When it comes to food it’s no secret that I love 2 things above all else

  1. Red Meat
  2. My slow cooker

So this chilli recipe is a winner for me.

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How to choose the right personal trainer?

You want to work out and you’ve decided to hire a personal trainer. You’re pleased with yourself for taking action. Excellent.

You ask google. There are 50,000 results. What do you do?

Here’s how to choose the right personal trainer.  Read more

Snacking vs 3 square meals.

6 meals or 3?

Who’s right?

How often should you eat for weight loss?

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We are officially half way into the year today, equal distance from now until December.

Where are you now compared with January the 1st?  Read more

Long gone are the days of lifting 1kg weights and hoping for results (hopefully)

Now weight training has equal footing with cardio in gyms up and down the country for women as well as men (hopefully)

However, if you’re nervous or unsure here are some reasons why resistance training deserves your attention.

 

Here are 5 reasons to lift weights…

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Getting fit is quick and easy, right? That’s what people say…

Here’s the truth.

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We eat!!!

Who knew?

Special K, that’s who. After all, every January for many a year back in the early 00’s they sold us a 2 week crash diet to lose the Christmas 10lbs, so whats this new advert about…?

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Diets are everywhere, they’re just in disguise now.

It used to be low fat yogurts and ryvita. The rules were simple, buy anything that had “low fat” on the packet and go on your merry way.

Now they have fancy names like “intermittent fasting” and “ketogenic”

medical sounding names for a set of rules designed for fast weight loss.

So where does “Carb Cycling” come in…?

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It’s Easter time and that means one thing…Chocolate and Willy Wonka.

I read the books as a child and then when we finally got a tv I watched the original AND BEST.

I want it now

(Sorry Mr Depp and Mr Burton – but your re-make doesn’t come close)…

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I feel the need to post this as we come up to Easter. The combination of bank holidays, lie ins, and sitting on the sofa eating a chocolate bunny can be a welcome relief or a recipe for disaster.

This is how to survive Easter.

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