The November Reset: Why Hibernating Is Your Smartest Move This Month
November is sneaky. It looks like a normal month. No Christmas parties yet. No “new year, new me” chaos. No big dramatic deadline. But this is where a lot of January depletion starts. Not in December. Not on Boxing Day when you realise you have eaten beige food for a week and forgotten what a vegetable looks like. It starts now. When you ignore the fact that you are tired. When you keep saying yes. When you try to train hard, work hard, socialise hard, and still expect your b
Poppy Hawe
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Why Your Week Falls Apart and How to Build One That Works
The Monday reset is one of the most misleading ideas in fitness. I see it all the time at Nutrifit. Someone gets to the end of a messy weekend and thinks, “Right, Monday. Back on it.” But the body does not wipe the slate clean because the calendar has moved from Sunday to Monday. A client recently came to me after a full weekend of training. They had not properly rested since Wednesday. Friday was busy, Saturday was hard, Sunday was hard again, and by the time they tried to p
Poppy Hawe
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Stress Eating Is Biology Not a Character Flaw
The late-night reach for cereal, chocolate, toast, crisps, biscuits, or whatever is quick and dense rarely comes from nowhere. It often begins hours earlier. A hard training session. Rushed breakfast. A coffee instead of proper recovery food. A light lunch because the day got busy. Another coffee at 3 pm to push through. Then by 7 pm, the body starts shouting. By 9 pm, the brain is not asking for a balanced salad and a mindful pause. It is asking for fast energy, comfort, sal
Poppy Hawe
10 min read
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