When trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle by eating healthily, snacking can be one of the hardest things to try and get to grips with. Snacking is part of everyday life and can be particularly troublesome to find something healthy when you are in a rush and haven’t planned or prepped anything in advance. Furthermore, …
Over the years we have always judged our health and fitness levels on one thing…………what the scales say. As long as the weight on the scales is not going up, then we are fine right? Wrong! I am here to help enlighten some of you in that just being light on the scales does not …
In the modern age we come in to contact with a lot of stressful situations. For example, work, children, and other lifestyle factors, all of which can make us very stressed. But how would stress impact on your weight? There are no calories in stress are there? No. But calories in vs calories out is …
I have had it plenty of times that clients have approached me saying they have not lost any weight despite eating healthily and exercising regularly. There is one simple and easy way to find out the answer to the solution to this issue…….daily nutrition logs. Without making notes like a daily nutrition log it would …
In recent weeks, a lot has been mentioned in the media about the menstrual cycle and how it can potentially affect women and their physical performance. This has come following Heather Watson (British female tennis player) saying her poor performance and consequential loss may be due to her menstrual cycle. She said that she suffered from dizziness, nausea, low-energy levels …
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Over the years the size of the ‘standard’ portion sizes has become much larger. For example, twenty years ago bagels used to be 3 inches in diameter and about 140 calories. Now, bagels are double the size at 6 inches and double the calories at 350. We have become accustomed to eating these much larger …
The information we receive about fruit and their effects on our weight can be very confusing. A lot of people have been known to try and completely avoid fruit in an effort to avoid weight gain and lose fat. But why do they do this? What is their reasoning, and are they correct? Does Fruit …
Honestly, I am extremely guilty of not heeding my own advice when it comes to stretching, warming up and cooling down. Day in, day out I say how important it is to properly stretch, but subsequently neglect my own advice and just crack on with a workout. However, this has often come back to …
Christmas is just around the corner. Most of us are ready for it and ready for the joys of the festive season. For most people this normally includes festive drinks with workmates and friends, a mince pie or seven and less time, and motivation to lace-up your trainers and do any exercise. As Christmas approaches …
Watch this short (under 3 minute) video of me explaining 3 really compelling reasons why you have to start drinking this stuff. The first one is particularly relevant for women. Ricky