Stress can play havoc with your health full stop. Last week we saw how stress can impact on your sleep. This week I’m looking at how stress can affect your waistline. Personally, I have experienced both weight gain, and weight loss as a result of stress. I’ve had the kind of big whammy stress where I can’t eat and the weight loss has been quick and quite noticeable. I’ve also had (as I’m sure most of us have) the kind of daily, ongoing stress where I’ve gradually piled on the

Sleep, and its greatest enemy: stress. Getting enough zzz’s feels as great an indulgence as bathing in Bolly. An indulgence I can ill afford. Whilst I often don’t allow myself the luxury of a good night’s sleep, I know that when I do want some slumber, it will come very easily to me. I could do a 12-hour stint quite happily, I can snore (attractive) my way through pretty much anything. However, I’m becoming increasingly aware that I am one of the lucky few. This doesn’t make

Hungry anyone? I am. Permanently. Life for me is just one big SNACK ATTACK. Yes I am greedy, but I’m also busy. And being busy is why there has been such a huge shift in our eating culture over the last 40 or so years. The days of sitting down to enjoy three square meals are fading fast. In their place, we see people (like me) grabbing quick bites here, there and everywhere. Eating on the go. Shoving a quick snack down the gullet before racing off to do something…or be somewh