Recently one of my clients was round at a friends flat and the topic of conversation got round to her considerable weight loss.
She has made great strides in her journey with me, not just inch loss and weight loss but significant improvements in her health. It has been a joy to watch her transformation.
Naturally, anyone who had seen this change wants the secret.
And the inevitable question was asked…
I had this conversation recently with a woman in my life
a very strong, determined woman
independant
won’t allow you to tell her what to do
but when it comes to diets, weight and self image she lets that number determine her happiness.
A new study has come out that says that diet drinks, like Coke, are better for weight loss than water. A number of studies have been looked at and the conclusion is that if you want to lose weight, diet drinks are the way to go. Read more
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.
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.
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…
“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?
“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
What’s the best reason to exercise?
“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…