It’s been a hectic few weeks and I’ve not had much chance to sit and write. Luckily, there has been little MC4r news updates in the time I’ve been away. This tends to be the time I look into weight loss news, and it never disappoints to amaze me. Weight loss news saturated the internet with some of the most toxic content between commenting on … Continue reading Men vs Women: Double standards in media
I think we live in a fantastic age of medicine, and it will only get better with time. I’m so pleased to see the amount of research that is being done into obesity and our genes. It makes me hopeful that one day, when a person says their weight is the cause of a medical condition a person won’t look at them sceptically. To this … Continue reading Study links genetic rearrangement to obesity
Lately social media has been a keen topic of discussion in my life. The general consensus is that it’s a toxic environment and has a big impact on mental health. I wrote a blog post previously on detoxing your social media. This is something I like to do fairly often, especially since social media algorithms have a habit of clouding our feeds with unrealistic and … Continue reading The impact of social media on mental health
I originally wasn’t going to talk about this but I’ve mentioned intermitted fasting a few times now. I don’t like the idea of promoting a diet so I’m going to do my best to not sound like I am. Over the years I’ve tried many diets from not eating carbs to keto and more; in the end, they’re not for me or sustainable. Around Christmas … Continue reading My experience with intermittent fasting
Last I posted it was with regards to my mental health, while an uphill battle I’m on the mend and seeing better days. I’ve wanted to get back to posting regularly and hope I can put my best foot forward today. I’m going to begin with something that brought a smile to my face when I read it, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has announced the publication of … Continue reading Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has announced the publication of a children’s book “Gabe’s Story”
The last we heard of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals they were modifying their drug treatment for weight loss following feedback from the FDA. This seemed quite the setback at the time. However, it appears they’ve been successful. Not just once, but twice. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has announces FDA Approval of IMCIVREE® (setmelanotide) for use in patients with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. Bardet-Biedl Syndrome is something we’ve touched on very briefly … Continue reading Rhythm Pharmaceuticals launches IMCIVREE for the treatment of obesity
The other week I started to write a post and part way through I lost myself, and stopped. I felt like I was just writing aimlessly and that’s not my style so in good conscious couldn’t publish it. I will address that I’ve changed my web address, simple answer; I’m trying to save some money so I downgraded my plan. But this blog is still … Continue reading Finding the diet that works for you and sticking with it
So firstly, apologies for my absence. Just before Christmas I ended up catching COVID, I didn’t really tell anyone about it except the people I had to. I didn’t really want to make a big song and dance about it. Everyone has either had it or will have it at some point. I do have some ongoing issues, which is why I currently sympathise with … Continue reading Happy New Year: Find what works for you and stick with it
Every now and then I like to steer away from MC4r and talk about mental health. A persons weight can have a massive impact on their mental health, and it’s reflected in almost everything we see. Recently I found myself in a strange place, and decided to reflect on it. One of the most googled “how to” searches is “how to lose weight” and I’ve … Continue reading Mental Health: Learning from negative emotions
So this is a bit of an impromptu post. When I’m at work I like to spend my lunch hour scanning the news to see what’s going on in the world and I came across this article by The Sun: Primary school pupils ‘to be regularly weighed in class’ over fears Covid pandemic has sparked child obesity crisis — the headline alone was enough to … Continue reading Pupils to be weighed regularly in schools as experts believe lockdown as caused obesity in children
I grew up in South Africa and one of my favourite childhood memories is going to a dessert place called Milky Lane, which sold a whole range of waffles, ice-cream, milkshakes and so many flavours of sauce I can’t even name them all. All I can say is that in comparison, places in the U.K. that sell waffles don’t really compare. I went to one … Continue reading Breakfast: Simple Waffles
When I came off dairy products completely there was a part of me that was devastated. Growing up you become a custom to certain tastes – Cadbury’s, Galaxy and I had just recently started eating pastries and cheesecake and now all of these new and exciting experiences seemed lost to me. If you’re born unable to eat dairy, you don’t really know what you’re missing … Continue reading My top 10 favourite dairy-free chocolate treats
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