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As many of you know I am working with Mark Bowness of dontbuythismanapint.com to help him achieve his Wellbeing goal of staying off alcohol for a year. His blogging efforts have got me thinking about the ways that you can make yourself accountable.

Being accountable for your goals means that you have a system in place that is checking that you are keeping up with the steps you said you would take to move closer to your goal. Accountability greatly increases your chances of achieving your goals, you are no longer just accountable to yourself. But also to others this makes it alot harder to go easy on yourself.

When looking into this I came across a great blog written by Lauren Hutchinson, titled Shrinking Violet. She is on a weight loss mission, and is very open and honest about what she is doing to achieve this goal. She comments on her successes, failures and general feelings as she makes her way through this exciting and life changing process.

It is vital that you look for a method of accountability in the goals that you set yourself. This can be by sharing it with the world via a blog, or more low key by sharing your goals with a friend or family member who will support you. If it is a goal that you would like to keep more private, why not become accountable to yourself by making sure your goals are written down. Then keeping good records or a diary of your progress.

Make sure you have a look at Mark and Laurens blogs for some great inspiration.

Tom

Thought I may as well carry on the Top Ten thing, with my top ten wellbeing blogs!

1. A Day in The Life of a Personal Trainer (John Izzo)
2. Outside the Box (Sarah Rippel)
3. Alwyn Cosgrove
4. Fit Street Total Health Solutions
5. Michael Boyle
6. What Martial Arts Mean to Me (Lun Lok)
7. Aegis Training
8. Brando’s Blog
9. The Kettlebell Coach
10. Back Pain Relief Blog

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

TOM

I have just been Reading over a piece if research by the Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. This is yet another paper that shows us how important diet and physical activity actually are.

The study followed 3000 overweight people, they were split into three groups. One following a healthy diet and exercise, another taking anti-diabetic drugs, the other taking a placebo.

The research showed that the group following a diet and exercise program gained the greatest benefits in terms of reduced risk of diabetes. The actual risk of developing type 2 diabetes was reduced by 58% compared to the placebo group. While the anti-diabetic group saw their risk reduce by a third.

This is yet another study that shows the power of healthy eating and physical activity.

Until next time,

Tom

I have just been watching a program about the use of gastric bands in children to try and help obese children. Some of these youngsters weigh in at 18 stone, plus. It left me thinking about who to blame? The children themselves? The parents? The food industry? Or society as a whole? I am really not sure!

These children are in a desperate situation, they are morbidly obese at such a young age. This leaves them open to the various diseases associated with being overweight, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

It shocked me to see how post gastric band surgery, that the doctors recommended these youngsters only eat pureed food, and the family was feeding the youngster a mushed up fast food from a famous brand. This is far from what I would consider a healthy, balanced meal.

Is this through laziness? Or lack of education? Do people really know what they should be eating?

I think this is the problem, not only in the UK but across the western world. People really do have a lack of education about what different foods do in their body and the effects that certain foods can have on their overall weight and their obesity. We need to do more than tell people what are “good” and “bad” foods, we need people to understand what their body needs and most importantly WHY!

We need to increase the education that we give not only to the youth in the UK but also the population in general. Not only in terms of what we should eat, we also need to develop a passion for health and wellbeing. Here in the UK we are at the very start of a possible obesity epidemic, we need to make changes. We need to educate the next generation and reap the health rewards in years to come. Child Obesity is the worst of all types in my book, these children will continue to suffer with weight issues and have to struggle with their obesity for many years to come.

Remember the more you learn about nutrition and what different nutrients do in your body the better nutritional choices you can make.

Until next time, eat, move and be healthy!

Tom

Just thought i would put together a top 5 of my favorite wellbeing films/movies.  Must say out of them all the King Corn movie is a must see!

So here it goes in no particular order:-

1. Food Inc

2.Flow

3. King Corn

4. Generation RX

5. The Future of Food

TOM

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Just when you thought Sean Croxton of Underground Wellness could not possibly fit any more into his day, he has gone ahead and proved you wrong.  He has just launched the awesome undergroundwellness.tv, a on-line TV channel dedicated to what Sean does best, wellness, nutrition and fitness!

Well worth having a look! It debuts on March 15th!

Here is a clip from one of his shows

Look out for a review of the site in the next few weeks!

TOM

Manchester shine is a night walk event held annually in Manchester in aid of Cancer Research UK.  This event has got bigger and bigger over the years and now has many dedicated followers.

The great thing about Shine is that is open to all, so get your walking shoes on and join in.  You can choose to do the full on 26 mile walk or the 13 mile walk in and around Manchester city centre.  If you would like to see the full route have a look at this map.

For more information have a look at yourshine.org

Foresight Personal Training Manchester, will be doing a series of Q+A for those involved in Manchester Shine 2010.  Look out for the link!

To enter and support this great event all you need to do is click here.

This is a great, fun, but challenging event.  Why not join in and help Cancer Research UK raise some much needed cash!

TOM

Just been watching through some You Tube Videos and found these two by Todd Durkin of Fitness Quest 10, in these video’s he is looking around a facility based in Florida called IMG Academy.

You have to watch these, they are some of the best sporting facilities that I have seen, this is what we need to to working towards here in the UK.  The investment here is amazing, and i am sure facilities like these will show through in terms of youth development and overall improved sporting performance.

We have so much talent here in the UK and we need to keep building on the progress that we are making in terms of facilities and support networks for our sports people at all levels of their game and ages.

TOM