Lucy's Blog
Welcome to my Blog page. Here you will find links to all of my blog posts. My aim is to provide information to help you with your day to day life, to provide guidance on health and exercise choices, and to offer advice on how to best achieve your goals. The posts are ordered randomly so each time you visit you will see different ones first to add some variety to your viewing. Hope you find them useful.
Top Tips For Beginners to Running
This list of tips should help you on your way to a better running experience and hopefully help you make it an enjoyable and fulfilling activity.
Healthy Summer Salads
Summer salads are a great way to get an abundance of vitamins and minerals in an easy and quick dish. They can be more than just green leaves. Here are 4 easy to make tasty summer salads for you to enjoy.
Walk with Lucy – Postcards from Venice
The third in a series of “Walk with Lucy” workouts.
Filmed in beautiful cities around the world – step into a virtual workout at home in a stunning location, completely unique and so easy to enjoy.
In this third ‘Walk with Lucy’ I chose to visit the unique and beautiful city of Venice, Italy.
Obesity and How to Lose Weight
Companies making gimmicks for weight loss won’t care if you don’t lose the lbs, as they will be making the £s. The only way is with exercise and the right lifestyle choices.
The Amazing Benefits of Exercise on Brain Health
The Amazing Benefits of Exercise on Brain Health
Overnight Festive Oats
Overnight oats make the perfect healthy breakfast and by adding in special ingredients turns this delicious breakfast into a festive treat
7 Ways To Sleep Better at Night Naturally
7 Tips to help your Sleep Better at Night Naturally
10 Tips for Improving Your Sleep
If you struggle with getting a good night’s sleep, then follow my 10 tips to help you sleep soundly and wake up feeling refreshed.
10 Benefits of Walking
The 10 Benefits we all get from Walking, as soon as you know how effective walking is and what it can do for your body and mind you will be motivated to include walking as part of your lifestyle.
How can I lose Weight during the Menopause
How to lose weight through the menopause and how to lose the ‘menopause belly’ – “It’s easy with the right exercises”
Sweet Potato and Avocado Buddha Bowl
A delicious way to eat a healthy meal that is full of goodness, with our healthy fats, carbs and protein, all in one pretty bowl.
Best Exercises for Menopause
We need to stay active during in our 40’s and beyond and what’s exciting is it brings us so many incredible benefits. What sort of exercise should we be doing during this stage of our lives?
Best Exercises for Perimenopause and Menopause
What are the Best Exercises for Perimenopause and Menopause
10 Tips to Make Running Easier
Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced runner these tips will make running feel easier and maybe even more enjoyable!
Walk with Lucy – Postcards from Paris
The first in a series of “Walk with Lucy” workouts.
Filmed in beautiful cities around the world – step into a virtual workout at home in a stunning location, completely unique and so easy to enjoy.
I decided the first city had to be Paris!
How to Cope with the Different Emotions of Isolation
In the recent challenging times we have all experienced many different emotions and a lot of us have been on a “roller coaster ride” of feelings. Though unusual for most of us, some were coping with isolation long before quarantines. This post suggests ways to help with the emotional stresses that isolation can bring to any of us.
How to Increase Energy Levels
How to Increase our Energy Levels (when you have no energy)
Walk with Lucy – Windsor and London
The second in a series of “Walk with Lucy” workouts.
Filmed in beautiful cities around the world – step into a virtual workout at home in a stunning location, completely unique and so easy to enjoy.
In this second ‘Walk with Lucy’ I chose to visit Windsor and London!
Walking for Health
When it comes to walking is it better to focus on speed or step count?
Why Fitness is our Best Friend
Fitness is our #1 best friend! Being fit and healthy is the best gift we can give ourselves especially when we are busy mums.
What is the best time to exercise?
Is it best to work out in the morning or in the evening? This is a question I get asked all the time, and the honest answer is that it all boils down to personal preference. Because both AM and PM have their advantages, but what is most important is that your time slot has to work for YOU.
