Old habits may die hard, but the good news is that they do die. Don’t lose hope or beat yourself up over it if you’re having trouble breaking bad habits. It’s not that easy to change your ways but you do need to keep chipping away at it.

Start by replacing old habits with new ones. The key is to learn how to take care of yourself and pamper yourself in ways that are life affirming rather than self-destructive. Learn how to deal with sabotaging emotions by establishing some healthy patterns of behavior and investing in your physical and emotional well-being.

This article was originally titled ‘Fat, the good the bad and the ugly’ which would have really easy to cover if I’d gone with the majority of information written on the subject, but instead I’ve decided to go back in time and find out how our diets have changed and …

Core Strength and why the coveted wash board Abs do not make for a strong core…………..

Having a strong ‘core’ means that our spine is well supported. Without the use of our spine, we can’t walk. So it ranks right up there with brain and nervous system function in terms of importance. Our core is the centre of our body where all movement originates. If one of the links in this chain is weak it causes all number of functional difficulties and injuries from low back pain to slipped discs, painful!

Quite frankly if you don’t swing, you don’t know what you’re missing out on! I’m serious, get swinging!

BBC’s Horizon examines this phenomenon further by running a clinical trail on a group of young adults who appear to be able to eat as much as they want and never put on weight.