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There are seven types of rest that I believe are beneficial to us and combat weight problems: physical, mental, emotional, sensory, social, spiritual and creative. Try to find moments throughout your day to pause and have some form of break that ticks one of those boxes. Stand outside and take a few minutes without digital stimulation. Stop to make... See more

What I needed was to find enjoyment and a compelling personal challenge, and that’s what I gave myself when I set out to climb Mont Blanc in the Alps.

I now strength train and dead lift every week – as a 50-year-old woman in menopause I know how important it is for me to improve my bone health and mitigate the loss of muscle mass

The truth is 85 per cent of weight loss results come from diet.

When most people think they're hungry, they’re actually dehydrated from drinking nothing but tea and coffee all day. I no longer think about food between meals.

Breakfast is eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms or homemade banana pancakes with raspberries, blueberries and natural yoghurt. Lunch will be salmon, cod or chicken with lots of pulses and veg. Not everything is made from scratch – I’m busy, so dinner might be Heck sausages with veg. Throughout the day, I’ll drink two to three litres of water with electrolyt... See more

Meals now look very different. But there’s no weighing, no measuring, no tracking, no calorie counting. I do it all by hand – ideally three palm-sized portions of protein a day and at least five fruit and vegetables. When you have enough protein, you’ll never think about snacking.

I don’t drink caffeine after 1pm because it stays in the bloodstream for nine to ten hours, spiking cortisol levels during the night.

I start my bedtime routine every morning. I get out into daylight within the first hour of waking up. It’s when our body produces the better-quality melatonin – the hormone that promotes good sleep.