Boss The Basics

The basics can feel really complicated! I know that there’ve been times where I’ve felt adrift, like I can’t quite work out what the basics even are, let alone implement them.

I talk about nailing the basics and that’s not patronising because this stuff probably shouldn’t be called the basics, or even the foundations. They are so massively impactful and when you first set out on your journey to being in a position to move your health & wellness to a whole new space they feel HUGE!

What are these basics?

 Hydration – a game changer this bad boy. We all know we should drink more water. I used to eye roll 

 and do the whole “yeah, yeah” thing. Until you are consistently well hydrated you absolutely don’t know how awesome it feels – the proof only comes after consistent hydration and then a day without it being present – BOOM 

 that’s when you see the truth about being hydrated.

IMPACT – cognitive function, mood, energy, decision making, skin – EVERYTHING!

 Sleep – again, another one we know all about (there’s a theme here). Sleeping well makes the world a better place. Studies show that even having one night of compromised sleep can lead to an increase of food consumption without you even being aware of it 

 not having enough sleep makes you hungrier! Why? It’s during sleep that our body works to rebalance hormones – our full hormones & our hungry hormones come back into balance so that they can work effectively the next day. If your hungry hormones and your full hormones aren’t working you’ll feel hungrier without feeling full 

IMPACT – not being a mood cow (mood), hormone replacing, muscle repairing, cognitive function, hunger & satiety levels.

 Movement – your day to day movement, it’s usually talked about as steps but it’s all the movement you do on a day to day basis that doesn’t get classified in the exercise bucket. Our bodies have a resting metabolic rate, the energy that we need to simply run all the systems without moving at all. We then add to that our daily movement. It’s essentially whether we lead a sedentary lifestyle. On of my main priorities was initially to make some non-negogiatables when it came to daily movement – walking the dog, moving more and not just sitting at my desk.

IMPACT – good for mental & physical health, cognitive function, can make you more productive and creative.

 Nutrition – I’m not a diet advocate. I want you to nourish you and not deprive you. I want you to feel nourished in every way so nutrition is my thing. What’s that mean? What’s that look like? I work with my lovely clients to figure this out for them as an individual. What I would say is that you’ll be surprised that lots of the people I work with don’t realise that they are actually eating like a toddler and no wonder they are then craving foods and feeling shit, they are also often subconsciously (or not) so impacted by diet culture that they don’t understand what they love, what makes them feel amazing and what there body needs. We start here.

IMPACT – feel amazing, change your body composition (I work with people to gain weight as well as lose it), performance (in exercise & activity if that’s relevant), energy levels, cognitive function, feeling utterly EPIC!

 Exercise – however that looks for you. I love exploring what fits people. I ADORE running but you don’t have to run to be healthy!! You don’t have to do any one thing. If there was one magic thing then we would all be just only ever doing one thing and that’d be boring. START where you are. It doesn’t have to be ZERO to HARDCORE (and actually absolutely shouldn’t be!)

IMPACT – Same as above – feel amazing, change your body composition (I work with people to gain weight as well as lose it), performance (in exercise & activity if that’s relevant), energy levels, cognitive function, feeling utterly EPIC!

Would you like me to do a series diving further into each one?