To lose weight quickly by doing a diet, then regaining it by eating as you used to, then starting all over later with another diet to lose weight, regaining weight again, losing it again, then putting on weight over and over during several years is called the yoyo effect. With the years passing by, people who do these…
For most of us, stress is a fact of life. Unfortunately, research reveals that it’s also a fact of fat. Even if you usually eat well and exercise, chronic high stress can prevent you from losing weight. Here’s what happens: Your body responds to all stress in exactly the same way. So every time you have…
In our more-is-better world, it’s easy to get caught in the overtraining trap. But when it comes to your workouts, it pays to do less. Here’s 6 reasons overtraining is hampering your weight loss: 1. Your muscles grow when you rest. Lifting weights creates tiny tears in your muscles that can only repair during rest. This repair…
Are you still counting calories?
Why sleep is probably top of my list when it comes to weight loss!
Not Another Diet!! So a couple of my clients have been asking me about the FMD diet (Fasting Mimicking Diet), so here’s my take. A couple of years ago the 5:2 diet hit us with storm and now a variation of it is back but with a restriction of 34-54% of your calories for five…
When your feeling stressed and tired, the last thing you need is more things to do or think about. But life happens and it’s your reaction that counts. So if you can increase your energy levels, achieve a calmer state of mind and build up a greater resilience, then you’ll be better equipped to deal…
Get on the right track!! Fitness trackers are wearable instruments that can calculate everything from steps taken to calories burned to amount and quality of sleep achieved each night. But just exactly how can they help you lose weight? Fitness trackers keep you honest – They record everything and track the amount of activity you…
With Easter the highlight of the month you are no doubt going to have chocolate in the house for the kids, if not for the bigger kids in the house. With the right choices and moderation in mind, this is a treat that you should be able to indulge in guilt free. The earliest record…
Are you following a clean eating programme? Does it work for you?
Its tempting when your on a mission to look and feel good to go for a quick fix. There are any number of meal replacement options out there, such as diet shakes, powders and pills, intensive detox and fasting programmes and eliminating foods has now become the new normal! But its still unnecessary in many cases.…
When my clients tell me they want to lose weight, I always ask them why? And I can always tell its a padded answer! I think a lot of times we don’t really think about it, we just think we should lose weight. We think our lives will be better. So I like to ask these 3…
BCAAs, or branched-chain amino acids, are three essential amino acids with a special branched structure (hence the name) – leucine, isoleucine, and valine. BCAAs can make up one third of skeletal muscle, of which leucine appears to be the main player in most of the benefits seen from BCAA consumption. When on a very low…
An estimated 1 in 3 people in Britain are over-producing adrenal hormones as a consequence of 21st century living. One in five take time off work because of stress. Adrenal hormones are the body’s way of giving instant energy- part of the ‘fight or flight’ system to enable our hunter ancestors to catch dinner or…
The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) includes the following research. The information in the database represents a longitudinal, prospective study of more than 4000 adults aged 18 or older who have successfully lost at least 30 pounds and have maintained the loss for more than one year. The NWCR has dual purpose: to identify a…
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