Perfect time for a health overhaul in lockdown

Health, Beauty and Lifestyle with Denise McNamara

The old adage ‘eat less, move more’ once worked a dream. I could lose what I needed to within two, three or four months when I put my mind to it.

Cut out shite, up the veg, curb the carbs, join a gym or exercise classes three times a week. Result.

But that was when I was in my 20s and 30s. As I got older and busier with parenthood I got careless about weight. Returning to that old reliable just wasn’t effective.

I ate less, moved more but the pounds – and those dastardly stones – stayed stubbornly put.

And then I just got lazy about even trying. Until Covid.

Like most people I know, I used the excuse of the first lockdown to eat and drink what I wanted in order to endure the homeschooling and shock of forced isolation.

But no more. At the beginning of the second lockdown a few of my friends without kids and jobs decided to tackle their weight and managed to lose a good few stone.

Yes, it was hard work, made all the harder due to perimenopause or early menopause, but they proved it can be done.

So, I decided to seek a little help, knowing that on my own I was doomed to failure.

Yvonne O’Shaughnessy has a few different strings to her bow when it comes to helping people change their eating habits.

She studied for six years at the Irish School of Herbal Medicine, where she qualified in herbal medicine, nutrition, iridology and reflexology. She learned how to do food intolerance testing and has trained as a raw food coach.

The most fascinating aspect of my lengthy consultation was iridology. It involves an examination of the eye to determine overall health.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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