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Sooner or later, everybody seems to hit the wall with their own health and fitness. It's not always a matter of going backwards, sometimes it just seems that the initial momentum and consistent success doesn't come anymore, or certainly doesn't come as easily. This is what we call a "plateau" that part of the fitness journey where results seem to flat line and we are stuck in a certain spot, feeling like we can't progress. As things start to flatten out, it's important to take a hard look at why it might be happening, and what we can do to get our results back on track. The most important thing to remember is that it is something that almost everybody will go through, and learning to overcome it is one of the things that separates good results from the great.

Your heart is what beats almost every second of every day for as long as you live, the centre of our body which pumps fresh oxygen to our muscles and brain, and just like a muscle it needs to be cared for and strengthened.

For many parents, time is a hard thing to come by. We constantly put our children first and seem to leave ourselves behind. This can often lead to us leaving our wellbeing last on the priority list. When I first became a mum, I put all of my exercise and healthy food choices on the back burner to ensure my daughter came first and my weight suffered as a result. I wasn't happy and it affected me as a mother.

"You might as well take responsibility for what goes right, because no one else will take the blame for what goes wrong"

  

We all know that the overconsumption of sugar can be detrimental to our health, but does this mean fruit is on the banned list too?

Do you have difficulty finding the motivation to eat well and exercise? Do you find that on some days, you wake up in the morning and just feel like going for a walk - or maybe even a run, almost as though your shoes have been calling to you overnight?

Studies show that even independent of food-laden winter holidays, we tend to eat more during the winter months, with the average person gaining at least one to three kilos - and those who are already overweight likely to gain a lot more. Why does this happen? Why do we get hungry when temperatures and daytime hours drop? What can we do in order to keep the extra weight off this year?

"The only thing in the world you can control are your thoughts. But your thoughts affect everything"