The Slimming Clinic Blog
Christmas Weight Loss
The end of 2020 is finally in sight and to be honest, most of us are just really looking forward to putting the whole year behind us and starting life all over again in 2021. So when it comes to our health and weight loss, when December rolls around, most of us resign...
Healthy Christmas Present Ideas
,We all know Christmas to be a time of giving and receiving. Unfortunately for those of us trying to watch our weight the receiving part of Christmas usually involves luxurious chocolates, yummy biscuits and high calorie alcoholic beverages! So if you're trying to...
Do you give yourself enough time to lose weight?
Ever heard the phrase, ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day…’ – we bet that most of you have. But did you know that the English playwright John Heywood continued the phrase – ‘…but they were laying bricks every day.’ The main point of the phrase insinuates that good things...
Lockdown 2.0 – It is OK to prioritise your health and weight loss.
This year has been extremely tough on our weight, health and well-being and at The Slimming Clinic we understand that the extra stress that lockdown causes has meant that often, our health has often not been top priority. Despite the millions of us getting up each...
Your BMI and the Health Risks
We regularly hear about how having a healthy BMI is one of the key factors to overall health and that if you are carrying more weight, you should aim to lower your BMI in order to reduce your risks of obesity-related illness. With an NHS survey illustrating that 67%...
Healthy Weight Loss Lunch Ideas
Making healthy recipes and lunch ideas doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. There are ways to lose lbs and save your £s. Here are some healthy, filling and bargain weight loss diet lunch ideas for you to try now we’re back to work and school and are suitable...
NEW i-Change online weight loss programme
We want to ensure that every patient who joins a weight loss programme with The Slimming Clinic is given the best chance to succeed with their health and well-being goals, at great value for money. Our i-Change programme is a six-month medical weight loss programme...
Top Tips to Forming Better Weight Loss Habits
Why is it so easy to form bad habits, but so hard to form good habits? Well truth is, bad habits are usually things we allow to happen because they are so easy to form and maintain. Things like, allowing ourselves to stop our movement and exercise regime – it is SO...
Expert Mindset Tips When You’re Feeling Out Of Control
Gaining back control over our lives begins with that first step, and for many, this is the hardest. Firstly, we need to allocate just a few minutes of our time to look at our current lifestyle; visualise where we are heading and decide what we want to change. We can...
Bariatric surgery vs natural weight loss – which is better?
“COVID-19 has reminded us how much our health matters” the NHS Better Health campaign states. But the truth is, most of us knew already how much our health mattered, but the global pandemic has heightened our, and now the government’s, need to prioritise our health...
Expert Movement Tips for Beginners
During summer 2020, we’re asking you to choose to change something about the way you live, in order to help your weight and health in the long run. Last week, we brought you diet advice from our brilliant Dietitian, Lesley. She spoke about how changing your diet is...
Help the government fight obesity!
You may have seen in the news that in a bid to protect the NHS and beat COVID-19, the government has announced stricter regulations on ‘unhealthy’ foods in their new obesity strategy with Public Health England – named ‘Better Health’. The new regulations due to come...
