Author Archives: Jenny MacLean

The agony and the ecstasy

A tough week this one, with some major challenges overcome and some big lessons learnt! All had been proceeding normally exercise and food wise until Friday afternoon when Rob (and me too) had been scheduled to do the longer 13km … Continue reading

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Enjoying the view from the fitness plateau

What’s the best thing about hitting a bit of a plateau? The view back over where you’ve come up from! Rob arrived at his personal training session this week feeling a bit plateaued. But had had the presence of mind … Continue reading

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Blue sky thinking – what are you real limits?

Well well well… It’s true that sometimes people can take huge strides just when you’re least expecting it. And after a steady and uneventful fitness & nutrition week last week, massive steps forwards have now been made. This culminated in … Continue reading

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Rob’s Progress – consolidation & race entry

A quiet consolidation week this week, with the impact and long term implications of a healthy lifestyle sinking in for Rob (in a good way!). Rob successfully fitted two runs into a schedule packed with travelling, socialising (shared a small … Continue reading

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Week 2 – Rob pushes a little harder

This week’s personal training session was an opportunity for me to help Rob to realise that he can already achieve a lot more than he thought he could. As he’d only managed to fit in two runs since our previous … Continue reading

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Rob’s progress – Week 1

Great to see such determination – Rob is firmly fixed on sorting out his fitness, food and lifestyle habits to give him the energy he needs to live the life he wants. He’s made a brilliant start too with definite … Continue reading

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Rob’s Story

I’d like to introduce an EnergyWise client who we’ll be following on a regular basis as he progresses towards his goals. By sharing his story on the EnergyWise blog he is hoping to gain extra support and motivation, so please … Continue reading

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Land’s End Ahoy

About to head off Southwards for a two week cycle tour to Land’s End. Follow our progress on http://landsendahoy.blogspot.com/ If there are no photo’s, then it’s probably raining! Bookmark the blog, leave me some comments & be inspired to an … Continue reading

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Bouncing back from disappointment

Do you find that things sometimes don’t go as planned? Perhaps you had a bad diet day or missed one of your weight loss or fitness goals? Maybe you didn’t get the results you’d hoped for in a meeting or … Continue reading

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Ravenous for ratatouille?

Bored with your usual meal choices? Looking for a different and tasty way to present your vegetables? Fancy a lighter main meal that’s not based around the conventional layout of meat, potato and veg? The following recipe is a particular … Continue reading

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