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I’ve seen the advert this week for weight watchers, if you join up and lose 10lbs in your first 8 weeks then you get your money back.

Woohoo!!!

Let’s all sign up, right?

Maybe not.

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Full disclosure here before we start, I’ve never pretended that because of my job I’m above everyone else when it comes to issues with food and issues with my body.

Perhaps because of my job people assume that I don’t struggle with any of it, but I do. I’ve never wanted to talk about it before now but I think it’s actually important to draw attention to the fact that food can controls us all.

Regardless of who we are.

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Chatting with my friends recently about keeping healthy over Christmas and when I mentioned that my clients still send in their food diaries over Christmas I was met with a shocked face…

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So this week I did my girlfriend duties and went to see Star Wars with my boyfriend

I’ve never seen a Star Wars film before

(I know….I know…)

He did say he would go on his own
probably because I was doing that eye rolling thing that Kevin the teenager does (90’s reference!)

but I felt I had to go, so off we went

 

Dun dun dun, dun dun dun, dun dun dun….

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“It’s the worst time of year to start.”

One of my new clients said this to me last week, a highly motivated woman who wants to take charge of her fitness and make progress, someone who loves exercise and even she admits that Christmas is a hard time to get started.

But is it?

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“Calories don’t matter when you’re clean eating.” Some people will read this and nod along, remembering the “rules” set forth by their plan whether it is high fat low carb, paleo (the many variations of), or vegan. All of these styles of eating promote healthy whole foods that will nourish your body and allow you a life away from calorie counting due to the satiation the follows after eating. However, not having to count calories and calories not counting are two different things… Read more

“No pain, no gain”, “Feel the burn”, “If you don’t feel sick yet, keep going.” I have heard all of these phrases come out the mouths of instructors in the past and with the popularity of hard core workouts in mainstream fitness it’s fast becoming the view point of your day to day gym goer. But it doesn’t have to be this way…

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Everyone loves an orange, the smell, the taste. They are easily transportable as a healthy mid morning snack. Cheap, cheerful, colourful and yummy. Need more reasons to chow down on this amazing little fruit? Read on!

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You might be exercising for weight loss, or gaining mass, but do you know the other benefits of exercise?

Here are 7 other reasons to workout.

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Every January it’s time to make your new years resolutions. The 1st of January is the ultimate Monday, the year lies ahead and you have the opportunity to grasp it. In 365 days time you could be the person you want to be if you follow your new years resolutions. How can you be sure you’ll nail your resolutions for next year?

 

 

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