What are the Best Exercises for Diabetes
What are the Best Exercises for Diabetes and what ones should we avoid?
How to Cut Down on Sugar and Reduce Belly Fat
My 10 tips for reducing your sugar intake address the obvious but also the hidden sources of sugar and offer you some advice on how to reduce your intake.
No Bake – Homemade Granola Bars
This recipe shows you how easy and cost effective it is to make your own granola bars. You’ll never want to buy a granola bar again once you have made your own – this is only bar you will want to snack on!
50 Ideas to Help you with Weight Loss
A list of 50 ideas to help you on your weight loss journey and keep you on track.
Homemade Facial Treatment
On a rest day it is nice to pamper yourself and give your skin a bit of TLC with a homemade beauty treatment. So today why not try my “Get Glowing Facial” This 3-ingredient face mask is easy to prepare and leaves your skin with a lovely glow and feels super refreshing.
7 Minute Workout
Are 7 minutes enough? So is 7 minutes enough for an effective workout? Well, the answer is most definitely YES!!
6 Easy Ways to Clean up your Diet
These 6 simple tips will help you positively influence your shopping, cooking and eating habits to easily transform, your health, waistline and energy.
How to Make Healthy Ice Cream at Home
A one ingredient, healthy ice cream that provides energy, vitamins, minerals and fibre – it’s delicious too!
Did you know there are 34 Symptoms of Menopause?
Our menopause experience will be as unique as our fingerprint. There are 34 symptoms you should be aware of.
How to keep fit at home
With so many gyms having closed during Covid-19 lockdowns, fitness classes cancelled and hands on personal training unavailable, we had to look at new ways of keeping fit. Home Fitness workouts were the answer. Even now things have eased, these are still a low cost and effective way of keeping in shape.
What is HIIT and how does it work?
H.I.I.T. is the biggest fitness trend and this one is set to stay.
The reason why is that High Intensity Interval Training WORKS!!!
Berry Blast Smoothie Bowl
Enjoy this refreshing and healthy fruit smoothie to give you a boost.
Top Exercises for PeriMenopause and Menopause
What are the best exercises for Perimenopause
Exercising and Arthritis
Best exercises for arthritis sufferers and the exercises that we should avoid.
Quick Healthy Lunch Recipe
Enjoy this rainbow jewelled rice quick, healthy and easy to make recipe for lunch in the summer or in the winter to give you that summery feeling!
How To Lower Cholesterol with Exercise
How Getting More Exercise can Help Lower Cholesterol
Walking your way to Fitness – The Benefits of Walking
Walking is the perfect exercise for everyone regardless of their age, shape, weight, or ability. The list of benefits from walking is longer than you might expect.
How to Get the Most out of Your Workout
Move your Body in all Planes of Motion to get the best possible results.
3 Surprising Benefits of Exercise
You will say WOW when you hear the 3 surprising benefits your get from exercising!
Healthy Banana and Chocolate Snack
A very simple and slightly indulgent snack that is a bit naughty but full of goodness too!
7 Myth Busting Facts about Exercise
7 myth busting facts about exercise that might be good news for you!
What is the Best Workout for You
So what is the best Exercise for YOU? great question and this depends on serval factors, all of which I go through, so you can find the best workout for YOU
10 Top Tips for a Healthier Lifestyle
10 tips to help make healthy living part of your daily routine.
Eating the Rainbow!
“Eating the Rainbow” a term often used in reference to Healthy Eating – but what does it actually mean and what are the benefits? After you’ve read this post, you will know!
Take-Away Night – How to make it a Healthy One
Regardless of the cuisine you have chosen to order at home, there are low calorie and low-fat options for you to enjoy – you just need to get into the habit of choosing them!
10 Motivating Reasons Why We Should Drink Water
We hear all the time how important it is to drink water every day, but have you ever thought why!
Preparing for Your 5K Race
To help with your pre-race preparation I’ve compiled a check list for you. If you do all these things I can assure you that you will run your 5k with ease and enjoy the run.