Health and Wellbeing - Weight Management

How to Manage Your Weight

As a responsible employer, the Royal Navy supports all personnel in adopting healthy lifestyle behaviours to maintain a healthy body weight through the Armed Forces Weight Management Support Pathway and Defence Occupational fitness programme (DOfit).

For advice on these programmes, contact the PT Staff on your establishment or seek medical advice through your Medical Centre or local GP.

Developing a healthy lifestyle starts with being aware of your current lifestyle

Physical activity levels
Smoking habits
Dietary behaviours
Alcohol consumption

For home workout ideas and tips and suggestions for sports and activities you might enjoy to help you get healthy and stay fit, check out the NAVYfit:

Social media platforms
Sports and Activity pages
Other Big Four Health and Wellbeing pages

As you make better choices, it's important to be aware of eating healthily

From advice on eating 5 portions of fruit and veg a day, through tips on lowering sat and sugar intake, and on to how to switch out popular favourites for healthy alternatives, NHS - Eat Well offers a great starting point for many people.

There are many other external organisations offering help and support too, while free Apps can be downloaded to any popular device today.

Try out Oneyou Easy Meals, which allows you to search for recipes by meal time, create shopping lists and explore great ways to eat foods that are healthier for you.

With over 150 healthy recipes, or if you are limited on ingredients, the Supercook App allows you to just enter the ingredients you have to hand and suggests suitable wholesome recipes for you to try.

Help and support

NHS Eat Well

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. Your NHS can help you eat well.

Visit NHS Eat Well

Drinkaware

An independent charity working to reduce alcohol misuse and harm in the UK by helping people make better choices about drinking.

Drinkaware website

One You Easy Meals on Google Play

Our free Easy Meals app is a great way to eat foods that are healthier for you. You’ll find delicious, easy meal ideas to get you going if you’re ever short of inspiration.

Download on Google Play

One You Easy Meals on the Apps Store

Our free Easy Meals app is a great way to eat foods that are healthier for you. You’ll find delicious, easy meal ideas to get you going if you’re ever short of inspiration.

Download on the App Store

Supercook from Google Play

SuperCook finds amazing recipes you can make, right now, with the ingredients you already have at home.

Download on Google Play

Supercook from the Apps Store

SuperCook is a recipe discovery app offering a personalised Menu of recipes you can make using the ingredients you have at home.

Download on the App Store

Samaritans

Samaritans works with the Ministry of Defence and other charities to support serving personnel in the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families. Visit their website or use their free 24-hour helpline providing a safe place to talk about anything that is bothering you.

116 123

Combat Stress

The UK’s leading mental health charity for all serving military personnel and veterans, and to families and friends that may have concerns. Visit their website or use their free 24-hour helpline offering confidential advice and support for stress, anxiety, and depression.

0800 323 4444

Mind

Providing advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. Visit their website or use Mind’s Infoline provides an information and signposting service. Open 09:00 – 18:00, Monday to Friday (except for bank holidays).

0300 123 3393

Togetherall

A safe anonymous online community providing you with mental health support and advice for coping with the stresses of everyday life. Visit their website or use their free 24-hour online service where you can talk to people, who feel like you; whilst guided by trained professionals.

[email protected]