There’s something in the health and fitness world that we don’t talk about enough. We are hearing about it a little more now which is fabulous but still, not as openly as would be beneficial. We're not talking 'over training', 'toughness', carbohydrates, HIIT...we're talking energy availability. Energy availability and what happens when you don't have enough. I'm not a doctor or a dietician but I'm a nutritionist with a lot of lived experience in my own underfuelling while tr

I work with young people every day, and there isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t hear about the power of TikTok. I don’t use it personally; preference, partly preservation of my own sanity — but I’ve been watching the rise of “skinny tok” and the 'skinny' trend, from a distance with a sad old heart. Here’s the important thing - no BODY is inherently “wrong.” Weight loss is not inherently “wrong.” But culturally, we have been here before. And we know now how quickly trends

When you hear “900 miles, 10 days, swimming, biking and running” you picture long roads, tired legs, endless kit…the event itself. What’s far less visible is the team and the planning behind the scenes that makes a charity project like this even remotely possible. Travelling from Edinburgh to London via a deliberately higgledy-piggledy route, connecting teenage and young adult cancer treatment centres by cycling, running and swimming, isn’t something you can just wing. So far

…especially when you're training for a big charity project and currently full of Lemsip. If you’ve been following my training for the MOVE Against Cancer challenge, you’ll know I’ve been building up the miles — cycling and swimming while I continue to rehab an ankle injury. But this week, the training plan has had a little jig around: I’m rough…big old case of the winter nasties. And as frustrating as it feels, this week has been the perfect reminder of something I work on wi

I’m incredibly proud to share that  POC Cycling  are supporting my 900-mile MOVE Against Cancer challenge — and have so kindly provided me with an amazing set of kit to train and ride in. If you know POC, you’ll know they’re a cycling brand but also leaders in innovation for safety and performance. Part of their philosophy is about enabling people to push their limit safely, perhaps while doing something meaningful, moving in a way that they love… which aligns so perfectly wi

Update time… 🎉 As you may know by now, I’m gearing up for my biggest challenge yet — 900 miles, 10 days, and 3 disciplines — all to celebrate MOVE Against Cancer’s 10th anniversary. It’s a long old journey from Edinburgh to London, of course not a direct route, connecting major teenage and young adult cancer treatment centres entirely through swimming, cycling, and running. It’s not about pace, podiums or breaking records — it’s empowerment through movement and raising aware

I have wanted to bring back the blog for SO long - life just takes over, as you well know, so I'm super happy to be back and what better time, because this is the start of something BIG and I want to take you along with me. Some of you may know that I have been working in cancer rehabilitation for quite a long time now, with a little break where I worked in primary care overseas for a couple of years. When we came back I had the most wonderful opportunity to join a charity th

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