If you’ve been working hard on your weight loss journey this year, Christmas is the ultimate test. No doubt, the last thing you will want is to go overboard. Thankfully, you CAN enjoy Christmas Day without sabotaging your results. Here, we share our top tips to help you navigate Christmas Day stress-free. When you think ‘Christmas’ many things might come
What is protein and why is it important? Protein is one of the three macronutrients found in our diet alongside carbohydrates and fat. It can be used as a source of energy if the body has used up its carbohydrate and fat stores, however a more crucial role is to support the structure, function and regulation of the body. The
Dietary fat can often be something that is demonised or that people are afraid of. While eating too much of the wrong types of fat can certainly be bad for our health, it is important to know that having some fat in our diet is essential as it is much more than just a source of energy. It is involved
Emotional Eating Many of us reach for our comfort foods after an upsetting or stressful day. Yet the term emotional eating is often brought up in a problematic or harmful context. Let’s find out what it is and how it could be impacting you and your weight management journey. What is emotional eating? Emotional eating refers to changes in what
We are increasingly led to believe that healthy food is more expensive than unhealthy food and that it is hard to eat well on a budget. Due to the rise in mass-produced cheap processed foods, expensive organic food and so called superfoods, foods that are deemed healthy can often be more expensive compared with unhealthy options which include higher levels
Here at New You HQ, we’ll be the first to admit that dieting over the Christmas period can be hard. Not only that, it can be emotional with feelings of worry and guilt about what you should be eating and what you shouldn’t. In a bid to keep it real, we know that many of you will be thinking about
Party season is well and truly upon us! If you’re trying to stick with your weight loss or maintenance journey, it can feel a little daunting. Parties this time of year often revolve around a little overindulgence which can feel stressful if you want to enjoy yourself but also stick with your dietary plan. It’s not uncommon to be
In case you weren’t aware, here at New You we take health and nutrition very seriously. We like to make sure we work with the professionals and give you everything you need to succeed in making your transformation stick for life. One of our pros is the fabulous Ro. She’s our resident Clinical Dietitian and Nutritionist for the New You
There is so much information floating about on the internet nowadays. It bombards us constantly, whether we like it or not. So when you’re trying to find the answers to more complex questions the information can often be conflicting leaving you confused and unable to sift the facts out of the fiction. To help you overcome this, we thought we
Weight can influence our reproductive hormones. Fat, otherwise known as adipose tissue, is an endocrine organ meaning that among other things, it is responsible for the production and release of hormones. Having large amounts of body fat can change the balance of some of our hormones. Women with a very high BMI have been found to have higher leptin levels,
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