Welcome to Get Fit Mum and me getting back on the horse. Not literally, of course, because we don’t own a horse and I haven’t ridden a horse for a long time. But, me sharing about getting myself into better shape, again, after a long, long period of being inactive first due to knee surgery […]
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Quick and easy shakes to get the day started with Purition
*This is a review post with Puriton on how I get the day started* I am all for easy and quick ways to get the day started. I like fuss-free and simple. As a busy working mum, making my life less complicated whilst I run around looking after everyone else is my goal. Breakfast for […]
READ MOREWeight loss and low carb and how it works for me.
I have shared about weight loss and healthy eating before and what that looks like for me, and when I am trying to eat better and lose a little weight or reboot my eating habits I opt for low carb. I don’t do keto, and personally don’t think it’s a healthy option, but I am […]
READ MORE7 reasons to start healthy eating now to be ready for summer 2019.
Thank you to Neil from NeilWelshNutrition for this helpful guest post about getting into better eating and health habits… There are lots of different triggers that can motivate us to change our lifestyles and live healthier. The reasons to look and feel better can vary greatly, but there are many similarities for all of us. […]
READ MOREProper chips? Bring it on, Actifry…!
I don’t know about you, but when I was growing up, and we had chips, as part of a family meal, my nana or my mum used to roll out the rather scary looking deep fat fryer thing. If you are as old as me (yup, I went there) you will remember this contraption…? It […]
READ MOREBMI is NOT the be all and end all…
So I recently shared about weight loss and how I have worked hard to loose some weight, in order to get myself to a healthier place. I have been feeling pretty good generally and pleased with my efforts and also conscious of the need to continue to look after my body. So when I went […]
READ MORE5 Simple Ways to reduce your child’s sugar intake…
With the governments new health advice to reduce the amount of sugar adults and children consume by half the previous recommended amount, lots of parents now must be thinking about how this can be achieved. I know, personally that I am looking at what we eat as a family and trying hard to reduced our […]
READ MOREI will never be thin but I need to be healthy…
Before I continue, this post is NOT about fat shaming, or thin shaming, or whatever the current favourite buzz words are. This post is not saying you need to be thin to be attractive, or healthy. This post is about MY journey, MY body and about getting it to a better place, for my own […]
READ MOREDiabetes and Feeding my Family – A guest post
Diabetes and feeding my family – Germaine Waters (SunTempleFood.com) There is no such thing as a “diabetic diet”!!! We should all eat high fibre, low fat, balanced glycemic index and calories to suit our lifestyle! I know that’s a contentious statement. It was meant to be, but it is also the way I live despite […]
READ MORENo juice please, I don’t like it…
At the end of January, this year, I met with a friend of mine, a qualified nutritionist at some sessions she provided to a group of people wanting to change their eating habits, loose some weight and make changes to their lifestyles to improve their health. One of the things she and I worked through […]
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