New Year, New You is a headline that gets wheeled out at the beginning of a new year – year after year!  Despite it’s yearly repetition, this is one headline that I never get sick of hearing.  

The quality of your life is largely determined by the quality of your health and wellbeing. 

When Benjamin Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, he was actually referring to fire safety, but his words can certainly be applied to health.

Illness is easier to prevent in the first place than it is to cure it or repair the damage afterwards. However, health care statistics and the rise in obesity levels tell us that we’re getting it the wrong way around.

 

I’m travelling in France with my husband right now and despite the fact that we’re sampling French pastries, cheeses and baguettes as part of our cultural experience here, we’re both losing weight!

Although I don’t recommend walking solely as a means for weight loss – strength training is definitely far more efficient and effective - it’s been a great highlight of how an active lifestyle will affect your waistline and your wellbeing.