Health On Toast

SO I MADE A LIST & CHECKED IT TWICE, BUT…20/01/2021

Dear reader, if it’s no longer too overdue, I wish you a first-rate new year. Xmas ’20 came and went and is however a speck in the rear view replicate of an annus horriblis, however Santa kinda didn’t display up. Yes, it became distinct partially due to the pandemic having robbed us of the nice and cozy fuzzy festive experience that anchors the stop of every year… but personally talking, I actually have now come to be a Mum, and the whole lot has seismically changed in a single day. To others, there’s likely nothing revolutionary in my enjoy, however it’s new to me, and I’m beaten by means of the intensity of it. My precedence is that this little package of affection, and external reports / cloth items appear much less important than they’ve ever been. Whilst my body is convalescing, my fitness activities are restricted, and mainly anchored around lengthy walks with a pram, as anything greater hardcore is off the cards for now. So this year’s list is a post-yule, New-Year-income kinda list (and there are some decent deals available!) tilted specifically in the direction of my new way of life; gentler, slower health and wellbeing, with the toddler in thoughts! Here’s a ‘top eight’ of factors that I’ve located vital for the duration of being pregnant for sluggish fitness at some stage in Covid, applicable for both now and past! (PRE WARNING: some things are essentially new-figure orientated). Click MORE to study the total list… (more…)REVIEWED: APPLE WATCH SERIES 613/10/2020

If you’re as stubborn as me, and are convinced that there *ARE* yet days final of the summer season, right here’s a outstanding day trip idea for you! Earlier in the month, I spent one such day taking part in the tremendous Jurassic coast, on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England’s only herbal UNESCO World Heritage Site – which changed into without a doubt quite resplendent in glorious British sunshine! Whilst I’m 8 months pregnant, a mild hike alongside the rolling chalk cliffs is pretty much the perfect degree of exertion for me and the toddler, so I/we packed a bag and headed right down to Durdle Door for a walk and an afternoon of calming ocean breeze. It changed into an fantastic destination to trial my brand new Apple Watch Series 6 (preceding reviews HERE) at the hike. Plenty of thrilling insights packed into this one, my expensive reader, so read on…

(extra…)10 AUTUMN ‘HEALTHY GETAWAY’ ESSENTIALS!09/10/2020

The summer season can be well and actually kaput, but your journey aspirations invariably stay on… The deluge of the past week has really marked the seasonal transition to Autumn, and whilst we weren’t precisely journeying abroad en-mass over the summer season, the ‘Blighty staycation’ truely came in available as a welcome comfort from cabin fever. Whilst I actually have round eight greater weeks till my toddler bids a hello to the large extensive world, I will try to punctuate the weekends with some greater mini geographical region/coastal getaways. Given my length as a heavily pregnant girl, the gadgets filling my getaway bag look altogether exclusive to my traditional Active Escapes! This publish shows 10 key essential items I pop within the bag when I’m after a well being escape to some top notch a part of the united states, as you is probably thinking about this ‘fall’! Read on, dear reader… (greater…)MY BABY LOCKDOWN28/07/2020

I’ve wanted to share this supremely thrilling information at the blog for, properly, simply over 6 months now. Things are changing, FitnessOnToast is quite actually expanding; I am pregnant (no longer just gluttonously engorged)! Amidst the COVID lockdown and what can most effective be defined as an ‘bizarre but unforgettable’ yr, I determined myself wanting to withdraw from the stresses of this deeply unnerving international, (pretty literally via switching off the TV across the house, and escaping the social media maelstrom in my hand), and as a substitute surely awareness on pouring all the fine components into the little miracle developing internal me. Whilst I won professional qualifications inside the ‘pre-and-publish-natal’ area a decade ago, I’d in no way been that ‘child character’ who without a doubt loves maintaining, cuddling, searching after infants. In fact, in my adolescents they as soon as regarded instead monotonous to me – devour, sleep, nappy, repeat. My view has lengthy since modified, and at some stage in this time I’ve been studying books on babies voraciously, and it seems they’re clearly pretty splendid little contraptions! (I’ll proportion a number of my favourites from the analyzing listing at the bottom). This submit is supposed to proportion just a few of the important thing reasons as to why I consider it's far really worth continuing your training into being pregnant & beyond, and is applicable for both girls thinking about beginning a circle of relatives, and for their companions to be privy to too – it’s a group game! Click MORE underneath for the mind, and do feel loose to ask questions in remarks if there’s anything I can help with…

(extra…)WELLNESS ESCAPE TO THE WESTIN MALDIVES MIRIANDHOO11/01/2020

I these days lower back from 9 days in planet Earth’s most rapturous dreamland – the Maldives. I’ve been fortunate to go to this heaven on prior events, and I am struck by using how its luminous splendor never dulls; on this experience, I visited the super Westin Maldives Miriandhoo, a jewel inside the crown of the Westin  Hotels and Resorts organization. I’ve worked with Westin for decades as their Wellbeing Movement ambassador and I’ve skilled several in their properties round the world; as such, I know the wellness ethos that pervades every element of this lodge group properly, and it’s one which I sense passionately approximately infusing into every journey I take. Whilst I was hosted on the Westin Maldives Miriandhoo (henceforth WMM), I skilled the purest expression of their Wellbeing philosophy, free from the restrictions and confines imposed via a bustling cityscape, and as an alternative, capable of indulge in the secluded tranquillity of island life. Picture-perfect postcard-fashion, powdery-smooth sandy seashores, mesmeric sunsets, the most up to date seafood and best temperatures, all render it an unsurprising pinnacle honeymoon vacation spot; for me, after only a few days, I recovered the hitherto misplaced sensation of feeling recharged, comfortable and renewed. Thereafter, the ensuing week of pure revival left me prepared to tackle 2020 with gusto! Click MORE to peer and read about my experience of this nirvana…

(more…)MY FASHIONMONITOR INTERVIEW: “WELLNESS TODAY”21/10/2019

I currently had the possibility to share a few thoughts with FashionMonitor.com for an interview beforehand of a panel at the Festival of Marketing, on which I sat to discuss trends within the health industry. The interview precipitated me to think quite alot about several of the hard topics posed to me. FashionMonitor presented a lightly precised model of the interview HERE, but for the ones trying to explore the extra complete solutions I scribed, click on MORE underneath to get my full mind at the developments shaping the industry at gift and over the approaching years, together with perceptions surrounding the influencer advertising global. (more…)HOME-MADE HEALTHY ROCKET ROLLS!15/10/2019

Short on time, but determined for a few existentially-redefining scrumptious meals? Well pricey reader, appearance no similarly, for these critically-yum & wonderful-easy-to-make ROCKET ROLLS are exactly what you’ve been searching out. Search your emotions, you realize this to be actual. They appearance so pretty & are assured to electrify all viable guests with their colourful, flexible & healthy components. They are also the precise lunch to take to paintings, given how neat and filling they're. Aside from that delectable sauce, the elements are all pretty healthful, consisting in particular of fresh greens and herbs – they integrate to deliver a right knockout flavoursome punch! When it involves the dressing, it has pretty a wealthy essence and consequently you don’t really want to apply that much of it. The rolling of the rice sheets can call for some dexterity, however frankly through the 0.33 one, you’re assured to get the hang of it. Click MORE to look the total recipe – I desire you love them as plenty as I do! (extra…)5 WAYS TO SQUEEZE EVERY BIT OUT OF YOUR MORNING31/08/2019