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

Lifestyle, Habits, Health, Midlife, MotivationMidlife MenuSeptember 20, 2019Habits, Food, Drink, WorkComment

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

Belly Fat, Habits, Health, MidlifeMidlife MenuSeptember 13, 2019Habits, snacks, FoodComment

Post Holiday Blues: Simple Meal Prep Ideas To Get You Back on Track

Beat the post-holiday eating blues with these quick and easy meal prep ideas. It can be hard to get back into the routine and healthy eating after a few days or weeks of eating whenever you like and maybe whatever you like too! But with these meal prep ideas your healthy eating will be back on track in no time. midlifemenu.com/blog/meal-prep-ideas

Lifestyle, Belly Fat, Habits, Health, Midlife, Nutrition, MotivationMidlife MenuSeptember 6, 2019Habits, cooking, snacks, Food, Advice, Weight, Health, Healthy Eating, Summer, Nutrition, TiredComment

Food and Drinks to Avoid if You Get Migraines

Migraines are painful and debilitating and can strike out of nowhere. There are certain migraine triggers which are worth knowing including some foods and drinks that you might want to avoid. The best way to know is track the potential food and drink triggers and see if it makes any difference to your migraines. midlifemenu.com/blog/migraines

Lifestyle, Health, Midlife, NutritionMidlife MenuAugust 9, 2019Blood sugar, Drink, Food, Sleep, Hormones, Nutrition, stress, TiredComment

Protein – Helping to Fight Midlife’s Hotspots

Protein seems to be a hot topic at the moment with many people considering a vegan or plant based diet. Will they get enough protein? Where will their protein come from? How much protein should we have? What are the benefits of protein? And can you have too much protein? All these questions are answered in this blog. midlifemenu.com/blog/protein

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Water - How Much Do I Really Need to Drink?

You probably know you should be drinking water but what if you find it boring? How much water should you be having and what drinks count as water? You might be pleasantly surprised! This blog post explains all of this and more and gives you three 'water rules' to help guide you through staying hydrated. midlifemenu.com/blog/water

Lifestyle, Habits, Health, MidlifeMidlife MenuJune 21, 2019Habits, Drink, Health, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, yComment

Eating Habits - Breaking the Top Three From a Midlife Childhood

Your eating habits that you have now might have their roots in your childhood. Some of the eating habits we learned as children might still be playing out in our day to day eating habits today and getting in the way of our long term nutrition goals. This blog breaks the top three eating habits from a midlife childhood. midlifemenu.com/blog/eating-habits

Belly Fat, Health, Midlife, NutritionMidlife MenuJune 14, 2019Habits, Food, weightloss, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, oComment

Heartburn - what causes it and will food and lifestyle help?

Heartburn is painful and can stop your enjoyment of simple activities. But what causes heartburn and do foods and lifestyle help? It was only recently that I started getting heartburn and now it seems to come back if I don't do these simple things. This blog details simple strategies to keep heartburn at bay. midlifemenu.com/heartburn