Autumn Step Challenge – Week 4 and Final Results We have completed our Autumn Step Challenge! A huge thank you to everyone who took part, collectively we covered a lot of ground. The final leader board and awards are all listed below… Everyone finished strong in the final week …
Social Bite – Trees of Kindness This year Social Bite are installing two Christmas trees in the city centres of Glasgow and Edinburgh for their Trees of Kindness initiative. They are asking people to donate a gift to someone who is homeless or vulnerable and place it under the …
We have completed the third week of the challenge, just 7 more days to go! As a team we have averaged just over a million steps a week (totalling 3,238,500) lets see if we can beat that in the final week. The challenge ends on Monday 30th November and the …
That’s week 2 completed so we are halfway through the challenge now. It was another mixed week for weather with quite a few rainy days, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping our steppers! Unfortunately not everyone has synced their data to the Count.It site yet so I can only …
We have now completed the first week of our autumn step challenge, it was a mixed week for weather but it looks like that didn’t stop anyone getting out and about and logging those steps! Unfortunately not everyone has synced their data to the Count.It site yet so I can …
THE CHALLENGE: Get active every day – move more! Why is it important to get active and move more? Physical activity is beneficial because it can: help to manage the balance between energy in and energy out, to maintain a healthy weight improve heart health and strengthen muscles and bones …
THE CHALLENGE: Have at least 6-8 unsweetened drinks every day – water is a great choice! Why is it important to drink plenty? On average, water makes up more than half of our body weight and we need fluid for our body to work properly. Water is constantly …
We are now on day two of healthy eating week and I thought I would share some of my efforts so far. I didn’t get off to the best start, I did well with the wholegrains challenge on Monday but forgot to take photo’s of my meals! Better luck on …
THE CHALLENGE: Have a variety of vegetables this week Why are vegetables important? Vegetables provide a range of different vitamins and minerals needed for health. They also provide fibre, which is important for the digestive system and can help reduce the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, type 2 …
Combine lean chicken with super-healthy broccoli, ginger and garlic for a quick and cheap, weeknight dinner Serves 2 Ready in 30 minutes ingredients 200g trimmed broccoli florets (about 6), halved 1 chicken breast (approx 180g), diced 15g ginger, cut into shreds 2 garlic cloves, cut into shreds 1 red onion, sliced 1 roasted red pepper, from a jar, cut into cubes 2 …
