With the year coming to an end, December is a month that is filled with joyous celebrations and festivities around good food, good friends and loved ones!

It is also however common to pack on a bit of weight during this time, and so why not have things differently this time around and manage your expectations around health and feasting and enjoy this season, by staying healthy, eating well and staying active!

Here are 5-tips to encourage you to keep things in check, while enjoying the holiday cheer:

‘Ditch the Diet mentality and Eat Intuitively’ a phrase we hear a lot lately…but what does it mean exactly? 

The simple definition of intuitive eating is “Eat when you are hungry, Stop when you are full” and its essence revolves around helping people establish a healthy relationship with food

Sounds simple right? Its ten core principles include:

As similar as we are, we are actually very different in so many ways! Here’s a little bit of an insider’s peak into our lives and who we are!

· 91% of all women are unhappy with their bodies and resort to dieting

· 80% of women claim the images they see in the media make them feel insecure

· 81% of ten-year old children are afraid of being fat

· 90% of girls aged between 15 -17 years want to change at least one thing in their physical appearance

These are just a few of the alarming statistics revealed in a recent study done in 2017!

The past 12-months has been a journey filled with so much excitement, love, happiness, tears, possibilities, challenges, opportunities and of course, fun and adventure! And so, we are really looking forward to seeing what 2018 has in store for us, both personally and professionally!

For most of us, this is the time we start writing down some resolutions for the new year, and instead, we thought of sharing with you a few of our rituals that we personally do, and hope to continue to do as we learn, develop, and further grow ourselves even more.

Well Hello, December!

The month of seasons changing, of snow flakes falling (in some countries at least), of hot chocolate and marshmallow drinks, of families and friends gathering and let’s not forget, the month of feasting!

As we move forward towards the end of this year, most of us will start the celebrations even before the actual celebrations…From festivities here and there, to office and year-end parties, to enjoying the holidays and finding any excuse to just be happier!

During our latest workshop, we asked those who attended what comes to mind when they hear the word “DIET” and this is a few of the words that came up:

Restriction | Boring | Tasteless | Punishment | Salads | Rules | Guilt | Deprivation

For many of us, dieting has quite a negative connotation that brings with it feelings of unpleasantness, guilt, low self-esteem and failure.