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Repeating the same approach doesn’t change the results OptiMum Health

Repeating the same approach doesn’t change the results

This week has whizzed by faster than I could say “Easter holidays”. So it doesn’t seem like a week ago that I snuck an extra training session in, working my…

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Ditch the diet & think of the bigger game OptiMum Health

Ditch the diet & think of the bigger game

More recently, I’ve been writing about why your hour here and there in the gym and dieting on weekdays just isn’t making a difference…. that to achieve good health for…

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Do you believe in magic & fairies? OptiMum Health

Do you believe in magic & fairies?

I don’t believe in the tooth fairy BUT Do you remember being at that age where you still believed in magic and fairies?   The tooth fairy, fairies at the bottom…

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What do I do next? OptiMum Health

What do I do next?

I’ve recently had a few queries/enquiries essentially asking me the same question: I set a goal, I’ve achieved it – what do I do now? Thinking about what typically happens…

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You are not perfect – & that is awesome OptiMum Health

You are not perfect – & that is awesome

Why do we all want to be the same shape? Watching the Lincoln 10k yesterday and talking to my husband about it after, we both remarked that out of over…

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Is Easter the new “New Year”? OptiMum Health

Is Easter the new “New Year”?

Are you making chocolate resolutions? New Years Resolutions are usually dim and distant memories by the end of February….then Easter hops along, with its flood of chocolate, roast dinners, cake…

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Do others’ opinions matter? OptiMum Health

Do others’ opinions matter?

Saturday night was boxing night. I’d never been to a live boxing event before & was slightly nervous at seeing 2 people I know in the event itself – I…

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How to HIIT that post-baby weight OptiMum Health

How to HIIT that post-baby weight

I’m seeing a lot of posts on social media these days of new Mums (meaning their baby is less than a year old) doing HIIT workouts to lose the babyweight.…

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When can you get back to running after having a baby? OptiMum Health

When can you get back to running after having a baby?

When can you get back to running after having a baby? Running – it’s easy to do isn’t it. You can step out from your own front door. You don’t…

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Sticks & Stones – how words can help or hinder your weightloss journey. OptiMum Health

Sticks & Stones – how words can help or hinder your weightloss journey.

  Words can be so powerful. They can build you up, rip you down, make you smile or bring you to tears. Like sticks & stones – could words can…

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