overweight or obese[2] and the economic cost[3] of obesity is estimated at … [Read more...]
10 Expert Tips for Joining a Gym in January
Christmas is the perfect time to reflect on the past year, looking back over the choices you made and resolving to do it much better once the 1st January comes around. For most of us though, it seems to be that we didn’t lose last year’s Christmas weight, or we didn’t achieve anything significant to brag about. So if your New Year’s resolution for 2016 is to shift those … [Read more...]
25 Best Ways to Burn Fat before Christmas
Christmas is just around the corner, here are 25 tips to burn fat to lose some weight before Christmas! 1. Do Circuits with compound exercises Compound exercises performed in a circuit with low rest times will accelerate your body’s fat burning ability by increasing your metabolism for up to 48 hours later! 2. Chew on sugar-free mint gum after a meal Mint flavours … [Read more...]