DON’T OBSESS OVER WEIGHT LOSS

Tiny tweaks

It doesn’t matter what that is, as long as it improves your fitness in some way. It could be sitting down and stretching for 10 minutes. Or put your trainers or walking boots on and go outside, and if you don’t feel like doing a long walk, go once around the block. Or go a little further. Once you get into that mindset, start adding to it slowly so exercising is less of a chore.

Weight loss is a very cool by-product of living a healthy lifestyle. If someone is overweight and they just adopt a healthy lifestyle, focus on the right nutrients and aim to be as fit, healthy and vibrant as possible, weight loss will happen regardless. It’s the same advice for wanting to gain weight. Be active, healthy, get to bed on time, and eat as much nutrients as you can.

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For anyone just starting out on their fitness journey, The Kilted Coaches say an excellent motivator for upping your daily cardio is using an activity tracker. “Most phones or Fitbits have a tracker for steps and they have become quite popular.

“If you have one, start tracking your steps, keep an eye on what you are already doing and then try not to just increase your daily record, but increase your daily average too.

“This can be a great motivator as it records how you’ve increased your activity and progressed your fitness. It’s an excellent first step – literally.”

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Personal trainer Stephen Clarke, one half of The Kilted Coaches, shares his tiny habits for health and wellbeing.

“To reduce stress levels, one thing I do at the end of the day is shut off all my senses for a minimum of 20 minutes.

“I’ll pop in some earplugs, as my kids will be running around downstairs, shut my eyes and relax onto the bed with my hands by my side and just concentrate on my breathing.

“It drastically reduces stress levels. Then I’ll go back downstairs to finish my evening routine, and when

I go to bed I fall asleep straightway. It’s absolute bliss!”