In episode 43 we had psychotherapist Jon Bell with us talking about the links between body image and self worth, and how many people may try to lose weight to feel better about themselves , but dont get the feelings they were hoping for.

In this episode we discuss how can you do something abou this.

It's Janauary 2025 and the the shops are full of health foods and gyms are filled with new members, but why?

1st January heralds the dawn of the new year, new me health kicks, with people setting resolutions to be a reinvented version of themselves, but why and is this a good thing?

How can you set resolutions that stick?

Listen and find out...

In this episode we are joined by our long time friend and Psychotherapist Jon Bell.

The focus is today is the driver of many people’s fitness journey, losing weight to feel better about themselves. But does losing weight make you feel better?

Is exercise the cure and cause of poor body image and self-worth?

Listen to find out.

This is the second part of our look at the pillars of a sustainable healthy lifestyle. So you can be fitter for longer.

This time we cover pillars 5,6,7 and 8

Recovery

Lifestyle

Consistency

Realism

After a bit of a gap between episodes, we've got back together and had a chat about what we have been doing, learning about and some of the hot topics of the health and fitness world.

Welcome to this weeks episode where we bring you another hot topic in health and fitness.

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In this episode we are joined by another guest Dr Amy Kuck, who is an NHS GP and an accredited health and wellness coach. In this episode we talk about Lifestyle as medicine and how we live our lives is interconnected with the diseases we give ourselves. We discuss the four pillars of lifetsyle medicine;

Sleep

Nutrition

Stress

Movement

Connect with our guest, Dr Amy Kuck, here:

Website: https://www.dramykuck.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAmyKuck

Insta: @dramykuck

Links to previous podcast:

Episode 3: Habits Pt 1

Episode 7: Sleep Pt 2

Episode 10: Sleep

Episode 12: Habits Pt 3

Welcome to this weeks episode where we bring you another hot topic in health and fitness.

Before we get into the nitty gritty of this weeks info, please take a moment to check out and subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠ on this link 

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In this episode we talk about the relationship between drinking alcohol, exercise and health. Whether it is a post-work pint, glass of wine with a meal or full weekend binge drink, alcohol is a fairly constant factor in many peoples lives, but how aware of the impacts it has on you are you?

Some of the topics we cover are:

Links to related podcasts

Episode 20: recovery

Episode 10: Sleep

Welcome to this weeks episode where we bring you another hot topic in health and fitness.

Before we get into the nitty gritty of this weeks info, please take a moment to check out and subscribe to our ⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠ on this link 

Twitter: ⁠⁠@YorkshireFitPod⁠⁠

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In this episode we talk about the often emotional link between the food we eat, the negative states we then feel and how we react by "punishing" ourselves with exercise. We all have those hard to resist foods that no amount of will power seem to keep us away from, but after indulging ourselves, is it beneficial to then make yourself pay the price for it, but why do we do this to ourselves?

Some of the topics we cover are:

Links to some of the research mentioned in this episode

A narrative review of the construct of hedonic hunger and its measurement by the Power of Food Scale

The Power of Food Scale. A new measure of the psychological influence of the food environment

The Power of Food. Self-control moderates the association of hedonic hunger with overeating, snacking frequency and palatable food intake

Training inhibitory control. A recipe for resisting sweet temptations

The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire

Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ)

Links to previous episodes

Episode 3: Habits

Episode 6: Calorie Counting

Episode 10: Sleep