Womens Wellness

5 Reasons to Quit Fizzy Drinks I love a fizzy soft drink.  I grew up in a household where you were offered milk, water or tea as drinks to accompany a meal or when you were thirsty. Unless it was a Wednesday. You see on Wednesdays the Maine Man visited our street.  The Maine Man

Are you addicted to carbohydrates?   Take this short quiz to find out.   Do you often feel hungry very soon after you have eaten? Do you feel that a meal is not really complete unless you have some form of starch included (bread, pasta, rice, potato, qunioa etc) Do you sometimes feel sluggish after

Stress Busting… Do you really need to relax?  Do you feel a bit overwhelmed?  Perhaps you have been feeling the negative impact of stress for a while now…but you are so in the zone that you can’t really even give yourself the time to focus on what you might need.  Just keeping on, keeping coping,

Top 5 Reasons to Meal Prep If you’re like most of the women who join us here at The Body Retreat, you’re super busy! There just never seems to be enough time in the day to accomplish everything on your to-do list. Striving to live a healthier lifestyle becomes more of a distant memory, rather

 Eat Less and Move More! You’ll have heard it said many times before…if you eat less and move more you will lose weight. It’s simple mathematics. The old Energy Balance Equation. Energy In (Calories) – Energy Out (Exercise) = Weight Loss. Except that it doesn’t work… Well, let me be very honest… it does work