Posts in Habits
Drinking tea - is it good for you?

Who doesn't love a cup of tea? And how do you take your tea? Leave the teabag in, milk in first, no milk and a slice of lemon? And what constitutes the perfect strength of brew? We're second in the tea drinking league of nations but is it doing us any good? Is drinking tea healthy or is it doing us more harm than good? www.midlifemenu.com/blog/drinking-tea

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Heading into Winter - how to avoid the seasonal comfort eating

With the weather turning cold, dark and damp, is it any wonder that we can find ourselves comfort eating to give us that hygge feeling? As we gear up for Christmas, temptation is everywhere. So, why do we feel the pull of seasonal comfort eating? And what can we eat and drink to make us feel nurtured and not deprived? www.midlifemenu.com/blog/seasonal-comfort-eating

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Can I exercise and keep eating what I want?

Do you just eat whatever you want after you've exercised? After all, you've earned it, right? Well, did you know we tend to overestimate how many calories we use during exercise and underestimate the calories we consume? This means we can sabotage our best weightloss efforts with how we think about exercise and eating. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/exercise-eating

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Health Advice Overload - Are you Confused or Just Conflicted?

It's easy to feel health advice overload with food messages everywhere. Eat this, don't eat that; what are you meant to believe? This blog cuts through the health advice overload and focusses on the simple principles that all health advice includes and asks if in fact you're feeling conflict rather than confusion. midlifemenu.com/blog/health-advice-overload

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Change of Routine - Avoiding the half term holiday weight gain

Do you find that a change of routine affects your healthy eating efforts? Holidays have been shown to be a time when midlifers put on weight and with half term coming up are you planning some eating and drinking activities. This blog post shows you how to avoid the weight gain associated with a change of routine. midlifemenu.com/blog/change-routine

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Stress - what's our relationship between stress and overeating?

While the foods you eat can affect how much you eat, so can stress. Chronic stress can raise stress hormones that encourage us to overeat. And foods we fancy when we're stressed are not broccoli and chicken! Stress foods tend to be high fat and sugary carbs. How can you handle stress without turning to comfort food? midlifemenu.com/blog/stress-overeating

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Work Struggles - Healthy Eating at Work

Healthy eating at work is hard because you're not in control of your environment. It's much easier eating healthy at home where you can decide what's available, but how do you navigate the work struggles of chocolates from grateful customers and birthday cake every other week to resist? Try these three practical tips. midlifemenu.com/blog/work-struggles

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Snacking after work

Snacking after work can be a hard habit to break. It's so tempting to eat something comforting when we walk in the door and before dinner is underway. But this mindless eating can undermine our best healthy eating/weightloss efforts. Why do we snack after work and how can we stop the snacking after work? midlifemenu.com/blog/snacking-after-work

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