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Tips for mindful eating to help you take control of your diet

One of the most powerful tools you can use to help you on a journey towards fat loss is mindful eating. How many times have you grabbed some food at home and eaten it standing up in the kitchen? Or you’re out on the road and you get something and wolf it down in yourContinue reading “Tips for mindful eating to help you take control of your diet”

Hard facts about what strength training really means if you want to achieve goals

Both men and women lose muscle mass as they age. This can start when we are in our 30s but will become more noticeable in our 40s and beyond. As women generally have less muscle to start with, this loss can have a more dramatic effect on our health, especially as the loss increasesContinue reading “Hard facts about what strength training really means if you want to achieve goals”

Weight loss is easy

I’m going to say something slightly controversial, weight loss is easy. There, I said it. A lot of you will not agree but I encourage you to read on so I can explain myself. Weight loss is easy, if you have your nutrition on point, you’ve got your exercise right, you’re sleeping well, stayingContinue reading “Weight loss is easy”

10,000 Steps/Daily Activity

Daily activity is crucial whether your goal is general health and fitness or fat loss. Over the years, and particularly over the past 20-30 years, life has become easier and easier for us. I grew up in the UK in the 70’s. If you had a phone, it was attached to the wall andContinue reading “10,000 Steps/Daily Activity”

Positive Self Talk

I want to bring up the subject of how you talk to yourself and how you can change that and adopt positive mind talk to help you in your journey. Start to take notice of how you talk to yourself in your head. Is it positive, is it negative? Would you speak to a friendContinue reading “Positive Self Talk”

There will always be something….

There will always be something that can derail you, distract you, stop you, hinder you, be a reason to put off starting. Always. The thing is, if there is always something, you might never start. Sometimes we have to learn to adjust to these derailments, get back on the horse and keep going. Of course,Continue reading “There will always be something….”

Breath Work

The term breath work refers to different breathing techniques or exercises that focus on bringing conscious awareness to your inhale and exhale. The breaths are deep and focused and last a specific amount of time. Breathwork can improve mental, physical and spiritual well-being. Most importantly, it can help to decrease stress levels. Below are someContinue reading “Breath Work”

My USP

I find myself (again) at a point in my life where I am starting again. Although I have been a Personal Trainer for many years, the personal choices I have made in my life have taken me to different places, sometimes different countries, sometimes different cities; and each time, I have had to build aContinue reading “My USP”

Consistent messages

I cannot count the number of times I have thought with frustration that the efforts I was putting in to weight loss were getting me nowhere. I felt like I was doing the right things, making the right choices, but nothing was happening. I was listening to a podcast yesterday, Ben Greenfield Fitness interviewing JoelContinue reading “Consistent messages”

Top 5 tips to say goodbye to your Isolation kgs

Iso has been tough on us all, in many different way. For a lot of us, the reduction in daily movement and the easy access to food has meant that we’ve consumed a few too many calories which has led to our clothes becoming a little tighter. Here are 5 points to focus onContinue reading “Top 5 tips to say goodbye to your Isolation kgs”