Kids learn by example and they will mimic your behaviour, which is why it’s so important for parents to set a good example. This is especially important when it comes to healthy lifestyle habits because if you are living a very unhealthy lifestyle, your children are not going to listen to your advice. If you are worried about your children’s health, these are the best ways to set a good ...
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Taking Your Fitness Levels Seriously
We are all aware of the benefits of exercising. It can help with weight loss, helping us to achieve those goals we set ourselves. It can help with fitness levels meaning our energy levels are increased. Fitness can be taken seriously due to competition or want to achieve something. Many of us have our reasons for embarking on a fitness journey, but do we all take it as seriously as we should? With ...
Living Arrows 18/52 - Amy’s 2nd 800m race
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” It's been a difficult week for us and I will probably write about it at a later point, but Amy has lost her daddy last weekend and blogging has quite frankly been the last thing on my mind. As Amy also had surgery this week to sort out her hearing problems and constant ear infections, she is still unaware of what ...
Fitbit Charge 2 - the 24 hour test and review
Being more active and healthier is one of my goals and New Year's resolutions for 2017, so when the lovely people from Curry's & PC World got in touch to ask if I was interested in checking out the Fitbit Charge 2, I was all game. I received my parcel just before Christmas and hid it - Christmas is for indulgence and lazing around under the Christmas tree, after all. In the New Year, however, ...
Getting kids active helps create healthy habits
Getting kids active is something really close to my heart. Not only for selfish reasons, they fall asleep so much quicker when you let them run off their energy, but also because it's so beneficial for your kids' development and health. Obesity figures in the UK are on the rise and hearing that 1 in 3 children between the ages of 2 and 10 are overweight, 1000 of them referred to hospital for ...
Amy’s first 800m race
If you've been following my Instagram feed over the past couple of weeks, you might have seen the odd picture of Amy running around our local athletics field and although it was mainly for fun, it was also to make sure she'd know what to expect when running her first 800 m race this weekend. We obviously didn't do anything too crazy, just some casual stretching and running as I'm no expert ...
